On April 3, 2003, 61 freshmen and sophomore Scarborough High School students, accompanied by teachers Craig Roberts, Audrey Lovering, and teacher intern Bruce Douglass, participated in a state level National History Day Competition in Augusta. This yeat's History Day theme was Rights and Responsibilities in history. All student products had to relate to various aspects of that theme. Scarborough High, for the third year in a row, took first place honors at the senior division.

The following students received awards:

Categories:	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
Historical Paper Category:	Nichole Gonyea (Rights and Responsibilities of Indian Women)		Helen Mattsson (Great Railroad Strike of 1877)
Documentary Category:		Tim Irwin Matt Libby James Mina (Examining the Holocaust)	Ben Luja (The Great Depression)
Individual Performance Category:	Ellen Thorton (John Locke) Recieved Best Indivual Performance Award	Courtney Kleftis (Susan B. Anthony)
Group Performance Category:	Michelle Anderson Kristen Buckley Melanie Matthews Deidre Silcott (Geneva Convention) Best Group Performance Award These four students were asked to perform before the entire assemblage at the Competition.
Individual Exhibit Category:	Leah Wallof (Women Behind the Men American First Ladies) Recieved Best Individual Exhibit Award	.	Andrew Schwalbenberg (Federal Responsibilty to Provide Housing)
Group Exhibit Category:		Katie Cella Julie Endrizzi Kerry Jones (U.S. Military Doctors)	Alli Durocher Leah Marsankis Kristen Tonder (America vs Terrorism)

 

The following students successfully participated in the competition in one of the six categories above:
Chris Buttarazzi	Victory Weapons
Jaymie Coulston	Womens' Right to Vote
Alex Coupe	East Timor
Sheena Ernst	John Muir and the Environment
Peter Juarez	Japanese Rights and Resettlement Post WWII
Fred Kennedy IV	Tianamen Square
Andrea LaBonty	Womens' Rights in the Middle East
John McDonald	Rights of POWs and Responsibilities of Captors
Sarah Mills	Rights of India vs Responsibilities of Britain
Alexander Ronca	Monopolizing Industries
Naomi Simmons	British Womens' Struggle for Equality
Jillian Magee Kim Stoddard Stephanie Stoddard	Rights of Chinese Women/Responsibilites of Chinese GOvernment
Paulie Dibner Jenn Flaherty Maria Risbara	African American Women Leaders
Kim Dean Rachel Baird	New England Mills in the 19th Century
Sarah Beneman Doug Endrizzi Laura Wood	Hunger
Jennifer Chiarantona Leslyn Shaw Britt White Danielle Wood	Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
Amy Brigham Eric Payne	WWII: Pearl Harbor
Rachel Brady Lauren Radigan Nadine Sa Elizabeth Somerville	Womens' Rights in Afghanistan
Carylanne Brown Brady Champlin Kyle Hillock Brittany Price	Ancient Egypt
Katrina COllins Erin Feeney Kristina King	A League of Their Own
Ryan Albahary Erica Mercer	The Holocaust

   

On April 28th, twenty-eight Scarborough High students, accompanied by teachers Craig Roberts and Marita O’Neill, participated in the Maine History Day Competition held in Augusta. The History Day theme for the 2001-2002 school year was Revolution, Reaction, and Reform in history. All student products had to relate to various aspects of that theme. Scarborough High, for the second year in a row, took first place overall honors in the senior division.

The following students received awards:

Categories:	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
Research Paper Category:	.	Helen Mattsson  (Russian Revolution)	Matt Leighton  (The Atlantic Cable)
Individual Exhibit Category:	Leah Wallof (Shakespeare)	.	Ali Ronca (Shakespeare)
Group Exhibit Category:	Tim Martinson  Jonica Soule  Amy Schoppee (Population Control)	Kerry Jones Julie Endrizzi Katie Cella (Stem Cell Research)	Melanie Heazel Hannah Hoxsie (Harlem Renaissance)
Group Performance Category:	.	Mariah Buckley Christy Bruns (Harlem Renaissance)	.\
Individual Performance Category:	Courtney Kleftis  (Nelson Mandela)	.	.

 

The following students successfully participated in the state competition: Rachel Baird                             Linsey Payson                          Ashley Wheeler Kim Dean                                  Kevin Robbins Emily Eschner                           Andrew Schwalbenberg Paul Jameson                            Nell Snyder Courtney Mack                        Ellen Thornton Brianna Mitchell                      Brian Vautin

At the competition, Scarborough students took 12 out of a possible 14 places in the categories they entered. All 1^st and 2^nd Place winners have been invited to compete against other states at National History Day in Washington D.C. in June.

The following students received awards:

Categories:	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
Papers (Individual):	.	Courtney Sullivan "The 19th Amendment"	Benjamin Prunty "The Food and Drug Administration"
Individual Exhibits:	Melanie Heazel  "The Atomic Bombing of Japan"	Matt Leighton  "Paradise Lost"	Elizabeth Grotton "Abolition of Slavery in Britain"
Group Exhibits:	Alyssa Brackett Emily Kipp Brianna Carr "Battle of Stalingrad"	Alison Berstch  Hannah Hoxsie  "The Bombing of Pearl Harbor"	Jen Coyne Erin Kilby Sara Bushey  "Ghandi"
Group Performances:	Mariah Buckley Jill Macomber Ashley Barton Sarah Abrams Becky Condon  "Women’s Suffrage Movement"	Mike Mack Mike McLaughlin Ryan Flint Sean Flaherty "War in the Pacific"	.
Individual Documentary:	.	Arin Bratt "The Punic Wars"	Kate Angis  "History of the Automobile"

 

Also $50 monetary prizes were offered by the Maine Archives and the Maine Social Studies Teachers Association:

The Group Exhibit by Jen Coyne, Erin Kilby and Sara Bushey (3rd Place) won a $50 prize for the best use of newspapers.

The Individual Exhibit Arin Bratt won a $50 prize for his work on the "Punic Wars."

The Group performance by Mariah Buckley, Jill Macomber, Ashley Barton, Sarah Abrams and Becky Condon (1st Place) won a $50 prize for the "Women’s Suffrage Movement."

The World War II Memorial Foundation:

Awarded a set of books on WW II and $500 to Melanie Heazel for her "Atomic Bombing of Japan."