Compiled by The Bedford Citizen
Bedford High School sent 13 projects authored by 31 students in 6 categories to the CentralWest Massachusetts History Day competition on March 4, and everyone came home with an award.
“Projects that placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their respective categories qualified to move onto the state contest on April 1,” said History Day advisor James Sunderland. “Long story short, every single project qualified for the state contest.”
Individual Exhibit
- Title IX — Helen Pulizzi — 1st
- Winston Churchill — Parker DeBaryshe — 2nd
- Omaha Beach — Janae Carpenter — 3rd
Individual Performance
- Black Mountain College — Neil Luczai — 1st
Individual Website
- Claudette Colvin — Julia Doucet — 1st
Group Exhibit
- Monuments Men — Taline Dawson, Maria Wilson, Leslie Yan — 1st
- Jesse Owens — Evan Comeau, Gerald Liao, Robbie Meehan, Shane Meyer, Michael Vaughan — 2nd
Group Documentary
- March 1st Movement — Hannah Dacayanan, Mari Fay, Stacey Kwan, Christine Lee — 1st
- Zora Neale Hurston — Lexia Cicone, Cordy Houck, Natalie Knight, Georgia Michelman — 2nd
- The Letterman System — Megan Demeo, Melissa Driscoll — 3rd
Group Website
- Jane Addams — Michael Chen, Rachelle Shao, Jasmin Yannix — 1st
- Sun Yat-Sen — Joe Avram, Nolan Holley, George Wei — 2nd
- Hollywood 10 — Caitlin Barr, Evan Stebe — 3rd
Several projects also earned special prizes:
- Helen Pulizzi’s individual exhibit, Title IX, won the Worcester Bravehearts award for best project on taking a stand in sports history
- Megan Demeo & Melissa Driscoll’s group website, The Letterman System, won the Clara Barton Birthplace Museum award for best project on the history of medicine.
- Hannah Dacayanan, Mari Fay, Stacey Kwan & Christine Lee’s group documentary, The March 1st Movement, won a Worcester Art Museum award for demonstrating a sophisticated understanding of the role of art in history.
- Lexia Cicone, Cordy Houck, Natalie Knight & Georgia Michelman’s group documentary, Zora Neale Hurston, also won a Worcester Art Museum award
“This is the first time in our district competition history that all of our projects advanced to the state finals,” said Sunderland.
The Massachusetts History Day competition will be held on Saturday, April 1 at Stoneham High School and will feature the best projects in the Commonwealth. Projects that place 1st or 2nd in their respective categories at the state competition will qualify to represent Massachusetts at the national competition in June.
Click this link to learn how Bedford projects fared at the state competition at Stoneham High School
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Congrats Bedford!! This is wonderful news and a tribute to our hard working students and teachers.
Wow! Way to go to all the participants. And,kudos to our wonderful BHS history department for the enthusiasm, ambition and dedication that they instill in our kids.