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Thu, 10/24/2019 - 8:22am
April 2020
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We have some good news to share with you!  The results recently came in for the Howard County "Virtual" History Day Competition!  The students who placed 1st and 2nd will advance to states to "digitally" compete later this month.  
 

Howard County History Day Winners 2020

 

Junior Individual Documentaries

3rd Place 

Jim Thorpe: So Much Accomplished Yet So Little Changed

Student: Mitchell Dickson

Teachers: Janine Sharbaugh, Felicia O’Meara, and Hannah Verlich

Bonnie Branch Middle School

 

Junior Individual Performances

2nd Place

Breaking into a Modern Economy: Hamilton's Financial Plan

Student: Lily Granai

Teachers: Janine Sharbaugh, Anne Schaefer, and Hannah Verlich

Bonnie Branch Middle School

 

 

Junior Group Performances 

1st Place

The Book that Affected Millions of Hearts

Students: Samara Rahman and Raji Shah

Teachers: Janine Sharbaugh, Anne Schaefer, and Hannah Verlich

Bonnie Branch Middle School

 

Raji's and Samara's project was publicly recognized by the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center on their social media.

 

 

Junior Individual Websites

1st Place

Defeating Odds: Jonas Salk's Polio Vaccine

Student: Seth Markey

Teachers: Janine Sharbaugh, Felicia O’Meara, and Hannah Verlich 

Bonnie Branch Middle School

 

Special Awards

African and African American Experience Award Sponsored by the Council of Elders of the Black Community of Howard County

Junior Division

What HeLa Lacks: The Harrowing Detriments of the World's First Immortal Cell Line

Student:  Lamia Ayaz

Category: Historical Paper

Teachers: Janine Sharbaugh, Anne Schaefer, and Hannah Verlich

Bonnie Branch Middle School