NSHSS Academic Paper Awards 2005
The academic paper award committee has selected the following ten papers for awards of $250 each. The Society congratulates the winners and wishes to acknowledge the effort and expertise that all of the submissions demonstrated. We received a large number of truly outstanding efforts reflecting a wide range of topics and academic courses. Applications for Academic Paper Awards Competition for 2006 are posted on the scholarships section of the website.
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Robert Addis
Benzie Central High School, Lake Ann, Michigan
“Can Hydrogen-Powered Automobiles Be Practical?”
A thorough study of the development of economically-viable hydrogen-powered automobiles.
McKendy Cadet
Erasmus Hall Campus High School of Science and Math
Brooklyn, New York
“If You’re Not Part of the Solution, You’re Part of the Problem”
A personal statement written as a college admissions application essay.
Morgan Michelle Castano
Providence Senior High School, Charlotte, North Carolina
“The Benefits of Therapeutic Horseback Riding”
Research paper exploring the value of therapeutic horseback riding for the disabled.
Melissa Day
Newark High School,
Newark, Delaware
“Evolution of Fairy Tales”
A study of the origins and evolution of fairy tales
throughout history.
Jill B. Feffer
Lynbrook High School,
East Rockaway, New York
“The Multifaceted Role of Language in ‘Hamlet’”
A literary study of diction and syntax in “Hamlet" as indicative of characterization (topic drawn from AP exam preparation).
Camilla Hawthorne
Armijo High School, Fairfield, California
“The Struggle of Memory Against Forgetting: The Armenian Genocide”
An analysis of the causes of the “forgotten” Armenian Genocide during World Word I (extended essay for the International Baccalaureate program).
Ashley Muller
Downers Grove Community High School
District 99 South,
Downers Grove, Illinois
“Charlotte R. Lucas Collins – The ‘R’ is for Resolute”
A character study of Charlotte Lucas in Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”
Abraham Pachikara
Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland
“An Evaluation of Stem Cell Sources”
An extended essay for the International Baccalaureate program researching the question “Which source brings about the most stem cells with the least sacrifice?”
Elisabeth Pfister
Boiling Springs High School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
“Love, Heroism, and the Making of History in ‘David Copperfield’”
An analytical study of the autobiographical and social elements influencing Dickens’ novel “David Copperfield.”
Mihiri Tillakaratne
Cleveland High School, Mission Hills, California
“Mastering My (Non)Self”
Response in dialogue form to an assignment to create a philosophy of one’s own compared and contrasted with philosophies studied in class.