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The AHS National History Day team is a nationally AWARD-WINNING team of dedicated young historians and scholars.
In the NEWS: 3 AHS students WON their State-Level Divisions and competed at June 2025 National History Day Nationals. Congratulations for this outstanding work: Alicia Fu, Hasini Vedhere, and Avery Brandt!
In the NEWS: 8 AHS students won medals at the District 4 National History Day Competition on March 8, 2025 at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton for their research projects! AHS students swept the Senior individual paper category winning all 3 placings!
We are diving into primary and secondary historical sources to conduct in-depth analysis of important historical events, people, places, inventions, ideas and movements.
This year's NEW theme is: Revolution, Reaction, Reform
Students submit their work in late February and begin competing in March at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, VA. Themes are released in June for the following year's competition. This allows researchers ample time to research, write, annotate, and theorize.
Would you like to join us next year?
Come see Ms. H Newman, National History Day sponsor in the library during Patriot Period. Draft yourself for National History Day. They will release next year's theme in June. https://nhd.org/en/contest/get-started/
Congratulations! 10 AHS students competed in the District 4 National History Day competition at Mary Baldwin College on March 9. 8 students medaled and have qualified to present their research at Virginia History Day state competition in April.
Nick Mozie (Class of 2027): 3rd place, Senior Individual Paper
Julian Sims (Class of 2026): 1st place, Senior Individual Paper
Hasini Vedhere (Class of 2027): 2nd place, Senior Individual Documentary
Alicia Fu (Class of 2027): 1st place, Senior Individual Website
Anyi Hu (Class of 2026): 3rd place, Senior Individual Exhibit
Avery Brandt (Class of 2026): 2nd place, Senior Individual Paper
Jacob Haubert (Class of 2028): 3rd place, Senior Individual Website
Carson Fields (Class of 2026): 1st place, Senior Individual Exhibit
Sabrina Beamon (Class of 2027): current research on: the Doll Test
Jayden Green (Class of 2027): current research on: the First Amendment: freedom of speech
Team Mentors: Claire Ke (Class of 2025) and Sean Fu (Class of 2025) who also judged for NHD this year! Thank you!
AHS Past Champions
Claire Ke: Class of 2025 (current NHD Judge)
2024 Wins
District Winner, 1st place, Mary Baldwin College
Statewide Winner, 1st place, Virginia History Day
Winner Special Prize in Law/Legal Cases, National History Day 2024
6th Place Overall, National History Day 2024, Washington DC
2023 Wins
Winner 1st Place District 4 at Mary Baldwin
2nd Place, Virginia History Day Statewide Contest
NPS African American History Award, National History Day, Washington DC
Top Ten in Category, National History Day 2023
2022 Wins
1st place District 4 Contest at Mary Baldwin University
Winner of Virginia History Day HOLLINS UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S HISTORY AWARD, April 2022
Alicia Fu: AHS Class of 2027
2024 Wins
1st place District 4 Competition at Mary Baldwin
1st Place, Statewide Virginia History Day in Richmond, 2024
qualified for National History Day
2025 Wins
1st place, District 4 Competition at Mary Baldwin College
1st Place Website Virginia History Day competition in Richmond, VA
Kamina Mentore, AHS Class of 2024
2024 Wins
2nd place, paper District 4 National History Day Competition
Winner 1st place paper, Virginia History Day Competition (statewide)
Competitor 2023 National History Day contest in Washington, DC
Sean Fu: AHS Class of 2025 (Current NHD Judge)
2024 Wins (Website)
2nd place District 4 Competition at Mary Baldwin
2023 Wins
1st place, District 4 Competition
3rd place, Virginia Statewide History Day Statewide Competition
2022 Wins
1st place, District 4 Competition
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