2025 Capital History Day Results
Students from around the Capital Region explored the theme, “Rights & Responsibilities in History” through historical papers, exhibit boards, documentaries, performances, and websites.
Congratulations to all of our Capital Region History Day students. Your projects impressed our judges and are a testament to your hard work, ingenuity, and dedication to the field of history. To all of our students moving on to the New York State History Day Competition, we wish you the best of luck! A huge thank you to all of our volunteer judges for your time and effort!
All Regional Capital District Results
Junior Group Documentary
First Place
Entry: #12001
Students: Amy Shiju, Abel Shiju
Title: *America Is No Longer A Melting Pot - The Three Early Immigration Acts*
City: Slingerlands, NY
Affiliate: Farnsworth Middle School
Teacher: Alicia Malanga
Junior Group Exhibit
First Place
Entry: #16001
Students: Ayla Frolish, Annabelle Baj
Title: *Women in the Dutch Resistance*
City: Mechanicville, NY
Affiliate: Mechanicville Junior/Senior High School
Teacher: Shannon Brownell
Senior Group Exhibit
First Place
Entry: #26001
Students: Tanisha Muralimanohar, Maddy Ehrlich, Maria Samuel
Title: *Spoils of the Spoils System*
City: Niskayuna, NY
Affiliate: Muralimanohar Home School
Teacher: Kavitha Muralimanohar
Junior Group Website
Second Place
Entry: #18001
Students: Roger Sheng, Katie Sheng
Title: *The Rights and Responsibilities of the Storming of Bastille*
City: Schenectady, NY
Affiliate: Farnsworth Middle School
Teacher: Alicia Malanga
First Place
Entry: #18002
Students: Isaac Chan, Sophie Jian, Justin Jian
Title: *The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen: Rights and Responsibilities of the French*
City: Schenectady, NY
Affiliate: Farnsworth Middle School
Teacher: Alicia Malanga
Junior Individual Documentary
Third Place
Entry: #11003
Students: Natalia Taglione
Title: *Coequal Combat*
City: Mechanicville, NY
Affiliate: Mechanicville Junior/Senior High School
Teacher: Shannon Brownell
Second Place
Entry: #11002
Students: Aarav Agarwal
Title: *Breaking Barriers: The Americans with Disabilities Act and Its Legacy*
City: Guilderland, NY
Affiliate: Farnsworth Middle School
Teacher: Alicia Malanga
First Place
Entry: #11001
Students: Anika Bhupati
Title: *Work or Play?: Rights to a Childhood*
City: Albany, NY
Affiliate: Farnsworth Middle School
Teacher: Alicia Malanga
Senior Individual Documentary
First Place
Entry: #21001
Students: Ayushmann Mukherjee
Title: *Strange Fruit - The Power of Song in Rights and Responsibilities*
City: Niskayuna, NY
Affiliate: Muralimanohar Home School
Teacher: Kavitha Muralimanohar
Senior Individual Exhibit
Second Place
Entry: #25003
Students: Ava Ehrlich
Title: *Rights and Responsibilities Lost During the Holocaust*
City: Niskayuna, NY
Affiliate: Muralimanohar Home School
Teacher: Kavitha Muralimanohar
First Place
Entry: #25001
Students: Samia Shahzad
Title: *The Hidden Legacy of Pauli Murray*
City: Menands, NY
Affiliate: Bright Hope Academy Center
Teacher: Elizabeth Zahdan
Junior Individual Website
Third Place
Entry: #17003
Students: Ben Xu
Title: *Serving and Destroying: The Age of McCarthyism*
City: Schenectady, NY
Affiliate: Farnsworth Middle School
Teacher: Alicia Malanga
Second Place
Entry: #17001
Students: LeRoyal Amoako
Title: *Auschwitz-Birkenau: The Experiments*
City: Mechanicville, NY
Affiliate: Mechanicville Junior/Senior High School
Teacher: Shannon Brownell
First Place
Entry: #17002
Students: Darshana Saravanakumar
Title: *“It’s Your War”: How The WAAC Paved the Way for Women’s Equality*
City: Guilderland, NY
Affiliate: Farnsworth Middle School
Teacher: Alicia Malanga
Senior Individual Website
First Place
Entry: #27001
Students: Jerome Samuel
Title: *Wired for Change*
City: Schenectady, NY
Affiliate: Muralimanohar Home School
Teacher: Kavitha Muralimanohar
Junior Paper
Second Place
Entry: #10001
Students: Pranusha Appanabhotla
Title: *The Triumph Over Smallpox: Responsibility of Public Health*
City: Clifton Park, NY
Affiliate: Acadia Middle School
Teacher: Matthew Howard
First Place
Entry: #10002
Students: Moksha Pathipati
Title: *End of the Patroon System! The Revolt Carried Out by the Disguised*
City: Albany, NY
Affiliate: Farnsworth Middle School
Teacher: Alicia Malanga
Senior Paper
Third Place
Entry: #20003
Students: Rayn Shook
Title: *An Unjust Incarceration*
City: 12065, NY
Affiliate: Shenendehowa High School
Teacher: Heather Porter
Third Place
Entry: #20004
Students: Alexandra Strasser
Title: *Sacrilege or Salvation? The Enduring Impact of "The Woman's Bible"*
City: Halfmoon, NY
Affiliate: Shenendehowa High School
Teacher: Robert Rider
Second Place
Entry: #20002
Students: Keya Mehta
Title: *The Children’s Charter of 1889: The Evolution of Legal Rights and Responsibilities in Child Welfare*
City: Glenmont, NY
Affiliate: Emma Willard School
Teacher: Maggie Curtin
First Place
Entry: #20001
Students: Gianna Zhang
Title: *The Burden of Freedom: How Chinese Immigrants and the U.S. Government Balanced Rights and Responsibilities in the Chinese Exclusion Era*
City: Loudonville, NY
Affiliate: Shaker High School
Teacher: Karen Ryan