On Saturday, May 5, MEMS and Pine Brook students competed in New Jersey's History Day competition at William Paterson University. Our students received honorable mention in all of the five specialty awards that are presented at the state competition. Also, our students were recognized as alternate and national qualifiers.

The national qualifiers will be advancing to the National History Day competition held at the University of Maryland from June 10-14.

The following students received special recognition awards for their exhibits and performance:

Best Use of Newspaper - North Jersey Media Group:

Connor Clancy & Joseph Perez-"Muckraking- How Investigative Journalism Provoked Outrage and Inspired Reform"

Best New Jersey Topic - New Jersey Historical Commission &  Best Maritime History Topic - National Maritime Historical Society:

Ralph DePalma--"Greenwich Tea Party: Burning British Rule"

Best Revolutionary War Topic - New Jersey Revolutionary War Round Table:

Michael Vinciguerra-"Revolution At It's Best: Battle of Monmouth Sparks Hope for the War"

Best Civil War Topic - North Jersey Civil War Round Table:  Julia Abahazy- "John Brown's Revolution- Through Mary Brown's Eyes"

The following students were recognized as alternate and national qualifiers:

Alternate- Individual Exhibit:  Rahul Singh- "The Pinch of Salt that Rocked the British Empire"

National Qualifiers- Group Exhibits:

Connor Clancy & Joseph Perez-"Muckraking- How Investigative Journalism Provoked Outrage and Inspired Reform"

Alec Grant & Konrad Slabinski- "The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand"

National Qualifier- Individual Performance:

Julia Abahazy- "John Brown's Revolution- Through Mary Brown's Eyes"

Congratulations to National History Day Advisors Ms. Jacqueline Colon and Ms. Jill Podel for their outstanding work.