History Day Competition Winners

SAN JOSE, CA – About 130 students from 10 Santa Clara County schools competed over the weekend in “History Day,” an educational program devoted to improving the teaching and learning of history in Santa Clara County.

The program enables students to study historical issues, ideas, people and events by engaging in historical research. The theme for this year’s event, which was held at History Park, was titled, “The Individual in History: Actions and Legacies.”

Teachers and community members judged the competition. History Day’s sponsors include the Santa Clara County Office of Education and San Jose State University, with Silicon Valley History Online, which includes History San José. The winners and their schools:

FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE POSTERS
Alex Shinkawa and Ashley Yount, Ponderosa Elementary

JUNIOR DIVISION
Papers: Anthony Lucid, Willow Glen Middle School; Individual Exhibit: Marissa Lewis, Martin Murphy Middle School; Siena Tabuena-Frolli, Morrill Middle School; Group Exhibit: Sang Hua, Nancy Nguyen and Karen Tang; and Jessica Lam and Diana Nguyen, all of Morrill Middle School; Individual Documentary: Claire Bostrom, Castilleja School; Deewie Peñaflor, Morrill Middle School; Group Documentary: Helena Caswell and Katherine Taylor, Castilleja School; Emerald Nguyen, Kelly Pearman and Brandon Rossi, Martin Murphy Middle School; Individual Web Site: Charlotte Biffar; Sydney Molano, both of Castilleja School; Group Web Site: Alejandra Ortiz, Brianna Seals and Taylor Wilkerson, Castilleja School

SENIOR DIVISION
Papers: Kyu Chul “Bill” Chang; Bryan Chu; and Jack Long, all of Gunn High School; Individual Exhibit: Cindy Chang; Saratoga High School; Stephanie Richardson; and Danielle Tene, both of Gunn High School; Group Exhibit: Layla Daryan and Hayley Zarrin; Vick Ni, Karen Wai and Erika Ye, all of Saratoga High School; Coline Devine and Susan Nitta, Gunn High School; Individual Documentary: Ketki Sood, Gunn High School; Group Documentary: Mor Albalak, Shany Albalak, Holt Bowmer and Michelle Williams; Joanna Chan, Cindy Lee and Yuki Nihimura, all of Gunn High School; Araceli Lopez, Viridiana Mendoza, Cynthia Rodriguez and Gustavo Zavala, Andrew Hill High School; Individual Web Site: Audrey Ho; Nancie Rossi, both of Gunn High School; Group Web Site: Neethi Baskaran, David Pham and Kathy Pham; John Huynh, Brian La, Jason Mach, David Mai and Thank Tran, all of Andrew Hill High School; Conor Kennedy and Danny Wallace, Gunn High School.

Date last updated: March 30, 2009