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On Sunday, March 19, 62 Riverview students in the ninth and tenth grade honors history classes participated in the annual regional National History Day competition at the Senator John Heinz Regional History Museum. Students participating in the National History Day competition create projects that focus on a national theme. The 2023 theme is "Frontiers in History", and students can choose to work as an individual or group and create projects that are entered in the documentary, exhibit, website, performance, or historical paper category. 

Half of the Riverview group (31 students) placed at the competition and can participate in the State Finals at the University of Scranton on April 22-23. The students who have qualified for the state finals are: 

• Sophie Meyers - First Place Senior Individual Exhibit 

• Lily Bauer, Lily Hood, Katerina Tsambis - First Place Senior Group Website 

• Chiara Brun and Molly Morrissey - First Place Senior Group Performance 

• Luke Huffman - Second Place Senior Individual Website 

• Kelly Hanlin - Second Place Senior Individual Documentary 

• Grace Johnson and Rosa Lascola - Second Place Senior Group Website 

• Rocco Brown, Emily Chen, Clare Sliben - Second Place Senior Group Documentary 

• Gina Volpe - Third Place Senior Individual Website 

• Tyler Aftanas, Eli DeVita, Micah Ivy - Third Place Senior Group Website 

• Drew Hunter, Carter Loughren, Drew Ogrodowski, Peter Sekel - Third Place Group Documentary 

• Elise Barnes and Genevieve Kadylak - Third Place Senior Group Exhibit 

• Aicha Jaafar - Third Place Senior Historical Paper 

• Isabel Chaparro and Ayla Rafferty - Fourth Place Senior Group Website 

• Rosalie Krusinski - Fourth Place Senior Historical Paper 

• Michael Morascyzk, Chris O'Toole, Levi Roupas, Noah Vespi - Fourth Place Group Documentary 

Congratulations to all participants on a great competition! You all make Riverview proud!