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!

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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