WASHINGTON, D.C. – Local students and teachers recently won awards at the National History Day competition in Washington, D.C.
Ava Ploeckelman and Donavan Powers of Northeast Middle School won Outstanding Affiliate (State) Entry, Junior Level for “Solidarity Forever: Pete Seeger’s Leadership and Legacy in American Culture and Folk Music.”
Their teachers were Whitney Joyner and Polly Kopp.
Scott Moore of Northeast High School and Joyner were recognized for “Normandy: Sacrifice for Freedom.” Student and Teacher Institute.
According to the Tennessee State History Day website, “History Day is a year-long curriculum enhancement program that engages students in grades 6-12 in the process of discovery and interpretation of historical topics.”
Other Tennessee students and teachers recognized at NHD were:
Bronze Medal, Senior Individual Paper
University of Maryland, College Park Scholarship
National World War II Museum Campaigns of Courage: The Road to Tokyo
Areej Malley
Senior Individual Paper
“Mullah Mustafi Barzani: The Enduring Legacy of Kurdistans Most Prominent Leader”
Pleasant View School, Memphis
Hamzah Abdul-Malik, teacher
US Constitution Award
Madison Moats
Senior Individual Performance
“Anne Dallas Dudley”
Lenoir City High School, Lenoir City
Rachel Frazier, teacher
Corps of Discovery Prize
Autumn Ritsko
Junior Individual Website
“Sakakawea: Her Life and Journey into History”
Rural Vale Elementary, Tellico Plains
Rachel Roberts, teacher
Outstanding Affiliate (State) Entry, Senior Level
Library of Congress Writers’ Workshop
Adebayo Fasipe-Senior Individual Paper “Alex Haley, Roots, and the Re-Invention of Black History” McCallie School-Chattanooga Duke Richey, teacher
National Museum of American History exhibitors
Maya Harris, Logan Miller
Senior Group Exhibit
“Red Tails Fight Red Bands Abroad and Red Tape at Home”
Dyersburg High School-Dyersburg
Jeff Golson, teacher
Local History Congressional Breakfast on the Hill
Jeremiah Branson, Justin Cross, Noah Dunlap
Senior Group Exhibit“ ‘Damn the Torpedoes! Full Speed Ahead!’ Admiral David Farragut Leads the Union Navy to Victory”
L&N STEM Academy-Knoxville Tressie Norton, Collin Napier, teachers
“National World War II Museum Campaigns of Courage: The Road to Tokyo,” Alternate-Ryan McGregor
Senior Group Documentary
“Liberator of Finland: Carl Mannerheim, the Finnish Resistance, and the Emergence of a Nation” McCallie School-Chattanooga, Duke Richey, teacher
Tennessee History Day Teachers of the Year
Sharron Thompson, Thompson Family Homeschool Program-Tellico Plains, Hillery Griffin, Cosby High School-Cosby