More than 300 middle and high school students from around the state converged on the S.C. Archives and History Center on April 29 to take part in the National History Day state finals competition. The students competed individually and in groups in four categories: historical papers, exhibits, performances and documentaries. The two Gold Medallists in each category earned the opportunity to represent South Carolina at the national competition in June at the University of Maryland.
Junior Historical Paper
Gold Medallists
Daniel
Haddad, Ralph Nader, Hand Middle School, Columbia. Carolyn Donchatz,
teacher
Recipient of Confederation of Local Historical Societies Award for
Best Junior Historical Paper
James Arney, Larry Doby: Taking a Stand in the Shadows While Others Were
Blinded By Racism, Hand Middle School, Columbia. Carolyn Donchatz, teacher
Silver Medallist
Eric Roper, The Galileo Affair, League Academy, Greenville. Jeri Sarracino,
teacher
Junior Individual Documentary
Gold Medallists
Caitlin Grogan, My Grandparents Remember America’s Right to Fight,
Sullivan Middle School, Rock Hill, Bud Cope, teacher
Tiffany Mills, Justice and Injustice: The Civil Rights Movement in Charleston,
Moultrie Middle School, Mt Pleasant, Patti LaLone, teacher
Silver Medallist
Emily Conrad, The South Carolina Backcountry Farmers: Making a Stand Against
the British at the Battle of Huck’s Defeat, Spartanburg Day School,
Spartanburg, Denise Stevens, teacher
Junior Group Documentary
Gold Medallists
Mackenzie Sunday, Allison Day, Brennan Baylis, Meredith Nix, Walker Stinnette,
Burning of Columbia: Sherman Takes a Stand to End This War, Crayton
Middle School, Columbia, Mary Ann Odom, teacher
Emma Shealy, Matthew Fulmer, Taking a Stand for Academic Freedom: Teaching Evolution,
Hand Middle School, Columbia. Carolyn Donchatz, teacher
Silver Medallist
Alfonso Sanchez, Carlos Garcia, Jose Chavez, Faustino Miguel, Miguel Antonio,
Father Hildago Stands for Independence Tanglewood Middle School, Greenville,
Linda Hardin, teacher
Junior Individual Performance
Gold Medallists
Olivia Cooley, Catherine of Aragon: Once a Queen Always a Queen, Sullivan
Middle School, Rock Hill, Bud Cope, teacher
Mahalia Mays, Boldness, Braveness, Blackness of a Prima Ballerina,
Tanglewood Middle School, Greenville, Stephanie Lowry, teacher Recipient of
the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission’s Award for Best
Entry on African American History
Silver Medallist
Rachel Epperly, “Dear Kitty,” Schofield Middle School,
Aiken, Mark Roberts, teacher
Junior Group Performance
Gold Medallists
Aimee Pruitt, Jackie Pierce, The Grimkes: Sisters Stand Against Slavery,
Long Middle School, Debbie Ballard, teacher
Catherine Davenport, Elizabeth Adkins, Michael Guinn, Zachary Hodges, Francis
Perkins, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt and Freda Kirchway:
Taking a Stand for Social Security Reform, Hand Middle School, Columbia.
Carolyn Donchatz, teacher
Silver Medallists
Christian Hainey, Dylan Alford, Jonathan White, Martin Luther, Long
Middle School, Debbie Ballard, teacher
Junior Individual Exhibit
Gold Medallists
Elizabeth Wright, The Charles-Town “Tea Parties”: South Carolinians
Take a Stand, Hand Middle School, Columbia. Carolyn Donchatz, teacher
Recipient of the University South Carolinian Award for Best Entry on
South Carolina History Junior Division
Charles Barrineau, Francis Marion: “The Swamp Fox” Takes a Stand
for Independence, Hand Middle School, Columbia. Carolyn Donchatz, teacher
Silver Medallist
Laura McNeill, With Prayer and a Dime: Willie Lee Buffington and the Faith
Cabin Libraries, New Ellenton Middle School, New Ellenton, Bonnie McNeill,
teacher
Junior Group Exhibit
Gold Medallists
Anne Darby Pearce, Madeline Fellabom, Susannah Murray, Taking a Stand for
Heritage at Risk: Gullah/Geechee, Moultrie Middle School, Mt Pleasant,
Patti LaLone, teacher
Ben Tillman, Trey Lee, Benjamin Ryan Tillman:
“Pitchfork” Ben
Takes a Stand for South Carolina Farmers, Long Middle School, Debbie Ballard,
teacher
Silver Medallist
Maricruz Gutierrez, Wendy Diaz, Yessenia Leon, Cesar Chavez, Tanglewood
Middle School, Greenville, Stephanie Lowry, teacher
Junior Individual Website
Gold Medallist
Anna Velicky, Clara Barton, Trinity Collegiate School, Darlington,
Lucy McCoy, teacher
Senior Historical Paper
Gold Medallists
Andrew Henderson, The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Jews Taking a Stand Against
Nazi Fascism, Joseph McCracken Jr. High School, Spartanburg, Charles Broadwell,
teacher
Amanda Brandon, Martin Luther, Blythewood High School, Blythewood,
Marc Turner, teacher
Silver Medallist
Johanna Jezowski, Taking a Stand: Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s
Cabin in the Abolitionist Movement, Lexington High School, Lexington, Cynthia
Capers, teacher
Senior Individual Documentary
Gold Medallists
Trey Wessinger, Someone Change the Channel Please!: Taking a Stand Against
Provocative Television, Joseph McCracken Jr. High School, Spartanburg,
Charles Broadwell, teacher
Kimberly Ledwell, Taking a Stand Against Foot-Binding: A Cultural and Political
War in China, Academic Magnet High School, North Charleston, Frank Flanigan,
teacher
Silver Medallist
Jessica Davenport, John Muir and the Conservation Movement, Academic
Magnet High School, North Charleston, Frank Flanigan, teacher
Senior Group Documentary
Gold Medallists
Cameron Crouse, David Brabham, Kaleb Morrell, Dietrich Bonhoffer: A Christian
Martyr Who Took a Stand Against Hitler, Cheraw High School, Cheraw, Gail
Ingram, teacher
Ben Ellison, Kristin Adams, John C. Calhoun and Nullification, Seneca
High School, Seneca, Amy Livingston, teacher
Silver Medallist
Lawrence Anderson, Alex Clark, Cameron Rehburn, J.C. Lucas, Jordan Lesko, Taking
a Stand & Paying a Toll: The Orangeburg Massacre, Camden Military Academy,
Camden, John Heflin, teacher
Senior Individual Performance
Gold Medallists
Hannah Marsh, The Cuban Missile Crisis: Kennedy’s Stand Against a Nuclear
Threat, Cheraw High School, Cheraw, Gail Ingram, teacher
Lynsee Calder, Taking a Stand for Workers’ Rights with “Mother”
Jones: The “Father” of the American Labor Movement, Cheraw
High School, Cheraw, Gail Ingram, teacher
Silver Medallist
Lindsey Yingst, Sojourner Truth: Speaking Out for Equal Rights, Walhalla
High School, Walhalla, Mike Jensen, teacher
Senior Group Performance
Gold Medallists
Mandella Abdullah, Elijah Kitts, Javier Howell, Richard Lumley, T. J. Harris,
The Greatest, Camden Military Academy, Camden, John Heflin, teacher
Marietta Easterling, Vannessa Hancock, Rebel Hearts: Sarah and Angelina
Grimke: Taking a Stand Against Slavery, Cheraw High School, Cheraw, Gail
Ingram, teacher Recipient of the University South Carolinian Award for
Best Entry on South Carolina History Senior Division
Silver Medallists
Leanna Valentine, Melissa Burbury, Failure is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony
and Women’s Suffrage, Silver Bluff High School, Aiken, Jim McNeill,
Donna Eisenhart, teachers
Senior Individual Exhibit
Gold Medallists
Ginger Smiley, Lewis Hine and the Campaign Against Child Labor, Summerville
High School, Summerville, Jeremy Shumpert, teacher
Mary Elizabeth Walters, The American Hole in the Doughnut: The 101st Airborne
Division’s Stand at Bastogne, Trinity Collegiate School, Darlington,
Brian Kaye, teacher
Silver Medallist
Nancy Ann Crawley, Title IX: Taking a Stand to Level the Playing Field for
Female Athletes, Cheraw High School, Cheraw, Gail Ingram, teacher
Senior Group Exhibit
Gold Medallists
Carly Slack, Mary Caroline Saleeby, Father Nature: John Muir’s Stand
for the Environment, Cheraw High School, Cheraw, Gail Ingram, teacher
Ben Hutson, Lee Hinson, “A Rolling Assault!” The Freedom Rides:
Taking a Stand Against Segregation in Public Transportation, Cheraw High
School, Cheraw, Gail Ingram, teacher
Silver Medallists
Joanna Mize, Kelly Williams, We Love These Dear Hearts: The Ellenton Story,
Silver Bluff High School, Aiken, Jim McNeill, Donna Eisenhart, teachers
Senior Individual Website
Gold Medallist
David Estep, The Rise and Fall of the Golden Lotus, Silver Bluff High
School, Aiken, Jim McNeill, Donna Eisenhart, teachers
Special Topic Award Recipients: Bronze Medallists
The Wil Lou Gray Award for Outstanding Entry on Women’s History
Junior Division: Abigail Clauhs, Salina Cowels-Lacap , Out
of Corsets and into Couture: Coco Chanel, Moultrie Middle School, Mt Pleasant,
Patti LaLone, teacher
Senior Division: Joanna Jezowski, Taking a Stand: Harriet
Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin in the Abolitionist Movement,
Lexington High School, Lexington, Cynthia Capers, teacher
The Jimmy Doolittle Award for Outstanding Entry on Military History
Senior Division: Vibu Raja, Zack Richards, The Battle of
Stalingrad: The Turn of World War II, Academic Magnet High School, North
Charleston, Jason Stackhouse, teacher
The Textile Award for Outstanding Entry on the History of Labor
Junior Division: Emmitt Davis, John Kelly, Lewis Hine: American
Hero, D.R. Hill Middle School, Duncan, Scott Hall, Marty Bohnenberger,
teachers
The James F. Byrnes Award for Outstanding Entry on American Political
History
Junior Division: Luke Hodges, Crisis: John F. Kennedy Stands
Against Communism, Hand Middle School, Columbia, Carolyn Donchatz, teacher
Senior Division: Allison Croop, Susan B. Anthony,
Blythewood High School, Blythewood, Marc Turner, teacher
The Julia Peterkin Award for Outstanding Entry on the History of Arts
and Entertainment
Junior Division: Cameron Smith, Michaela Close , Dalton
Trumbo and the Hollywood Ten: Taking a Stand for the First Amendment, Hand
Middle School, Columbia, Carolyn Donchatz, teacher
Senior Division: Clarka Wickliffe, The Hollywood Ten,
Walhalla High School, Walhalla
Mike Jensen, teacher
The John C. West Award for Outstanding Entry on World History
Junior Division: Audrey Armstrong, Leslie Bruce, The Damage
Done, League Academy, Greenville, Jeri Sarracino, teacher
Senior Divisiion: Sheneka White, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi:
Champion for Democracy, Ridgeview High School, Columbia, Michael Bates,
teacher
The Backcountry Award for Outstanding Entry on the History of The American
West
Junior Division: Aakash Patel, Divyesh Patel, Garrett Forman
, The Battle of the Alamo, Long Middle School, Cheraw, Debbie Ballard,
teacher
The Shoeless Joe Jackson Award for Outstanding Entry on the History
of Baseball
Junior Division: Derek Riker, Jonathan Lee, Roberto Clemente
, Moultrie Middle School, Mt. Pleasant, Patti LaLone, teacher
The Charles Woodmason Award for Outstanding Entry on the History of
Religion
Junior Division: Hannah Riggs, Corrie ten Boom, Trinity
Collegiate School, Darlington, Lucy McCoy, teacher
Senior Division: Andrew Strasburger, John Brown: Taking
a Stand Against Slavery, Joseph G. McCracken Jr. High, Spartanburg, Charles
Broadwell, teacher
The Larry Doby Award for Outstanding Entry on the History of Sports
Junior Division: Will Cox, Jesse Owens, Joseph McCracken
Jr. High, Spartanburg,
Charles Broadwell, teacher
Teacher of Merit
Marc Turner, Blythewood High School, Blythewood