2008 History Day National Qualifiers Junior Division: Papers Peter Hopper,Home School, "No Paper Compromise": How the Federal Response to the Pratt Street Riot Escalated What Proved to be a Costly Conflict Between Maryland and the Union Emma McGregor, Community Middle School, "Stonewall: Conflict and Compromise with Gay Rights in America" ALTERNATE Eman Eljdid,John M. Bailey, "1967 Detroit race Riots: A Time of Violence and Tragedy" Exhibit Individual Avisha Thakkar,Valley Middle School, "13 Seconds: Four Dead in Ohio" Hannah Bogolub,Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School, "Sayanora Freedom: Manzanar's Conflict of Japanese Internment" ALTERNATE3015, Eric Sauer,Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School, "Conflicts and Compromises of the U.S. Biological Warfare Program 1940-1969" Exhibit Group Valentina Pannullo, Victoria Gatarz, Emily Jarosiewicz and Amanda Chin,Applegarth MS, "Disney's America Exposed: How America's Favorite Mouse Fought—and Lost—A Battle to Build a New Theme Park" Priyal Kapadia, Santhoshi Kotrike, Kerrianne Fuoco, Haarika Reddy and Arthi Suresh,Applegarth Middle School, " The Rossmoor Revolution: How a Town Compromised its Identity to Solve a Taxing Conflict" ALTERNATE Monica Chung, Colin Whittle and Matthew Whittle, Valley Middle School, "The Highlands Act: A Growing Conflict, A Dying Compromise" Performance Individual Vineel Chakradhar,Manalapan English-town Middle School, "Religious Conflict Leading to the Indian Partition" Sarah Schneid,Pond Road Middle School, "13 States, 13 Opinions, One Constitution" ALTERNATE Arianna SjamsuGrover Middle School, "Releasing the Power of Savants: Aspergians and Society Reach for Understanding Through Compromise" Performance Group Eric Wang, Bryan Wang, Alex Lew and Stephen Guo,Marlboro Middle School, "The Dead Compromise: Last Conflict at Wounded Knee" Lisa Zheng, Matthew Herling, Olya Spassibojko and Angelina Lin,Marlboro Middle School, "Broken Promises: The Treaty of New Echota" ALTERNATE Giancarlo Sasso, Matthew Balik and Eugene Gonnello, St. Anthony, "Cuban Missile Crisis: Three Perspectives" Documentary Individual Thomas Halloran,Valley Middle School, "Armageddon in a Bombshell: The Quest of the Anti-Nuclear" Haley Potter,Marlboro Middle School, "Abolition of Slavery in New Jersey" ALTERNATE Shirel Danie, lRosa International Middle School, "To Vote or Not Vote: The 19th Amendment" Documentary Group Patrick O'Toole, Harrison Kim, Alex Siegel, Max Cohen and Perry Feinstein,Rosa International Middle School, "We, These United States: The Rebirth of a Nation" Megan Riley, Dana Silver, Brendon Rush, Teresa Banecker and Josh Becker,Rosa International Middle School, "Inventing America" ALTERNATE Tejasvi Gowda and Payal Marathe,Community Middle School, "A Crisis Conflict: China's Government Oversteps Its Bounds" Websites Alvaro Morel,School 18, "African American Civil War Soldiers: They Fought to Achieve" Nikita Raman, Dylan Nguyen and Jason Feinberg, Marlboro Middle School, "In the Name of Justice" ALTERNATE Alison Caceres and Perla Cruz,School 18, "No Room for Compromise: Revolutionary War in New Jersey, A State Divided by the Nations Conflict" Senior Division: Papers Joan Wilder,West Morris Central High School, "Conflict in the Workplace: The Paterson Silk Strike of 1913" Emily Morris,West Morris Central High School, "The Incursion into Laos: Lam son 719" ALTERNATE Robert Larson,West Morris Central High School, "444 Days: The Iran Hostage Crisis" Individual Exhibit Thaherun Miah,John F. Kennedy High School, "Women Air Force Service Pilots" Omar Acuna, John F. Kennedy High School, "Atomic Bomb" ALTERNATE Nickeisha Bennett,Eastside High School, "Conflicting Theories: The Historiographies of Roanoke" Group Exhibit Amjad Hamdan, Numan Mutlib, Robinson Cerat and Adnan Miah,John F. Kennedy, "Freedom Summer" Ronak Bharucha, Andy Balbuena, Tahiya Choudhury, Aesha Ahmed and Mahjeda Ali,Passaic County Technical Institute, "The Second Sunrise" ALTERNATE Denice Tapia, Akhlema Haidar, Jessica Cruz and Carolyn Andia, John F. Kennedy, "Konflict, Kompromise, and Kummunion" Individual Performance Ragha Suresh,Freehold Borough High School, "Hindu-Muslim Conflict and the Partition of India" James Boyce,Colts Neck High School, "Continuous Aim Naval Gunnery" ALTERNATE Kristi Marie DelGuidice,Bayonne High School, "Life: Holocaust" Group Performance Sarah K. Brodsky, Alexandra Hartley, Bettii Glauberszon and Allison Hartley, Montville High School, "Nobody Knows" Andrew Travis, Brandon Zurawlow, Jenna Abate, Kaitlyn Fitton, and Stephen Capitanelli,Montville High School, "The Great Compromise" ALTERNATE Vagisha Pandey, Reem Rayef, Alice Nie and Namrata Barbhaiya,Robbinsville High School, "Make Peace, Not War" Individual Documentaries Carolyn Lipka,West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, "Deaf"-Con Two: The Misheard Story of the Cuban Missile Crisis" Jason Vespoli, West Morris Central High School, "Controversy Over the Atom Bomb" ALTERNATE Ingrid Ma,West-Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, "Anthracite Coal Mine Strike of 1902" Group Documentaries Brittany Hoehlein, Kelly Kren, Margan Duhe and Amanda Meling,West Morris Central High School, "The Chicago Seven Trial" Tara Antonucci, Samantha Hughes, Samantha D'Ambola and Matt Stypulkoski,West Morris Central High School, "The Battle of the Bulge: The Conflict that Turned the Tide in World War II" ALTERNATE Poi DeStefano, Samantha Hansen, Mary Cabarle and Amy WardropWest Morris Central High School, "Four Days of Terror in New York" Websites Jeol Rodriguez,Eastside High School, "Dominican Civil War in 1965 and United States Intervention" Special Prizes NJ Historical Commission Prize Haley PotterMarlboro Middle School, "Abolition of Slavery in New Jersey" Best Use of Newspapers Peter Hopper,Home School, "No Paper Compromise : How the Federal Response to the Pratt Street Riot Escalated What Proved to be a Costly Conflict Between Maryland and the Union" Laura BoyceManalapan-Englishtown Middle School, "Endangered Species Act" Patrick O'Toole, Harrison Kim, Alex Siegel, Max Cohen, Perry Feinstein, Rosa International Middle School, "We, These United States: The Rebirth of a Nation" Raghav Gupta, Marlboro Middle School, "The Unknown Compromise" Carolina Ocampo, Lytisha Clements, Shentia Uddin, Ghadeer Abuhamdeh,John F. Kennedy High School, "Against All Odds – The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising" John T. Cunningham Award Peter Hopper,Home School, "No Paper Compromise": How the Federal Response to the Pratt Street Riot Escalated What Proved to be a Costly Conflict Between Maryland and the Union" Patrick O'Toole, Harrison Kim, Alex Siegel, Max Cohen, Perry Feinstein,Rosa-International Middle School, "We, These United States: The Rebirth of a Nation" Technology Award Jason Vespoli, West Morris Central High School, "Controversy over the Bomb" Katherine Austin,Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School, "The Launch of Sputnik" Papers Papers papers Papers Papers lidfjlsjkf   2007 New Jersey History Day Winners Junior Paper Finalist 1- Britain Triumphs Over Hitler: Out of the Wilderness, Churchill as Statesman Shows the Way Vijay Narayan Thomas R. Grover Middle School – West Windsor-Plainsboro Public Schools Teacher: Joan Ruddiman Finalist 2 – The Face of Death: The Radium Dial Painter Tragedy Grace Liu Marlboro Middle School – Marlboro Public Schools Teacher: Barbara Gallo Alternate – The Paradox of Victory: The Tet Offensive Nicholas Sun Community Middle School – West Windsor-Plainsboro Public Schools Teacher: Karen Rosnick Junior Individual Documentaries Finalist 1- Angelina Grimke: Awakening the Voice of Women Angelina Lin Marlboro Middle School – Marlboro Public Schools Teacher: Barbara Gallo Finalist 2 – J. Robert Oppenheimer: Death Has a Conscience Nitya Sivakumar Community Middle School – West Windsor-Plainsboro Public Schools Teacher: Karen Rosnick Alternate – Marie Curie's Cure Jacob Persily Marlboro Middle School – Marlboro Public Schools Teacher: Barbara Gallo Junior Group Documentary Finalist 1- Thaliomide: Tragic Past, Promising Future James Etheridge, Andrew Maguire, Brian Sladek Valley Middle School – Oakland Public Schools Teacher: Judith Vihonski Finalist 2 – Ellis Island: Island of Hope, Island of Tears Ingrid and Thea Ma Community Middle School – West Windsor-Plainsboro Public Schools Teacher: Karen Rosnick Alternate – The Bomb That Rocked the World Jonothan Silverstone, Ben Katz, Dana Bryant, Matt Bogdonoff, Jake Tuff Rosa International Middle School – Cherry Hill Public Schools Teacher: Christy Marrella Junior Individual Performances Finalist 1- Mahatma Gandi: The Freedom's Slave Lavanya Ganesh Community Middle School – West Windsor-Plainsboro Public Schools Teacher: Karen Rosnick Finalist 2 – In the Name of Caesar Kevin Dwyer Community Middle School – West Windsor-Plainsboro Public Schools Teacher: Karen Rosnick Alternate – Muhammad Yunus: Triumph Against Poverty Ragha Suresh Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School – Manalapan-Englishtown Schools Teacher: Shannon Maida Junior Group Performances Alternate – Murder in Mississippi: The Story of Freedom Summer Shreyas Ranganna, Alan Chernoff Marlboro Middle School – Marlboro Public Schools Teacher: Barbara Gallo Finalist 1- Locked Doors, Tragic Scores Aneesha Raghunathan, Ananya Yalamanchi, Varnika Atmakuri Community Middle School – West Windsor-Plainsboro Public Schools Teacher: Karen Rosnick Finalist 2 – The Palendrome That Flip-Flopped the War: Radar in the Battle of Britain Ben Beran, Alec Loeb Marlboro Middle School – Marlboro Public Schools Teacher: Barbara Gallo Junior Individual Exhibit Alternate – The Triumph of Impressionism Elizabeth Yang Thomas R. Grover Middle School – West Windsor-Plainsboro Public Schools Teacher: Joan Ruddiman Finalist 1- Galileo: Revolutionary Astronomer Zach Porter Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School – Manalapan-Englishtown Public Schools Teachers: Shannon Maida Finalist 2 – Tragedy Strikes: Fear Pulls the Trigger to War, The Assassination of Archduke Fronz Ferdinand Alex Krall Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School– Manalapan-Englishtown Public Schools Teachers: Shannon Maida Junior Group Exhibits Alternate – Jerusalem in the Woods: The Three Men Who Saved 1200 Jewish Lives Allyn Budka, Dianna Vento Marlboro Middle School – Marlboro Public Schools Teacher: Barbara Gallo Finalist 1- A Snapshot of the Unfortunate: Dorthea Lange and Her Camera of Hope Emily Liu, Cindy Tu Marlboro Middle School – Marlboro Public Schools Teachers: Barbara Gallo Finalist 2 – The Work of the Invisible Men Joyce Wang, Olivia Hu Community Middle School – West Windsor-Plainsboro Public Schools Teachers: Karen Rosnick Senior Paper Alternate – Marbury v. Madison: Triumph for the Judiciary Patricia Stichnoth Bergen County Academies – Bergen Public Schools Teacher: Mark Kramer Finalist 1- The Sit-In Movement of the 1960's and the Rise of Student Leadership Alexis Lassiter West Morris Central High School – West Morris Regional HS District Teachers: Rosanne Lichatin Finalist 2 – Emmett Louis Till: Innocent Victim of Intolerance Peter Griese West Morris Central High School – West Morris Regional HS District Teachers: Rosanne Lichatin Senior Individual Documentary Finalist 1- Ironic Iron: The Saga of J. Robert Oppenheimer Carolyn Lipka West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North – West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Teachers: Tobi Arias Finalist 2 – Father Miguel Hidalgo Aurora Garcia Eastside High School Teachers: Elaine Negron Alternate – Marian Anderson: The Voice That Reached Millions in a Time of Tragic Disparity Justine Han West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North – West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Teacher: Tobi Arias Senior Group Documentary Finalist 1- Newark Race Riots of 1967 Katie McCarty, Kaitlyn Leidl, Karen Samples, Dyllan Mont West Morris Central High School – West Morris Regional HS District Teachers: Rosanne Lichatin Finalist 2 – Tragedy in Birmingham Travis O'Hare, Chelsea Nolan, Brianna Roche West Morris Central High School – West Morris Regional HS District Teachers: Rosanne Lichatin Alternate – Entertainment of the Great Depression Jarrett Smith, Chrissy Beede West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North – West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Teacher: Tobi Arias Senior Individual Performance Finalist 1- Eva Duarte de Peron Maria Andino John F. Kennedy High School – Paterson Public Schools Teachers: Florita Cotto Finalist 2 – One Woman's Tragedy, Another Woman's Triumph – Minerva Mirabal Allison Polanco East Side High School – Newark Public Schools Teachers: Gloria VanHouten Alternate – The Colt Revolver: From a Triumphant Victory on our Battlefields to a Tragic Defeat on our City Streets Jose Cruz, Jr. East Side High School – Newark Public Schools Teacher: Gloria VanHouten Senior Group Performance Finalist 1- Viequez: From Sugar Plantations to Military Bases Helgo Otero, Karen Flores, Edgar Garcia, Brian Ruiz, Nancy Andia John F. Kennedy High School – Paterson Public Schools Teachers: Florita Cotto Finalist 2 – May 4, 1970: The Day the War Came Home – The Kent State Shootings Ahmet Tas, Sarra Awad, Nour Salem, Emman Hamdan, Michael Martinez John F. Kennedy High School – Paterson Public Schools Teachers: Florita Cotto Alternate – A Crusader for the Mentally Ill Giannina Allemant, Paola Munoz, Cleysi Anaya, Merari Mejia John F. Kennedy High School – Paterson Public Schools Teacher: Leonilda Bellomo Senior Individual Exhibits Finalist 1- Amelia Earhart: The Tragic Flight Maria Elena Gonzalez John F. Kennedy High School – Paterson Public Schools Teachers: Robin O'Brien Finalist 2 – Follow the Star to Freedom Safia Khatoun John F. Kennedy High School – Paterson Public Schools Teachers: Robin O'Brien Alternate – John F. Nash, Jr.: A Brilliant Mind Triumphs over Mental Illness Franz Sauer High Technology High – Monmouth Co. Voc. School District Teacher: Sia Sauer Senior Group Exhibits Finalist 1- 96 Miles of Concrete and Steel Mufti Ahmed, Abid Chowdhury, Granville Green John F. Kennedy High School – Paterson Public Schools Teachers: Robin O'Brien Finalist 2 – Japanese Internment Camps: I Am an American Amena Choudury, Thaherun Miah, Shajna Begum John F. Kennedy High School – Paterson Public Schools Teachers: Barbara Bourque Alternate – Margaret Sanger: Rebel or Revolutionary Tiara Tyson, Golam Chowdhury, Natali Vincente Passaic County Technical Istitute – Passaic Co. Voc. Tech. School District Teacher: Jayne O'Neill Special Awards Junior Technology Award: Emma McGregor Barbara McClintock: Ahead of Her Time Community Middle School - West Windsor-Plainsboro Public Schools Teacher: Karen Rosnick Senior Technology Award: Alberto Bera San Francisco Earthquake Eastside High School - Paterson Public School District Teacher: Selemny Ruiz Junior Military Award: Alec Loeb and Ben Biran The Palindrome the Flip-Flopped the War: Radar Battle of Britain Marlboro Middle School – Marlboro Public Schools Teacher: Barbara Gallo Senior Military Award: Mahzabin Tibbi, Ailicec Urrego, Mahmuda Choudhury, Majeda Saltana When the World Remained Silent John F. Kennedy – Paterson Public Schools Teacher: Kathleen Renegar Best Use of Newspapers Awards (Sponsored by The Record) - David Rips "Okay, Let's Go!": The Historic Command that Changed the Face of World War II Marlboro Middle School – Marlboro Public Schools Teacher: Barbara Gallo Emily Smolenski, William Nedds, Lily Li, Caitlyn Lopilato The Passaic River: Flowing Through Triumph and Tragedy Valley Middle School – Oakland Public Schools Teacher: Judith Vihonski Emily Tooker Lindenberg: Known More for His Triumphs or His Tragedies Rumson Fair-Haven Regional High School – Rumson Fair-Haven Regional HSD Teacher: Tom Toohey Claire Diaz, Alejandro De La Vega Thomas Edison IMPACT Academies – Paterson Public Schools Teacher: Ronnie Denburg Selariana Cabrera, Rafaela Ramirez, Miguela Urena Assassination of Trujillo East Side High School - Paterson Public School District Teacher: Selemny Ruiz Ananya Yalamanchi, Varnika Atmakuri, Anesha Rasunathan Locked Doors, Tragic Scores Community Middle School – West Windsor-Plainsboro Public Schools Teacher: Karen Rosnick Christie Dougherty The Iron Horse Community Middle School – West Windsor-Plainsboro Public Schools Teacher: Karen Rosnick