Vermont History Day Results

Congratulations to the following teachers whose students were first place winners in this year's Vermont History Day competition:

Keither Harrington from Poultney Elementary School (Junior Group Documentary and National Archives Award - "Horace Greeley: Influencing America through Words"); (Junior Web Site - "Dorothea Dix: Reformer for the Treatment of the Mentally Ill") and the Shelburne Museum Award

Susan Pollender from Black River High School (Senior Group Documentary & Vermont History Award - "Calvin Coolidge: Vermont Born and Raised"); (Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences Award - "Samuel Morey: A Little Yankee Ingenuity Goes a Long Way")

Stacy Devino from Poultney High School (Junior Individual Documentary - "FDR: Hope for Millions of Americans")

Kelley Brennan from Green Mountain Union High School (Senior Individual Documentary - "A Vermonter's Legacy of Heroism: Dr. James Canfield Fisher and the Rescue at Cabanatuan"); (International Studies Award, Senior Division - "A Vermonter's Legacy of Heroism: Dr. James Canfield Fisher and the Rescue at Cabanatuan")

Bob Russell of Mount Abraham (Junior Individual Exhibit & Vermont History Award - "John Deere: Plowing His Way Into History"); (The Deborah Pickman Clifford Vermont Women's History Prize - "Emma Willard")

Cookie Steponaitis from Vergennes Union High School (Senior Individual Exhibit and National Archives Award - "J. Edgar Hoover: Controversies and Secrets"); (Senior Individual Performance - "A Window on the Unusual: The Films of Quentin Tarantino); (Senior Web Site - "Seeing America as 'Pop' - The Art of Andy Warhol"); (National Archives Award - "Amelia Earhart: Explorer of the Skies"); (National Archives Award - "The 'Lion of Vermont': The Personality and Politics of Matthew Lyon")

Shelley Townsend from Mt. Holly School (Junior Group Exhibit - "Dr. Seuss: Bringing Change to Children's Reading"); (International Studies Award Junior Division - "Wernher von Braun: Putting Man on the Moon")

Madeline Sherman from Proctor Jr/Sr High School (Senior Group Exhibit and National Archives Award - "Emily Proctor")

Jessical Wagener, home schooler (Junior Historical Paper - "Galileo Galilei, Father of Modern Science")

Jess Applegate from Brighton Elementary School (Labor History Prize - "How Did Island Pond Get Its Health Center?") and the VT-NEA History Day Teacher of the Year Award