News Release
May 4, 2006
National History Day Finalists Announced
Congratulations to the following students who will be representing Denver Public Schools and the state of Colorado at the National History Day contest to be held at the University of Maryland June 20 - 25. These students qualified for the national competition by finishing in the top two at the Colorado History Day contest on April 29 at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT
Patrick Tapp, Hamilton Middle School
"Tuskegee Airmen Taking a Stand by Fighting an Enemy Not German"
Emmily Pierce, Hamilton Middle School
"Rosa Parks: She Took a 'Stand' by Sitting Down"
JUNIOR GROUP EXHIBIT
Ruby Dorchester, Maura McKay, Akemi Tsutsui, Kylie Zahl; Denver School of the Arts
"Executive Order 9066: Behind Barbed Wire"
Christie Collins, Natalie Lays, Madeleine Winslow; Hamilton Middle School
"Susan B. Anthony: Daring to Stand Up for Women's Rights - 'Failure is Impossible' "
JUNIOR GROUP PERFORMANCE
Shannon Patilla, Nyasha James-Davis, Tia Owens, Kara Powell, Phillip Jenkins; Denver School of the Arts
"Fannie Lou Hamer Takes the Stand"
Aura Cruz, Julian Ramirez, Emily Gould, Mateo Rocha, Sydnee Macias; Denver School of the Arts
"Dolores Huerta: 'Behind Every Great Man...' "
JUNIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY
Nicholas Creighton, Kevin Mahoney, Kathryn McCright, Zachary Price; Denver School of the Arts
"Corky's Crusade: Taking a Stand Against Unfair Treatment of Chicanos in Denver"
Calla Winchell, Shanhuan Manton; Denver School of the Arts
"Vietnam Veterans Against the Vietnam War"
SENIOR PAPER
Pierre Biscaye, George Washington High School
"Czar Alexander I: Taking a Stand Against a Napoleonic Europe"
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT
Rebecca Clark, George Washington High School
"Picasso's Guernica: One Man's Stand Against the Horror of War"
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE
Erik Brockbank, Denver School of the Arts
"Put Your Bodies Upon the Gears: Mario Savio and the Berkeley Free Speech Movement"
Joanna Foote, George Washington High School
"The Taiping Rebellion: Taking a Stand for Justice and Against the Corruption of the Manchu Dynasty"
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY
Ryan Brown, Denver School of the Arts
"A Small Voice, But a Strong Voice: Governor Ralph Car and the Japanese Americans"
SENIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY
Samantha Clifford, Xiao Lu; Denver School of the Arts
"The Man With the Muck-Rake: Taking a Stand Behind the Machines of Packingtown"
Teachers for these students are Barbara Allen, Ed Glassman, and Leni Arnett (Denver School of the Arts), Sharon Dacotah, Sara Morrow, Doug Wilhelm (Hamilton Middle School) and Bonnie Guggenheim (George Washington High School).
For more information, please contact Becky Muggli in the Denver Public Schools Gifted & Talented Department, 720-423-8274.