Seventy-one Riverview ninth and tenth grade honors history students participated in the annual National History Day competition on Sunday, March 16, 2025. History Day requires students to create projects built upon a national theme. The 2025 theme is Rights and Responsibilities in History. Students can choose to design their projects in one of five formats: Documentaries, Exhibits, Historical Papers, Performances, or Websites. Riverview entered 38 projects into the competition and 17 of those projects (33 total students) were recognized with awards and have the opportunity to participate in the state competition at the University of Scranton on the weekend of April 12 -13.
Juliette Brun, Hannah Hudack, and Ryland Ogrodowski - First Place Group Performance - "Letters of Liberty"
Allie Costa and Lily Valasek - First Place Group Website - Ilbon-ui-Sumgyeojin Bimil: Japan's Hidden Secret
Ayden Fichte - First Place Individual Performance - "Lights, Camera, Take Action!"
Elise Bear, Corina Cook, and Emily Streiff - Second Place Group Exhibit - "How One Wall Changed the Lives of German Women"
Miles Duncan, Connor Kmetz, and Sidney Vespi - Second Place Group Documentary - "The Right to Learn"
Catie Hoolahan and Blake Huffman - Second Place Group Website - "The Dayton Accords: Balancing Rights and Responsibilities in Post-War Bosnia"
Owen Orbich - Second Place Individual Website - "Looking for Respect: The Treatment of Vietnam Veterans"
Nick Penkrot -Second Place Individual Performance - "O Canada: Rights and Responsibilities through Canad's Journey to Independence"
Oscar Smith - Second Place Individual Documentary - "Stolen Children: The Attempt Toward a White Australia"
Jaydon Dang, Noah Hunter, Max Orbin, and Miles Sigal - Third Place Group Documentary - "Judgement at Nuremberg"
Bianca Chen - Third Place Individual Exhibit - "The Decline of Miko Tradition"
Ava Iongi - Third Place Individual Website - "The Revival of Hawaiian Oral Traditions"
Sidney Higginbotham, Will Pazman, and Ben Raphael - Third Place Group Website - "The Injustice Against French Citizens: The Nazi Occupation"
Cara Johnson, Aliyah Lookabaugh, and Oden Rebarchak - Third Place Group Performance - "Rights on Trial: How Witchcraft Impacted Rights in Salem"
Kirstern Levarse and Sophie Yahnke - Third Place Group Exhibit - "Why is it Human Responsibility to Protect Australia's Marine Life?"
Seeley Lippert - Third Place Individual Performance - "Stealing in Style: The Forty Elephants of London"
Lilly Murphy - Third Place Historical Paper - "The American Indian Movement's Fight for the Rights of Indigenous People"
Congratulations to the winning students and to the entire Riverview contingent on a wonderful day of competition.