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Six Toledo Early College Students Advance to National Level
in History Day Contest
Toledo Early College
sophomores Cassidy McClellan, Ahmed Feruzi, Grace Mulinix,
Stephanie Barnes, Sarah Sahmarani and DeNaijia Wesley
qualified to compete at the national level of the National
History Day (NHD) contest in College Park, MD on June, 11,
2018. The six students took top honors in their categories
at the state NHD contest that was held at Ohio Wesleyan
University on 21 April 2016. The students were accompanied
by teachers Ms. Mona Al-Hayani, Mr. Zach Shepler and Mr.
Randy Nissen and Toledo Early College principal Karen
Berman.
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L. to R Ahmed Feruzi, Cassidy McClellan, Grace Mulinix,
Sarah Sahmarani, DeNaijia Wesley, Stephanie Barnes. |
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Every freshman and
sophomore at Early College is required to create an NHD
project; entering the contest is optional. Project
categories include exhibits, websites, documentaries and
performances. One hundred-twenty students represented the
school at the regional contest at BGSU in April where 33
qualified for the state contest.
Cassidy McClellan and
Ahmed Feruzi created a website entitled Combahee River
Collective: Advocating for Black Women's Rights
Grace Mulinix and
Stephanie Barnes worked together on a Group Performance
titled A Nuclear Decision: Choosing to Drop the Atomic
Bombs.
Sarah Sahmarani and
DeNaijia Wesley created Individual performances titled
respectively Freedom Summer: A Season of Conflict and The
Conflict and Compromise of the Trailblazing Black 14 in 1969
“National History Day is
the centerpiece of our humanities curriculum. The process
teaches a myriad of research and presentation skills. I am a
true believer in NHD”, said Randy Nissen, social studies
teacher. “History has always been a passion of mine along
with theatre so to do a performance about history is an
absolute dream come true”, said Grace Mulinix. “Not only did
it push me to new limits as a performer but as a historian
and it let me understand more about the human condition.”
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