FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 11, 2006
Contact: Jim Henderson, Maine State Archivist
Phone: 207-287-5793

Maine National History Day Winners Announced

Forty Students Eligible for National Finals

AUGUSTA, MAINE -- Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap and Maine Archivist Jim Henderson announced on Tuesday that forty Maine students have qualified to participate in the National History Day academic competition this June in Maryland.  Qualifying students were selected at the state finals of Maine History Day on April 7 th in Augusta.

“Maine History Day is a unique event.  It enables students to showcase their knowledge of history and gain recognition for going above and beyond traditional classroom assignments.  This program brings out the best in Maine students, and I’m pleased that 40 are now eligible to represent our state at the National Finals,” Secretary Dunlap commented.

More than 100 students in grades 6-12 took part in the state finals.  In addition to Dunlap and Henderson, students heard from Governor John E. Baldacci, who majored in history at the University of Maine.  The speakers congratulated participants for their creativity, initiative and scholarship.

Prior to the state finals, participating students selected and explored a broad historical theme.  They prepared papers, projects or presentations for the statewide competition.  Those entries were then reviewed by panels of expert judges, with awards presented to the top three selections in 12 separate categories. 

The first and second finishers in each category became eligible for the National Finals to be held June 11-15, 2006 at the University of Maryland.  A complete list of Junior and Senior Division winners accompanies this press release.   Cape Elizabeth Middle School in the Junior Division and Bonny Eagle High School in the Senior Division were recognized as overall school winners based on the combined total of their top finishers.

Maine National History Day is organized by the Maine State Archives and Office of the Secretary of State in cooperation with the National History Day program (www.nhd.org/), which engages approximately 700,000 students nationwide each year.  Additional information about Maine’s National History Day competition is available at www.state.me.us/sos/arc/historyday/histhome.htm.

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MAINE NATIONAL HISTORY DAY

2006 Winners

Junior Group Documentary

3rd Place	An Ordinary Girl And An Extraordinary Difference	Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary Esther Adams Ann Dunham Moriah Nutter Autumn Robbins
2nd Place	Why Move When You Can Start A Movement	Cape Elizabeth Middle School Emily Attwood Meredith Riker
1st Place	Girls Just Want To Have Fun	Cape Elizabeth Middle School Macauley Cliffe Kristin Kerney

Junior Individual Documentary

3rd Place	Jackie Robinson Story	Loranger Middle School John Regis
2nd Place	The Utopian Peach	Cape Elizabeth Middle School Peter Brigham
1st Place	Galileo Galilei: Thinker Beyond His World	Gorham Middle School Nicholas Reynolds

Junior Group Exhibit

3rd Place	The Rhythma of Protest	Loranger Middle School Kelsea Dixon Tricia Evangelista
2nd Place	Dodging the Curveball Called Color	Cape Elizabeth Middle School Grant Backer Will Pierce
1st Place	My Name Is Samantha Smith	Bonny Eagle Middle School Lauren Gowell Mariel VanAtta

Junior Individual Exhibit

3rd Place	Rosa Parks: A Civil Rights Legend	Loranger Middle School Keturah Smith
2nd Place	Taking a Stand in History: The Siege of Masada	Brunswick Junior High School Christian Schneider
1st Place	The Buck Stopped At Hiroshima: Was Truman Right To Take His Stand?	Brunswick Junior High School Isaac Turner

Junior Historical Paper

3rd Place	Ida Tarbell: Muckraker Beyond Belief	Loranger Middle School James McDermott
2nd Place	Equal To Any Man	Cape Elizabeth Middle School Cidney Mayes
1st Place	The Struggle For The Protection Of Free Speech: Taking A Stand Against Book Banning and Burning	Bonny Eagle Middle School Eric Trumble

Junior Group Performance

3rd Place	Jackie Robinson	Loranger Middle School Matt Bourgault Sebastian Grass Joe Plasse
2nd Place	The Birth of Abortion	Cape Elizabeth Middle School Gabe Donahue Jack Fisher
1st Place	The Cause	Loranger Middle School Jessica Gagne Randi Gribbin Kate Nowicki Steph Nowicki Ashley Seavey

Junior Individual Performance

3rd Place	Soldier	Loranger Middle School Michael Ames
2nd Place	Susan B. Anthony	Loranger Middle School Veronica Hood
1st Place	The Meeting-Robinson And Rickey	Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary Andrew Babbitt

Senior Group Documentary

2nd Place	The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson: Courageous Republican Senators Take A Stand	Skowhegan Area High School Robert Davis Steven Mess Brian Pratt Joel Wing
1st Place	Savior Of France: Joan of Arc and Her Stand in History	South Portland High School Kathryn Card Brianna Wing

Senior Individual Documentary

3rd Place	4 Cultural Aspects of Athenian Society and Their Influence on Modern America	Cheverus High School Bridget Thomas
2nd Place	Curt Flood--Challenging Baseball's Reserve Clause	Skowhegan Area High School Eric Axelman
1st Place	Declaration of a Conscience	Skowhegan Area High School Kathleen Wilber

Senior Group Exhibit

3rd Place	Boston Tea Party	Ellsworth High School Chris Carney Tyne Foss
2nd Place	Kent State - Students Take A Stand Against War	Bonny Eagle High School Jessica Pratt Kalie Stevens
1st Place	Defiance in Leaps and bounds: Jesse Owens and the 1936 Berlin Olympics	Bonny Eagle High School Lukas Boucher Casey McKague

Senior Individual Exhibit

3rd Place	The Battle of Salamis	Cheverus High School Leam Swords
2nd Place	Martin Luther	Cheverus High School Samuel G. Cushing
1st Place	Kent State Shootings	Ellsworth High School Chelsea Herrick

Senior Historical Paper

3rd Place	Joan of Arc	Cheverus High School Angie Fouquette
2nd Place	From Creationism to Evolution: John T. Scopes Takes A Stand Against the Status Quo	Bonny Eagle High School Stacy Sullivan
1st Place	Stephen Biko: Taking a Stand Against Apartheid In South Africa	Bonny Eagle High School James Hanley

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MAINE NATIONAL HISTORY DAY
2006 Special Recognition Awards

Overall School Winners (Presented by the Maine Council for Social Studies):

	Junior Division--Cape Elizabeth Middle School
	Senior Division--Bonny Eagle High School

 

Best Use of Primary Sources (Certificates from the National Archives, New England Regional Office):

	Peter Brigham:   Cape Elizabeth Middle School, Junior Individual Documentary, "The Utopian Peach"
	Samuel Turner and Frank Walter:   Brunswick Junior High School, Junior Exhibit, "A War for Peace: Vietnam Protests on Maine Campuses"
	James Hanley: Bonny Eagle High School, Senior Historical Paper, "Stephen Biko: Taking A Stand Against Apartheid In South Africa"
	Kathleen Wilber: Skowhegan Area High School, Senior Individual Documentary "Declaration of a Conscience"

Relevance for Today Award ($50 cash, Maine State Archives):

	Eric Trumble: Bonny Eagle Middle School, Junior Historical Paper, "The Struggle for The Protection of Free Speech: Taking a Stand Against Book Banning and Burning"
	James Hanley: Bonny Eagle High School, Senior Historical Paper, "Stephen Biko: Taking A Stand Against Apartheid In South Africa"

Military History Award ($50 US Savings Bond, Maine Military History Museum):

	Christian Schneider: Brunswick Junior High School, Junior Individual Exhibit, "Taking a Stand: The Seige of Masada"
	Leam Swords: Chevrus High School, Senior Individual Exhibit, "The Battle of Salamis"

Maine Related Topic Award: (Maine history book from the Androscoggin Historical Society):

Laureen Gowell and Mariel VanAtta: Bonny Eagle Middle School, Junior Group Exhibit, "My Name is Samantha Smith"

 

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