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Regional Competition Dates

Northern & Southern Regional Contest Dates

Northern Contest:  February 27, 2010 (Seton Hall University)
Sounthern Contest: March 5, 2010 - It is a Friday!  (Rider University)

Registration Opens for Regional Contest: November 1, 2009 Registration Closes: February 1, 2010(for all contests)NJ HD State Contest is by invitation only.   Winners from the Regional Contest will be given all information regarding the State Competition at the winner's meeting after the Regional Contest award ceremony.   All Websites and Papers Due: February 1, 2010 Websites and Papers need to be mailed or dropped off to the NJ HD Office located at William Paterson University.  Office of Field ExperiencesWilliam Paterson University 300 Pompton Road Wayne, NJ 07470   Attn: History DayAll participants need to hand in 4 copies of their work (website cd, research paper, annotated bibliography, process paper) in order to be judged for the competition.  Any questions please email:njhistoryday@wpunj.edu
 
2010 National History Day Theme Sheet

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2010 Northern Regional Competition Winners

Northern Regional Competition Winners

Performance Junior Individual
Zachary Hatcher
H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, Barbara Kistne
Bon Appetit! The Cardboard Box that Changed Home Baking

Caroline Van Buskirk
St. Anthony, Ann Marie Peterson
Hi Ho, Oh No, It's Off to Work We Go

Performance Junior Group

Carla Silvestri, Dana Wehmann, Desiree Agrinsoni & Hannah Anolik
Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Christine Bertollo & Patty Chiaviello
Thomas Nast Drawing into America

Madeline Meyer & Katharine Mulderry
H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, Barbara Kistner
Telephonovation: How theTelephone Changed Communication

Documentary Junior Individual
Michael Ludwig
George Washington Middle, Tim Rohan
The Declaration of Independence: An Innovation in Literature

Colin Whittle
Valley Middle School, Judith Vihonski
The Jet Engine: Thrusting into History

Documentary Junior Group

Pinar Oguz & Maura Cuddihy
H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, Barbara Kistner
Cubism's Influence on theWorld of Art

Cory Sandler & Marcus Schacknow
George Washington Middle School, Tim Rohan
Rock of Ages

Paul Potenza, Richard Potenza, Mark Potenza & Bryan Mejia
St. Anthony, Ann Marie Peterson
From "Bite the Bullet" to "Relax and Inhale"

Website Junior Individual
Konrad Petelski
St. Anthony, Ann Marie Peterson
The "Wright" Stuff

Alex Wares
St. Anthony, Ann Marie Peterson
John Stevens – Steam Locomotive Pioneer

Shannon Lynch
Saints Philip and James School, Mary O'Sullivan
Fast Food: Trapped in the Drive Thru

Website Junior Group
Allison Proszowski, Emily Ibarra & Catherine Jordan
Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Christine Bertollo & Patty Chiaviello
Mary Phillbrook: History's Mother of Equal Rights Laws

Exhibit Junior Individual
Christina Oster
H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, Barbara Kistner
The Printing Press: Spreading the Written Word

Brandon Spence
Saints Philip & James School, Mary O'Sullivan
The Helicopter: That Keeps Giving

Exhibit Junior Group
Julia Hansen, Alex Hutcherson & Jade Pace
Valley Middle School, Judith Vihonski
Submarines: Weapons of War and Peace

Caitlin Barnes, Briana Tedesco & Samantha Garrison
H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, Barbara Kistner
Workplace Safety: The Fire that Sparked Reform

Christine Lepore & Kathryn Daniels
Saints Philip & James School, Mary O'Sullivan
Flash Photography: An Explosion of Light

Jillian Sprong & Shelley Herman
H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, Barbara Kistner
The Polio Vaccine: Injecting Hope

Natalie Wertz, Emily Gagliostro & Colleen Farell
H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, Barbara Kistner
Photography: A Snapshot in Time

Nia Burrell & Sidney Anderson
Valley Middle School, Judith Vihonski
The Telescope: A Glimpse Beyond

Matthew Ragsdale, Carlo Aversa & Joseph O'Sullivan
Saints Philip & James School, Mary O'Sullivan
The Pacemaker: Keeping the Rhythm of Life

Daniel Martinez & Adrain Valentin
George Washington Middle School, Tim Rohan
Television over the Years

Stephanie Mazzacca & Jillian Gonzalez
St. Anthony, Ann Marie Peterson
Norman Borlaug: "The Man Who Fed the World"

Meredith Rivas, Chiara DiBella, Colette Barca & Keith Riley
Valley Middle School, Judith Vihonski
The Les Paul Sound: Musical Magic

Senior Paper
Ryan Schneider
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
Soaring into a New Era: The Jet Age

Katie Culik
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
Innovation: Women Seize the Ballot

Michael Kopreski
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
Hereditary Slavery in Colonial America: A Legal Innovation

Ryan Feuer
Bayonne High School, Tim Maset
The Human Genome Project: Remarkable or Radical?

Jessica Hoogerhyde
Eastern Christian High School, Jane Okma
Flying through War

Olivia Latran
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
Thomas Nast: "Gladiator of the Political Pencil"

Hope Forrester
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
Weaving Our Way through History

Shanice Cassimiro
Bayonne High School, Tim Maset
The United Nations Organization: An Innovation Facilitating the Betterment of Humanity

Marina Youssef
Eastern Christian High School, Jane Okma
The X-RAY—Going Beyond the Naked Eye

Andrew Hahm
Bergen County Academics, Mark Kramer
The Electoral College: A True Political Innovation

Kelly McGee
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
Anesthesia: Innovation in the World of Pain

Kristen Lindsay
Eastern Christian High School, Jane Okma
Communications Impacting Business

Nicole Chaux
Eastern Christian High School, Jane Okma
Photographing the Past

Jaclyn Jacobs
Eastern Christian High School, Jane Okma
The Innovation of the Stirrup

Kathryn Streelman
Eastern Christian High School, Jane Okma
Photojournalism

Josh Maranian
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
The Ironclad: The Innovation that Revolutionized Modern Naval Warfare

Brendan Milik
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
The First Step Toward Freedom: The Emancipation Proclamation

Rachel Schmitt
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
The Best Friend Man Could Ever Have: The Legacy of Service Dogs Lives On

Jonathan Logan
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
The Ridges of Justice: Finger-printing Technology

Aubrey Vinh
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
Lincoln and Civil Liberties: Innovative Leadership During War

Performance Senior Individual

Zainis Mason
East Orange Campus High School, Selemny Ruiz
African American Innovator

Saif Yasin
Montville Township High School, Peter A. Porter Jr.
The Journey of Anesthesia

Performance Senior Group

Courtney Sonn, Zachary Klein, Julia Rizzo & Rebecca Reit
Montville Township High School, Peter A. Porter Jr.
Searching for a Safe Haven:
The Mormon Expansion West

Nuzhat Chowdhury, Zena Alibrahimi, Kaltoum Ali-Brahimi & Bayan Kanouni
John F. Kennedy High School, Leonilda Bellomo
Penicillin- The Miracle Drug

Alli Hartley & Alexandra Hartley
Montville Township High School, Peter A. Porter Jr.
Hull House: Innovation in Social Justice

Documentary Senior Individual

Cara Antonaccio
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
UNICEF: An Innovation in Humanitarian Aid

Conor Reid
Montville Township High School, Peter A. Porter Jr.
The Marian Reforms

Jennifer Reukauf
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
Thomas Nast: The Power of the Pen

Documentary Senior Group

Karen Yuan, Nida Speed, June Teichmann, Katrina Leung & Shanze Gilani
Montville Township High School, Peter A. Porter Jr.
Music as Propaganda: Wagner

Alyssa Berman & Lexis Kambour
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
Women on the Home Front During World War II

Sarah Levitt, Michelle Shyten, Alex Leicht & Shannon Dunn
Montville Township High School, Peter A. Porter Jr.
Innovation in Medicine

Brian Veras, Nicholas Hamilton & ShawnBarnes
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
The Airplane as a Weapon

Megan Lasky & Daniel Brookes
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
Freud: Innovations in Psychology

Nicole Thauer & Bryan Shortman
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
A Suburban Revolution

Yuehan Xiao, Robert Wu, Nishank Mehta, Haroon Mian & Thomas II Grande
Montville Township High School, Peter A. Porter Jr.
The Musket: The Evolution of Revolutionary Innovation

Kate O' Leary, Cole Futterman, Lillian Kravitz & Jared Zimmerman
Montclair High School, Ray Jalil
MTV

Amelia Dunnell & Katz Lizzie
Montclair High School, Ray Jalil
Polaroid Camera

Gordon Jiang, Joseph Hands, Daniel Carlin, Marco Armenante & Christopher Mederos
Watchung Hills Regional High School, Greg Krueger
Recorded Sound: The Phonograph

Websites Senior Group
Kyla Tierman & Kathryn Sullivan
West Morris Central High School, Rosanne Lichatin
Peace Corp

David Measley, Ryan Kung, Samuel Pallay, Charles Qian & Abraham Mendelson
Montville Township High School, Peter A. Porter Jr.
The Inn-0-vation of Zero

Jason Mahr, Yifei He, Michael Fitton & Jason John
Montville Township High School, Peter A. Porter Jr.
V-2 Rocket: War, Space, Science

Alice Huang & Angela Huang
Montville Township High School, Peter A. Porter Jr.
The Road to Conquering Prejudice: Loving v. Virginia

Farrah Liu, David Sherwood, Jerry Zhang, Eric Zilber & Manoj Muthukumaran
Montville Township High School, Peter A. Porter Jr.
Innovation in Naval Warfare

Cory Bernstein & Andrew Eidelburg
Montville Township High School, Peter A. Porter Jr.
Innovations of History: World War II Weapons

Ghadeer Abuhamdeh, Nazifa Fairuj, Carolina Ocampo, Denice Tapia & Akhlema Hardar
John F. Kennedy High School, Alexandra Rizos
The Polio Vaccine: America's Gift of Mobilism

Rachel Dickert & Zoe Dickert
Montville Township High School, Peter A. Porter Jr.
Innovation in Prison Design

Exhibit Senior Individual
Rachel Elias
Montville Township High School, Peter A Porter Jr.
The Seeing Eye

Pierre Leon
Passaic County Technical Institute, Victoria Scarpa
GPS-From Here to There

Jelani Williams
Montclair High School, Ray Jalil
Innovation of Rap Music

Carolyn Andia
John F. Kennedy High School, Robin O'Brien
Paterson: Industry Began Here!

Emma Coffey
Montville Township High School, Peter A Porter Jr.
Penicillin: The Advent of Antibiotics

Sabrina Fatima
John F. Kennedy High School, Mounir Almaita & Helen Cyr
Lighthouses

Eli Maskin
Montclair High School,Ray Jalil
Photo Journalism

Ryan Wyer
Montville Township High School, Peter A Porter Jr.
Alliance and Trade: Innovation in Diplomacy

Exhibits Senior Group
Nick Ciccarino & Dillon Chen
Montville Township High School, Peter A Porter Jr.
Ironclad Ships: Innovation in Naval Warfare

Sam Reimnitz & Erik Ewerstein
Montclair High School,Ray Jalil
Dynamite

Spencer Cheron, Rhemone Bryan, Jim Florez, Berner Velez & Juan Hernandez
John F. Kennedy High School, Alexandra Rizos
John P. Holland

Shentia Uddin, Taj Uddin, Muslah Uddin & Yasmin Akther
John F. Kennedy High School, Robin O'Brien
From Phonograph to I-pod

Giselle Rivera, ChristaCeconi & Katie Kraft
Montville Township High School, Peter A Porter Jr.
The United Nations: Innovation in World Cooperation

David Jimenez, Jessica Cruz, Mateo Zabala, Leslie Acuna & Gabriella Palmer-Cruz
John F. Kennedy High School, Robin O'Brien
Woodstock a Cultural Innovation

Neville Dusaj & Jude Tungul
Montville Township High School, Peter A Porter Jr.
Coca Cola: A Refreshing American Innovation

Tousif Ahmed & Nate Goodman
Montclair High School, Ray Jalil
War and Machines

Zoe Sayre-Melville & Enery Michaels-Million
Montclair High School
Cosmetics

Thamina Sultana & John Ruiz
John F. Kennedy High School, Eric Glatz
Einstein: Theory of Relativity

Nora Mustafa & Maria Carvalho
Passaic County Technical Institute, Victoria Scarpa
I C Silicon!

Arafath Hussain, Quinito Fisher, Mohammad Jabed,Jamaal Hilton & Akram Hussain
John F. Kennedy High School, Eric Glatz
The Manhattan Project

Sajni Desai, Olivia Qiu, Brianna Devitt & Brianne Saccomanno
Montville Township High School, Peter A Porter Jr.
Vaccination: Innovation in Medicine

Maura Hossic, Sekou Kaba & Precious Osagie-Erese
East Orange Campus High School, Selemny Ruiz
Laser Technology: Curing Without Cutting
 

Southern Regional Competition Winners

Congratulations winners... names will be posted soon!