Last Saturday, FM’s National History Day Club participated in the Central New York Competition at BOCES in Liverpool. Students were able to create historical research projects in any form — documentaries, papers, performances, websites, and exhibits. The theme this year was “Rights and Responsibilities.”
Categories were separated by age group and type of project. FM performed extremely well, with many state qualifiers. 15 students will be advancing to the state competition, held at SUNY Oneonta on April 27th.
In the Individual Exhibit category, Sonia LaHaye won first place for her project “Not All Sugar is Sweet,” and Ellie Comprix won second place for her project “Legalized Racism: The Chinese Exclusion Act.” Additionally, Jacob Chen won third place for his project “Burned and Buried.”
In the Group Exhibit category, Lily Zhou and Jordan Miller won first place for their project “Unheard Voices: The Jamelske Case and Women’s Rights.” Elisabeth Connors and Tea Sangster won second place for their project “Following The Yellow Brick Road To No Return: The Exploitation Of Child Actors In Hollywood.” Additionally, Katherine Knapp and Samira Patel won third place for their project “Smash The Patriarchy.”
In the Group Documentary category, Anthony Bottar, Derick Wang and Ethan Wong won first for their project “MK Ultra: The CIA’s Abuse of Citizens’ Rights.” Hudson Brenner and Daniel Manta won second place for their project “Rights and Responsibilities in the Digital Age: Edward Snowden Blows a Whistle.” Dafni Mountrakis and Domenica Scalzetti also won third for their project “Crossing Borders: Southern Europeans’ Fight for Rights.”
In the Paper category, David Nagapetov won first for his paper, “The Catastrophic Aviation Dilemma: How Los Angeles World Airports Failed to Take Responsibility and Uphold Workers’ Rights, Resulting in a Tragic Incident.” Ansun Li won second for their paper, “Laika the Space Dog and Animal Rights.”
In the solo documentary category, Hari Yoganathan won first place for his documentary, “9066: The Imprisonment of Citizens.” In the solo website category, Ethan Kotoklo won first for his website, “Who’s considered a citizen?: Life After Colonization.”
Great job, FM History Day, and good luck at the state competition!
