Bronxville News

Bronxville High School students earned multiple awards at the state level of the 2021 National History Day Competition. Their extensive historical research focused on this year’s theme of “Communication in History: The Key to Understanding.”

The students’ authentic work was displayed in one of five ways — paper, website, documentary, performance or exhibit — and submitted electronically to be evaluated by a panel of judges. This year, the top two winners in each category have advanced to compete at the national competition.

Congratulations to the following students who earned awards at the state competition: 

Documentary (Group, senior division): 
•    Second place – Wilder Burgin, J.W. Henningson, Aidan McBride and Charles van Tienhoven, “Speaking Without Talking: How American POWs in Vietnam Used Communication to Endure Captivity.”

Exhibit (Group, senior division): 
•    Second place – Brooks Clifford, Eleanor Clifford and Saya Mueller, “Politics to Prejudice: Dr. Seuss’s Masked Messages.”

Research Paper (Senior division): 
•    Third place – Isabela Fenner, “The Amistad Rebels: A Struggle to Communicate Their Story of Brutality to Reclaim Their Freedom.”

In addition, students were acknowledged with special awards at the state competition:

Outstanding Senior Division Entry in Labor History (sponsored by the American Labor Studies Center) 
•    Alexandra Hulbert, Brooke Kaye and Sarah Modesitt (group documentary), “The Effects of Pseudonyms: Prejudice Against Women in the Writing Industry.” 

Outstanding Entry in Maritime History (sponsored by the National Museum Historical Society) 
•    Isabela Fenner (research paper), “The Amistad Rebels: A Struggle to Communicate Their Story of Brutality to Reclaim Their Freedom.”