Congratulations to NPS students for winning in multiple categories at the Fairfield Regional CT History Day (CHD) contest! NPS students swept seven categories. Students submitted their projects to the virtual CHD platform. First, second, and third place winners automatically advance to the state competition in April.
CHD annually engages over 4,000 middle and high school students in historical research, interpretation, and creative expression through project-based learning. The program seeks to bring students, teachers, museums, and scholars together to support young people as they engage in history.
Junior Papers
First Place: The Dreyfus Affair: A 12-Year Scandal Built on Bias and Fueled by
Propaganda
School: West Rocks Middle School
Student: Kyle Nashe
Second Place: How Communication Caused a Genocide: The Role of Radio in the
Rwandan Genocide
School: Nathan Hale Middle School
Student: Amelia Schweizer
Junior Group Documentary
First Place: Sesame Street: Legacy and Impact
School: West Rocks Middle School
Students: Brooke McHugh and Brody McHugh
Second Place: How did presidents campaign before internet and television?
School: West Rocks Middle School
Student: Jacob Hong and Anthony Szarpa
Third Place: Birmingham Campaign
School: Nathan Hale Middle School
Students: Melanie Tanner and Cesar Diaz
Junior Individual Documentary
First Place: Still in the Darkness: Communicating with Daylight Savings Time
School: West Rocks Middle School
Student: Kayla Linder
Second Place: Changing the Narrative: The Story of Nellie Bly
School: West Rocks Middle School
Student: Tristan Meyer-Mitchell
Third Place: The Women of Bletchley Park
School: West Rocks Middle School
Student: Alexander Amann
Junior Group Exhibit
First Place: Jeremiah Denton: Communication in the Blink of an Eye
School: West Rocks Middle School
Students: Michael Wu, Lydia Yusi, and Stella Talisse
Second Place: The Forced Assimilation of the Native American Residential Schools
School: West Rocks Middle School
Students: Juliet Centeno, Karizma Reyes, and Taliyah Holley
Third Place: Running the Extra Mile: The Story Behind the First Marathon
School: West Rocks Middle School
Students: Haley Mario and Carly Mario
Junior Individual Exhibit
First Place: The Telegraph: Important Communication in The Civil War
School: West Rocks Middle School
Student: Brandon Iliev
Second Place: “Join, Or Die.”: The Snake That United America
School: West Rocks Middle School
Student: Julia Newman
Third Place: Spying Ladies: Leading the Colonies to Victory and Additional Rights for
American Women
School: Roton Middle School
Student: Phoebe Strickland
Junior Group Performance
First Place: The Roaring 20’s
School: Columbus Magnet School
Students: Raniah Imran, Derek Argueta, Elizabeth Santamaria, and Victoria Perez
Second Place: Genghis Khan’s Pigeons
School: Columbus Magnet School
Student: Finnuala Cronin, Dasha Kurbanova-Martin, and Vivian Balazs
Junior Individual Performance
First Place: From Jumping Frogs to Connecticut Yankees: Mark Twain and his
Influence on the American Landscape
School: Roton Middle School
Student: Laszio Balazs
Junior Group Website
First Place: Conservator Calls
School: Nathan Hale Middle School
Students: Camila Fernandez and Grace Kimball
Second Place: The Tenerife Airport Disaster: How a series of miscommunications led
to a disaster that shook the world of aviation
School: Roton Middle School
Students: Stella Sweitzer and Ava Gigliotti
Third Place: BREAKING NEWS: Women to fight for their rights!
School: West Rocks Middle School
Students: Isabella Kibbey and Adelaide Reynolds
Junior Individual Website
First Place: Dropping the “Highball”: Miscommunication in the 1853 Norwalk Rail
Accident
School: West Rocks Middle School
Student: Holden LeGette
Senior Individual Documentary
Second Place: The First Fireside Chat: How FDR Gained America’s Trust in the Midst of the Great Depression
School: Center for Global Studies
Student: Vivien Ryen