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Congratulations to all our National Finalists and Winners!

We had outstanding projects make it to National History Day in 2022, and want to celebrate those who placed in their categories. Your hard work, research, and passion is inspiring to all of us at the New York State History Day team. Congratulations, students! We are so proud of all of you, and hope to see all of you return next year to participate again.

​Without further ado, here are the New York State students who were finalists at NHD!

Watch the ceremony here.

Category Winners 
Second Place, Junior Group Documentary

Shirley Chisholm: Championing Domestic Workers through  Debate and Diplomacy
Cecilia McConnaughy, Maria Manouselakis, Joanna Fabian, Lorenzo Guaman & Ariana Mendez 
HELLENIC CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL

Third Place, Senior Group Website 
Fishin’ for Diplomacy: A Debate over Native American  ​Fishing Rights
Sebastian Lennox & Jillian Chang
GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL 

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Special Prize Winner
Award: Women's History (sponsored by National Women's History Museum)
 A New Diplomacy: Indigenous Women and the Fight to End Forced Sterilization 
June Dorsch
POLY PREP COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL


Outstanding Affiliate Entry Winners 
Junior Group Exhibit 
"My Body, My Choice": Roe v. Wade, the Debate over Abortion
Harnoor Joneja & Chloe Kim 
JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL

Senior Group Exhibit 
Chernobyl Disaster: How Diplomatic Pressure Pushed the Soviet Union to Mitigate the Disaster and Created International Debate on Nuclear Energy
Katherine Gunduz, Leonid Nevezhin & Annie Petrillo 
BRONXVILLE HIGH SCHOOL


Finalists
Junior Individual Documentary 
Aryana Adur
JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL

Junior Group Documentary
Joanna Fabian, Lorenzo Guaman, Maria Manouselakis, Cecilia McConnaughy & Ariana Mendez
HELLENIC CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL

Junior Individual Performance 
Amneet Kaur 
JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL

Junior Group Performance 
Judy Liang, Lauren Park & Diana Sun
JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL

Junior Group Exhibit
Harnoor Joneja & Chloe Kim 
JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL

Junior Individual Website
Willow Shi
JERICHO MIDDLE SCHOOL

Senior Paper 
June Dorsch
POLY PREP COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL 

Senior Group Exhibit
Samantha Almonte, Marion Hausmann, Stefanny Lopes & Carrie Zheng
GEORGE W. HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL

Katherine Gunduz, Leonid Nevezhin & Annie Petrillo
BRONXVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

Senior Group Website
Talia Addeo, Laurel Bonn & McKenna Buffa
HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL

Jillian Chang & Sebastian Lennox 
GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
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