NSHSS Academic Paper Awards 2006

 

The academic paper award committee has selected the following twenty 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.  Winning papers were selected based on how well the student addressed a particular assignment, while presenting the material in a clear and thoughtful way in the student's own voice.  Click on the title to read the award selections.

 

 

 

Ilana Arabova
Midwood High School of Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York

“Robert Koch: Mastering Tuberculosis”

 

Ashleigh Bell
Brooke Point High School, Stafford, Virginia
"Music Therapy for Disabled Children"

 

Alexandra Chtchedrina

North Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana

“Truth, Belief, and Knowledge”

 

Christopher Davis
DeMatha Catholic High School, Silver Spring, Maryland

"Supreme Court Decision: Zelman v. Simmons-Harris"
 

Jacob Ghera

Indian Trail Academy, Kenosha, Wisconsin
"Cold War: Hot Culture"

 

Ashley Holland

North Cobb High School, Kennesaw, Georgia
"Sense and Sensibility: the Evolution of Character"

 

Kamrie Llittlefield
Grossmont High School, La Mesa, California
"Wilbur's Wonderland"

 

Alterrell Mills

Long Beach High School, Long Beach, New York

"The Space Between"

 

Anatasia Mylonas
Mission Viejo High School, Mission Viejo, California
"The Religious Ambiance of Denmark"

 

Marci Nafziger
Home School, Lowville, New York
"Cambodia Under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-1979"

 

 

Allen Nawrocki

Northport High School, Northport, New York
"To What Extent Was the Allied Bombing of Dresden Justifiable?"
 

Dat Nguyen

Glenbard North High School, Carol Stream, Illinois
"The Importance of Individualism in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

 

Jasmine Poole

Highlands High School, Fort Thomas, Kentucky
"Fantasy Becomes Reality"

 

Amanda Rendon

Bridgeport High School, Chico, Texas
"God, Atheism, and Scientific Theory: The Battle Among Beliefs"

 

Mary Robinson

Mount Pleasant High School, Wilmington, Delaware
"Roma: a Struggle for Reform"
 

Abigail Spencer

Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland

"Hamlet: He Tasted Poison When He Drank the Wine of Fate"
 

Megan Stroebel

Bonita Vista High School, Bonita, California
"The Impact of the World War II Navajo Code Talkers"

 

Jason Tolley
Tri-County High School, Wolcott, Indiana
"The Manhattan Project"

 

Rui Wang

Fairport High School, Fairport, New York
"Animals as Symbols in Hemingway's Novels"

 

Laura Weldon

Holmes High School, Covington, Kentucky
"Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty: No Longer Asleep in the Cinders"