Eight students from Westside Middle School Academy and 17 Danbury High School students earned awards for their history research projects at the Connecticut History Day regional competition. This year the competitions were virtual, and students submitted their work on March 21.
Connecticut History Day, an affiliate program of National History Day, is for students in grades six through 12 and encourages historical exploration through research, analysis and interpretation. This year’s theme is “Breaking Barriers in History.”
The Danbury student winners are as follows:
Category: Junior Individual Documentary
Third Place: Viewing Barbara Walters. Westside Middle School: Jenna Saltzman
Category: Junior Individual Website
Second Place: Space: To the Moon and Back. Westside Middle School: Zachary Wright
Category: Junior Group Exhibit
Second Place: Chicago Freedom Movement School. Westside Middle School: Aekom Diogun, Colin Gordon, and Xavier Going
Third Place: This Project Won’t Put You To Sleep: Westside Middle School: Emili Lopez-Gibbons, Chloe Djilani, and Ethan Kennedy
First Place: Breaking Barriers: The Danbury Railroad Station. DHS: Valentina Ramos, Amy Cordova, Megan Bhatti, and Hibba Qureshi
Category: Senior Group Website
First Place: Breaking Barriers: The Danbury Fair. DHS: Melissa Jimenez, Allyson Vecchia-Spooner, Caitlin Van Tronk, and Sarah Barta
Third Place: King of the Court: Billie Jean King. DHS: Juliana Wiseman, Riya Patel, and Kaya Fahsbender
Category: Senior Group Exhibit
First Place: Breaking the Ice: Welcoming Antarctica to the World. DHS: Faith Thomas, Ana Dela Cruz, Sarah Hwang, and Laura Snow
Second Place: Breaking Barriers During the Kosovo War. DHS: Arta Berisha and Patriot Berisha
The state level of the competition will also be held virtually at a date to be determined. The National History Day competition, also virtual, will be held in June.