Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Candidates
Kristine Forsgard (Montrose School) Jason Levy (Ottoson Middle School) Catherine Martus (Hanscom Middle School) Stephanie McRae (Brockton High School) Dayshawn Simmons (Arthur D. Healey School) Scott Spencer (Winchester High School) Barbara Whitlock (Montrose School) Suzanne Zmijewski Lim (W. L. Chenery Middle School)
Junior Division: Suzanne Zmijewski Lim (W. L. Chenery Middle School)
Senior Division: Stephanie McRae (Brockton High School)
Congratulations to our Massachusetts nominees:
JUNIOR PAPER
NAME: Isabella Hu PROJECT: Spy Satellites: The Secret Communication of the Cold War SCHOOL: Winthrop L. Chenery Middle School
1st PLACE
2nd PLACE
Honorable Mention
Alternate for Nationals
NAME: Morris Smith PROJECT: Leisure and Lessons: Board Games as Communications Media in 19th- and 20th-Century America SCHOOL: Belmont Hill School
Advances to Nationals!
NAME: Melvin Kabucho PROJECT: Marketplace of Massacres: How the Media and the Vietnam Anti-war Movement Transformed America SCHOOL: Winchester High School
Advances to Nationals!
SENIOR PAPER 1st PLACE
Advances to Nationals!
NAME: Stella Zhu PROJECT: How The Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis: Communicating the Life of the Poor and the World of the Tenements SCHOOL: Northfield Mount Hermon School
The Marilyn Ross Memorial Book Prize in Women’s and Gender History
Anna Clutterbuck Cook
Best Project in Maritime History
National Maritime Historical Society
Senior Lauren Mitchell The WASPs: America's Forgotten Heroes of World War II Deerfield Academy
Senior Ava Malloy Nellie Bly Writes Her Own Story Hingham HS
Junior Ava Menasha Elizabeth Friedman Our Lady's Academy
Junior Sam Geiger Subtle Suffrage: Feminist Fashion in the 1920s Winthrop L Chenery Middle
1st place SR Se-Aun Park Multicultural Communication through Cuisine: Curry's Journey from India to Britain and Japan
Milton Academy
2nd Place SR Evan Khym Understanding the Battle of Bismarck Sea: Zero Sum Game and Communication
Groton School
1st place JR Grace Molinsky The Sinking of the Titanic - Communication Failure Monsignor Haddad MS
2nd Place JR John Teeven Wireless Telegraphy and the Titanic Disaster of 1912 Our Lady's Academy
Joseph Teeven
Best Project in Indigenous History
Plimoth Patuxet Museums
Best Project in Early American History
Plimoth Patuxet Museums
Jonathan Celli The Navajo Code Talkers and The Unbreakable Code Catholic Memorial School
Meena Gourley Unbreakable: How the Navajo Code Talkers Answered Their Nation’s Call to Win the War
Hamilton-Wenham Regional HS
Anya Marino Empowerment through Written Communication: The Development of Cherokee Syllabary in the Early 1800s
Montrose School
Cheryl Sung The Stories Told by the Great Wall of Los Angeles Sharon HS
Alice Liu Noah Webster - Lexicographer to America Belmont High
Bethsaida Accino Slaves’ Communication throughout the Antebellum Era Foxborough Regional Charter School
Dhruv Jain The Post Office Act of 1792: The Act that United the States Mansfield High
Gael Willems Cleetus Codes, Ciphers and Deceit: America's Revolutionary Spy Ring Ottoson MS
Ruthanna Kern The Era of Good Feelings: A Reporter's Reflection on the Truth of the Time
Somerville High
Best Project Exploring Multiple Perspectives in History
The Old North Church & Historic Site
Best Project in African or African American History
Mass Council for the Social Studies
Runtian Li Voices Worcester Academy
Demilade Abosede A Message Between Each Strand Pioneer Charter School of Science II (PCSS-II)
Serena Ogbemudia
Nethanya Pierre-Louis
Toluwa Sholola
Best Use of Maps as a Primary Source
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Narineh Gevorkian The Armenian Genocide: International Communication Within the United States Embassy
Bedford High
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE
NAME: Kathleen Reale PROJECT: Successful From the Shadows: The Female Codebreakers of World War II SCHOOL: Monsignor Haddad Middle School
1st PLACE
2nd PLACE NAME: Pranav Addanki PROJECT: The Mexican-American War: A Catalyst for Modern Communications SCHOOL: Galvin Middle School
Advances to Nationals!
Advances to Nationals!
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE
NAME: Cassidy Schuman PROJECT: Nazi Propaganda: How Communication Became Germany's Most Powerful Weapon SCHOOL: Bedford High School
1st PLACE
2nd PLACE
Honorable Mention
Alternate for Nationals
NAME: Olivia Soolman PROJECT: Strength In Silence: How Extreme Nonviolent Communication Won Women’s Suffrage SCHOOL: Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School
Advances to Nationals!
NAME: Hannah Cumming PROJECT: The Dada Movement - Artistic Communication in Post-War Europe SCHOOL: Winchester High School
Advances to Nationals!
JUNIOR GROUP WEBSITE
NAME: Alexandra Lay, Xuanye Zhang PROJECT: Linking the North Atlantic : How the First Intercontinental Cable Shaped Communication SCHOOL: The Gibbs School
1st PLACE
2nd PLACE NAME: John Teeven, Joseph Teeven PROJECT: Wireless Telegraphy and the Titanic Disaster of 1912 SCHOOL: Our Lady's Academy
Advances to Nationals!
Advances to Nationals!
SENIOR GROUP WEBSITE
NAME: Eric Pan, Jayanth Rao, Jennifer Wu PROJECT: Propaganda Posters of the Mao Era: Communicating the Ideals of the Chinese Cultural Revolution SCHOOL: Winchester High School
1st PLACE
2nd PLACE
Honorable Mention
Alternate for Nationals
NAME: Andrew Dementiev, Jason Chiappinelli, Sebastian Gallo PROJECT: Hundred Flowers Campaign SCHOOL: Needham High School
Advances to Nationals!
NAME: Leslie Baker, Theresa Bettinelli PROJECT: Nazi Anti-Semitic Propaganda: Communication in World War II Germany SCHOOL: Montrose School
Advances to Nationals!
The David Sears Award: Best Project in Military History
Jennifer Sears
Best Project in LGBTQ+ History
Massachusetts Historical Society
Senior Owen Balfour War of the Words: The Office of War Information’s Operations During World War II and Its Importance to an Allied Victory
Mashpee High
Robert Sanborn
Junior Alissa Lopes The Manifestation of Cold War Themes in American Media and Pop Culture
The Newman School
Jack Cormier Evolution of LGBT Representation in Musical Theater 1970-2000 Bancroft School
Kate Schembri Measure in Love: How RENT Destigmatized HIV/AIDS and the LGBTQ+ Community
Hingham High
Luke
Morgan
Zhang Shia
The Lavender Scare Needham High School
Theresa Ruth Joens Prize in History of Science and Engineering
Michael and Mary Joens
Best Project in Arts, Literature, and Culture
The House of the Seven Gables Prakhar Gupta The Eyes of My People: Communicating and Understanding Black
Perspectives Through Langston Hughes’ Poetry Bedford HS
Katie Noh
Sarah Wirth
Teagan Schnorr How Did We Get to "Sesame Street"? Hingham High
Jillian Patalano The Fan Uprising: How Fanfiction Changed the History of Storytelling
Mystic Valley Regional Charter School
Caroline Crowley
Sophia East Eve Arnold: Beauty and Representation, The Key to Understanding Our Differences
North Middlesex Regional
Shreya Vaidyanathan Shostakovich and Communication Through the Arts Westborough High
Claire English The Nutcracker: A History of Racism and Ignorance Winchester High School
Ava Huppe
Ellen Stewart
Hajar Loughlam How Telegraphs and Telegrams Changed Communication Pioneer Charter School of Science II (PCSS-II)
Sara Marmoucha
Maryam Zad
Alice Feng Apollo 11: How Communication Truly Made the Moon Landing "One Giant Leap"
Winchester HS
Best Project in Maritime or Military History
The USS Constitution Museum
Ben Carter USS Liberty Communication Project Foxborough High
Matthew Fossella
Danielle Gagnon The Vietnam War: A War on the Screen Mystic Valley Regional Charter School
Isabella Chu
Huyen Le
Akshita Nistala
Gina Wierzbowski
Aniket Sarkar Cuban Missile Crisis Nashoba Regional
Xavier Choe The Cuban Missile Crisis: Examining Miscommunication's Role The Newman School
Jonathan Garrity
Best Project in Sports History
Boston Red Sox - Fenway Park Tours
Niamh McGuinness 1980 Olympic Boycott Hingham High
Ella Dunkelberger What is the solution? Notre Dame Academy
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT
NAME: Matilde Bellotti PROJECT: Welcome to the Rainbow Nation SCHOOL: Our Lady's Academy
1st PLACE
2nd PLACE
Honorable Mention
Alternate for Nationals
NAME: Frankie Condakes PROJECT: Stan Lee’s Communication Through Comics! SCHOOL: Monsignor Haddad Middle School
Advances to Nationals!
NAME: Grace Molinsky PROJECT: The Sinking of the Titanic - Communication Failure SCHOOL: Monsignor Haddad Middle School
Advances to Nationals!
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT NAME: Danielle Donovan PROJECT: Communication Through Occupation: AIM, Red Power, and the Fight for Indigenous Rights SCHOOL: Mansfield High School
1st PLACE
2nd PLACE
Honorable Mention
Alternate for Nationals
NAME: Madeline McAllister PROJECT: Bread Roses: How the Lawrence Strikers Communicated Their Need for Dignity and a Livable Wage SCHOOL: Bedford High School
Advances to Nationals!
NAME: Alice Feng PROJECT: Apollo 11: How Communication Truly Made the Moon Landing "One Giant Leap" SCHOOL: Winchester High School
Advances to Nationals!
JUNIOR GROUP EXHIBIT
NAME: Anna Vakoc, Chloe Breitling PROJECT: Code Breakers in World War II SCHOOL: The Gibbs School
1st PLACE
Advances to Nationals!
SENIOR GROUP EXHIBIT
NAME: Ariel Navon, Dylan DiGangi, Joel Indipiginja, Will Campbell PROJECT: The Telegraph: Samuel Morse Facilitates Long-Distance Communication During The Industrial Revolution SCHOOL: Bedford High School
1st PLACE
2nd PLACE
Honorable Mention
Alternate for Nationals
NAME: Daniel Willis, Jack Henderson, Peter Vivaldi PROJECT: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Bringing America into World War Two SCHOOL: Needham High School
Advances to Nationals!
NAME: Nikhil Ahn, Roshan Pillai, Steven Sun PROJECT: It's All Propaganda: How Communication Incited the Overthrow of Jacobo Árbenz SCHOOL: Needham High
Advances to Nationals!
Best Project in Massachusetts History
Massachusetts Historical Society
Best Project in Industrial History
Tsongas Industrial History Center
Morris Smith Leisure and Lessons: Board Games as Communications Media in 19
th- and 20
th-Century America
Belmont Hill School
Julia Arnold Women's Declaration of Independence Lexington High
Grace Hovey Transatlantic Communication Plymouth North HS
Sydney Muhammad Fariz
Clive-Liddell Imran
How the Telegraph Changed Communication Forever: A Documentary
Plymouth South HS
Madeline McAllister Bread & Roses: How the Lawrence Strikers Communicated Their Need for Dignity and a Livable Wage
Bedford HS
Lucy DeMeo How Victorian Fashion Communicated Class Divides Montrose School
Elizabeth Zhang The Chinese Flood: Understanding American Fear of Chinese Immigrants, 1850 to 1900
Phillips Academy
Best Project in STEM History
The Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
Best Use of Primary Sources
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University
Best Project in Civics
Marblehead Museum
Sarah Baskin Finding Lincoln: Tracing the Evolution of the Gettysburg Address Through the Lens of the Press
Lexington High
Ariel Greenberg Code Girls of World War II: Communicating Secret Codes Hamilton-Wenham Regional HS
Elen Arustamyan Communication in History: Tehlirian’s Way to Justice Brockton High
Lilly Glass Roosevelt Muir in Yosemite: The Camping Trip That Changed Conservation Hamilton-Wenham Regional High
Best Project about Pre-1876 American History
American Antiquarian Society
Best Representation of “Communication in History” in Medical History
Clara Barton Birthplace Museum
Ecotarium
Elliot Kuo The 1858 Debates: A Glimpse into the Mind of Abraham Lincoln Kuo Homeschool
Hana Shinzawa The Cage Crinoline: An Early Expression of Feminism Montrose School
Caroline Holmes The Underground Music Plymouth North High
Elina Han Amelia Jenks Bloomer: The Feminist Who Redefined Fashion and Journalism
Winchester High School
Sydney Swilling
Ethan Han COVID, Communication, and Controversy - How Modern Media Blurs the Line Between Fact and Fiction
Boston Latin
The Best Use of STEM to Improve Communication Technology
Lauren Talbott Astrology and Mathematics: The Underlying Components to Ancient Communication
K-12 Private Academy
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE
NAME: Kaia Outzen PROJECT: The Fifer's Call SCHOOL: Bancroft School
1st PLACE
2nd PLACE NAME: Isabelle Conway PROJECT: Blanche Ames: Communications from a Suffragist SCHOOL: Mansfield High School
Advances to Nationals!
Advances to Nationals!
SENIOR GROUP PERFORMANCE
NAME: Elizabeth Barrett, Elyza Tuan PROJECT: "Pageant of Great Suffragettes:" The Evolution of Violence as a Means of Communication Towards Progress in Feminism SCHOOL: Montrose School
1st PLACE
2nd PLACE NAME: Devyn Schwartz, Julia Bollas PROJECT: Bayard Rustin SCHOOL: Needham High School
Advances to Nationals!
Advances to Nationals!
Best Use of Letters as a Primary Source
Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History
Best Research Demonstrating Excellence in Industrial and/or Urban History
Springfield Museums
Nicholas Lam City Beautiful: Daniel Burnham and the White City of 1893 Lexington High
Anna Maria Fasse Candelabras, Carriages, and Clocks: England's Quest for Superiority at the Great Exhibition of 1851
Montrose School
Sean Fei NBC, Blitzkrieg, and a Coup d’etat: How Wireless Technology Dictated Lives Lexington High
Yashaswi Panamakuri Communication Through Cuneiform Foxborough Regional Charter School
Museum of Fine Arts
Best Use of Artwork to Understand History
Emily Neoh Living a Lie: The Rise of Anti-Semitism in the 1930s Arlington High
Clara Schneider
Emma Graziano The Slippery Slope of “Helter Skelter”: The Beatles Interpretations Notre Dame Academy
Sophia East Eve Arnold: Beauty and Representation, The Key to Understanding Our Differences
North Middlesex Regional
Hannah Cumming The Dada Movement - Artistic Communication in Post-War Europe Winchester HS
Best Use of Local Special Collections
Boston Athenaeum
Best Project in The History of Sports
Worcester Bravehearts Baseball
Best Project Related to Civil Dialogue and/or Bipartisanship
The Edward M. Kennedy Institute
Matthew Goodhue Jesse Owens Bedford High
Logan (Tomo) Liou
Niles Liu
George Rackey
Hayden Sousa The Impact of Ted Sorensen’s Speechwriting During JFK’s Presidency Hingham High
Ellie Boles Whitney Young Jr. "Bridge Builder" Hingham HS
Best Project on the History of the American Revolution
Revolution 250 Kaia Outzen The Fifer's Call Bancroft School
Maeve Hegarty A Midnight Ride to Remember Monsignor Haddad MS
Massachusetts Historical Society Juneteenth Exhibit A Message Between Each Strand Demilade Abosede Pioneer Charter School of Science II
Serena Ogbemudia
Nethanya Pierre-Louis
Toluwa Sholola
Slaves’ Communication Throughout the Antebellum Era Bethsaida Accino Foxborough Regional Charter School
The Eyes of My People: Communicating and Understanding Black Perspectives Through Langston Hughes’ Poetry
Prakhar Gupta Bedford High
Katie Noh
Sarah Wirth
Jesse Owens Matthew Goodhue Bedford High
Logan (Tomo) Liou
Niles Liu
George Rackey
Erased From History: How Juneteenth Highlights Repression of Black History and the Fight to Reclaim the Black Narrative in America
Carolyn Kennedy Notre Dame Academy
Brown v. Board of Education Acadia Zangi Monsignor Haddad Middle School
Ida B. Wells: The Princess of The Press Morgan Gibson Hanscom Middle
Sophie Hrad
"Just Give Me My Equality" Leah May Hingham High
Whitney Young Jr. "Bridge Builder" Ellie Boles Hingham High
Madam C.J. Walker Kara Cooper Needham High
Tricia Soldato
Juliana Schwartz
Little Rock Nine: The Face of Racism Nationally Exposed Jaqueline Chapdelaine Hamilton-Wenham Regional High
Riley Clark
Jessica Cooper
Jane Maguire
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee’s Internal Struggles Within the 1960s Freedom Struggle
Carly McMahon Winchester High
The Greensboro Sit-ins: Standing up by Sitting Down Brigitte Worstell Hamilton-Wenham Regional High
Gianna Randazzo
Maggie Firicano
US Jazz Ambassadors Program Kathleen Grady Needham High
Christine Mittaz
Bayard Rustin Devyn Schwartz Needham High
Julia Bollas
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY
NAME: Sayontika Bhattacharya PROJECT: Gandhi's Letters to World Leaders: Peaceful Communication Through History SCHOOL: Our Lady's Academy
1st PLACE
2nd PLACE NAME: Maeve Hegarty PROJECT: A Midnight Ride to Remember SCHOOL: Monsignor Haddad Middle School
Advances to Nationals!
Advances to Nationals!
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY NAME: Evangelos Tsingos PROJECT: Paper Bullets: Propaganda and Newsbooks During the English Civil Wars SCHOOL: Needham High School
1st PLACE
2nd PLACE
Honorable Mention
Alternate for Nationals
NAME: Matthew Kromm PROJECT: London Calling: Communicating Anti-Racism Through Music SCHOOL: Winchester High School
Advances to Nationals!
NAME: Narineh Gevorkian PROJECT: The Armenian Genocide: International Communication Within the United States Embassy SCHOOL: Bedford HS
Advances to Nationals!
JUNIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY
NAME: Morgan Gibson, Sophie Hrad PROJECT: Ida B. Wells: The Princess of The Press SCHOOL: Hanscom Middle School
1st PLACE Advances to Nationals!
SENIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY
NAME: Brigitte Worstell, Gianna Randazzo, Maggie Firicano PROJECT: The Greensboro Sit-ins: Standing Up by Sitting Down SCHOOL: Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School
1st PLACE
2nd PLACE
Honorable Mention
Alternate for Nationals
NAME: Colin Leary, Elias Malloy, Leo Kagan, Micah Katz, Seamus Heney PROJECT: Brainwashing America: How WWII Anti-Japanese Propaganda Communicated a Message of Hatred SCHOOL: Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School
Advances to Nationals!
NAME: Ian Castracane, Leo Greco, Luke McMahon, Ryan Luo PROJECT: Untying the Knot of War: The Frantic Re-establishment of Cold War Communications in the Cuban Missile Crisis SCHOOL: Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School
Advances to Nationals!
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