Parker students from Middle and Upper School divisions battled for the gold at the 2013 San Diego County History Day on March 2. Following Saturday's competition, 36 Parker Upper School students and seven Middle School students advance to the California State competition at the end of April.
History Day is an annual event bringing students in grades 4 through 12 together for project-based competitions. Students participate as individuals or groups, focusing on an historical theme found on a local, national, or global level. The History Day theme of 2013 was "Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events."
The Middle and Upper School Social Studies departments would like to thank the teachers and parents who assisted with coaching, interviews, and judging. Special thanks to Carol Brown and the library staff, and Quoc Vo and the technology team who donated time, space, assistance, and equipment to help students with their research.
See a complete list of results below.
Middle School
Peter Bullard and William Southworth
Winner junior group website
Antietam: The Bloody Battle that Altered American History
Avi Anklesaria
Honorable Mention junior individual website
Elvis Presley: Twisting American Culture
Andrew Schmid
Winner junior individual documentary
Special award: San Diego County Libraries’ Research Award
Jackie Robinson Rounds the Bases and Breaks the Color Barrier
Eleanor Hansen, Adam Nussbaum, Amanda Wasserman
Winner junior group documentary
Wings of Change: Charles Lindberg Turns the Course of Aviation and Alters the Way America Views Flight
Aviva Waldman
Winner junior historical paper
Russia’s Bloody Sunday: Turning Monarchy to Marxism
Upper School
Rickey Leary
Winner senior individual exhibit
San Diego Exposition of 1915
Jessica Bocinski
Winner senior individual exhibit
Special award: San Diego County Libraries’ Research Award
Dorothea Lange
Soren Hansen & Olivia Ghosh
Winner senior group exhibit
Special Award: Outstanding Economic Research, Analysis, and Presentation Award
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Zak Brownlie
Winner senior individual documentary
Japan’s Economic Democratization: Turning Point from Martial Power to Economic Power
Luke Pelessone
Winner senior individual documentary
Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution
Camille Considine
Winner senior individual documentary
Special award: San Diego County Libraries’ Research Award
Special award: Most Creative Interpretation of Theme
Freud’s Theories as a Turning Point in Art and History
Noah Gamboa, Thomas Marshall, Zachary Schmid, and Preetam Soundararajan
Winner senior group documentary
The Battle of Midway
Braxton Bell, Alex Devereaux, Jonathan Lemberg, Adam Linssen & Mary Tobin
Winner senior group documentary
All Eyes on Tet: The Power of the Media to Fuel Change
Anoushka Bose
Winner senior individual website
Preserving American Antiquities: A Turning Point in the Progressive Era
Nishon Tyler
Winner senior individual website
The Women’s Movement
Pedro Gallardo
Winner senior individual website
Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine
Esther Cheng & Bethlehem Desta
Honorable Mention senior group website
Special Award: Best Use of Primary Sources
His Heart Would Not Burn: The Self Immolation of Thich Quang Duc
Matthew Smith, Isaac Gray & Benjamin Sachrison
Winner senior group website
The Iranian Revolution: Turning Point in the New Middle East
Kate Lemberg, Katherine Owens, Arielle Swedback & Audrey Yang
Winner senior group website
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Jennifer Nugent & Sally Aul
Winner senior group website
The Miracle Decision: Turning Point in Hollywood Production Codes and First Amendment Rights
Ciaran Gallagher
Winner senior individual performance
No Gods, No Masters: Margaret Sanger’s Campaign
Jasmine Anklesaria, Sabrina Devereaux, Gwendolyn Gardiner, Michela Rodriguez
Winner senior group performance
Special Award: Junior Theater Outstanding Historical Performance
Blank Checks and Imbalances: The Pivotal Role of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution in the Federal Government
Zach Bernstein
Winner senior historical paper
The Wright Brothers: Turning Point in Flight
Alex Nicita
Winner senior historical paper
The Manhattan Project: A Turning Point in History
Sarah Ogle
Winner senior historical paper
Hubble Space Telescope: Bringing the Universe Into Focus
Angelica Vera
Senior historical paper
Special award: Outstanding Use of English by English Language Learners
The Chinese Cultural Revolution: How the Educational System Plummeted
We would also like to commend the following students, who also represented Parker at the San Diego County History Day competition:
- Sonia Aceves
- Alex Blood
- Lauren Clark
- Stella Gerson
- Kennedy Kidd
- Caroline Lezny
- Daniel Leibowitz
- Sujan Nandipati
- Lou Tauber