News Release
April 27, 2005
Eighteen National History Day Teams From Denver Going To Finals June 11-18 In Maryland
Eighteen History Day student teams from Denver Public Schools earned first- or second-place awards at the Colorado History Day competition on Saturday, April 23 and are headed to the National History Day competition June 11-18 at the University of Maryland.
Junior Paper
2nd Place - Scott Sigman: "Sculpture in Romanesque Architecture: Lessons and Moral Guidance in Stone" (Hamilton Middle School; Doug Wilhelm, teacher).
Junior Group Exhibit
2nd Place - Natalie Lays and Christie Collins: "Jane Goodall Communicates with Chimpanzees: Understanding a Foreign Unseen World" (Hamilton Middle School; Sharon Dacotah, teacher).
Junior Individual Performance
1st Place - Faryn Tobler: "The Power of the Pen: Harriet Beecher-Stowe Communicates the Evils of Slavery" (Denver School of the Arts; Barbara Allen, teacher).
Junior Group Performance
1st Place - Chloe Armao, Nyasha James-Davis, Aura Cruz, Jaqueline Meraz and Eboni Coleman: "Communication on the Road to Freedom: The Journey of the Underground Railroad" (Denver School of the Arts; Barbara Allen, teacher).
2nd Place - Madeleine Winslow, Chelsea Proctor and Cassie Cherry: "I Love Lucy - A Communication Through Television History" (Hamilton Middle School; Sharon Dacotah, teacher).
Junior Individual Documentary
1st Place - Elliott Collins: "Protesting the Vietnam War: Communicating a Cultural Disagreement" (Hamilton Middle School; Doug Wilhelm, teacher).
Junior Group Documentary
1st Place - Bryon Christman, Jacob DeCroce and Zander Chanin: "The Navajo Code Talkers: Communication in WWII" (Denver School of the Arts; Ed Glassman, teacher).
2nd Place - Shannon Desmond, Tracy Fielder and Riley Price: "The American Combat Photographer: Communicating the Horrors of World War II Through Photography" (Denver School of the Arts; Ed Glassman, teacher).
Senior Paper
1st Place - John Stanford: " 'You've Got to be Carefully Taught': Social Issues Communicated in the American Musicals of Oscar Hammerstein II" (George Washington High School; Bonnie Guggenheim, teacher).
Senior Individual Exhibit
1st Place - David Schneider: "A Nail Through Religious Absolutism: The Communication of the 95 Theses" (George Washington High School; Bonnie Guggenheim, teacher).
Senior Group Exhibit
1st Place - Brigitte Siller and Norah Kissell: "Communication Through the Lens: The Photography of Lewis W. Hine, for the Children" (Denver School of the Arts; Ed Glassman, teacher).
2nd Place - Meera Rao, Laura King, Kira Newman and Adrienne Russman: "Understanding Enigma Communications: A Key to Allied Triumph in the Battle of the Atlantic" (George Washington High School; Bonnie Guggenheim, teacher).
Senior Individual Performance
1st Place - Kara Miller: "From the Roof: Communication in the Women's Liberation Movement" (Denver School of the Arts; Ed Glassman, teacher).
Senior Group Performance
1st Place - Jon Shockness, Akil LuQman, Nick Thorne, Alisha McKenzie and Jacob Mundel: "Out of the Shadows of Jim Crow" (Denver School of the Arts; Barbara Allen, teacher).
2nd Place - Kelsey Isberg and Annie Woodward: "A Touch of Home in a Combat Zone - Donut Dollies: Communicating Hope, Home and Joy to the Men in the Vietnam War" (Denver School of the Arts; Ed Glassman, teacher).
Senior Individual Documentary
1st Place - Ryan Brown: "Servant to Civil Rights: Bayard Rustin" (Denver School of the Arts; Ed Glassman, teacher).
Senior Group Documentary
1st Place - Sarah Goode and Lila Creighton: "Corruption, Cartoons, and Communication" (East High School; Ed Glassman, sponsor).
2nd Place - Gabe Stein, Avery Colomb, Aaron Bernhardt, Adrian Leanza and Brian Lays: "Drawing the Jungle War: Cartoons of Vietnam" (George Washington High School; Bonnie Guggenheim, teacher).
For more information, contact Becky Muggli, Student Activities Specialist in the Gifted & Talented Department, 303-405-8274.