National History Day
National History Day is a nationwide competition open to Middle and Upper School students, who submit a project in one of several categories (research paper, video documentary, website, exhibit, performance) relating to a particular theme. The winners advance to the regional, state, and national levels. Woodlawn students have participated in the competition every year since 2005. The 2019 theme was "Triumph & Tragedy in History."
The Regional North Carolina competition was held in Charlotte on March 15, 2019. The following Woodlawn students qualified to advance to the State finals to be held in Raleigh, NC on April 27:
Upper School Winners
Senior Individual Website: 1st Place Angel FreemanSenior Group Exhibit: 3rd Place Emmy Belloni, Trevor Pitts, Owen Hockswender
Middle School Winners
Junior Paper: 3rd Place (tie) Gavin Nazir and Nathan TranJunior Paper: 2nd Place Slate Freeman
Junior Individual Exhibit: 3rd Place Isabel Leonard
***Special congratulations to Slate Freeman for winning the NC History Special Prize and to Gavin Nazir who placed third for his research paper on the conflict in Kashmir at the state NHD competition.***
Woodlawn Students who have competed at the NHD National Finals in College Park, Maryland
2017 | Mitch Porter | Senior Paper |
Joey Carol | Junior Individual Documentary | |
CC Vandeveer | Junior Paper | |
2016 | Megan Dailey | Senior Individual Exhibit |
Lily Klett | Junior Individual Documentary | |
2015 | Chase Bubak & Zander Milburn | Senior Group Documentary |
2014 | Jake Johnson & Quinn Schneider | Senior Group Documentary |
Morgan Klein | Junior Paper | |
2013 | Quinn Schneider |
Junior Group Documentary National Winner |
Jake Johnson |
Junior Performance |
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Ansley Earle |
Junior Website |
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2012 | Reilly Milburn |
Senior Documentary |
Davis Combs |
Junior Paper |
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2011 | Sydney Bowman |
Senior Paper |
Andrew Nielsen | Junior Website |
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Elia Ramirez |
Junior Performance |
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2009 | Erin Johnson |
Senior Performance |
Lachlan Johnson |
Junior Documentary |
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Joe Andry |
Junior Website |
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Hailey Sherman |
Junior Website |
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Lauren Sapp |
Junior Paper |
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2008 | Erin Johnson |
Senior Performance |
Graeme Earle |
Senior Website |
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2007 | Terin Patel-Wilson |
Junior Documentary |
2006 | Tyler Webb |
Senior Documentary |
2005 | Austin Dollar & Alec Sorensen |
Junior Group Documentary |