History Fair

Meadow Montessori School has a strong commitment to history, which is evidenced each year during our annual History Fair.

This year's History Fair winners

Important handouts for this year's history fair:
Guide to the History Fair research process
Information for Junior West students
Information for Junior East students

In November, students from ages 6 - 15 all complete a history fair project. The topic can be just about anything. This year's projects and winners were:

History Fair Placings

• Grand Champion: Michael Peven, Chocolate
• First Place: Taylor Weatherholt, Bob Marley
• First Place: Antonia Piedmonte-Lang, Ojibwa Ways of Art
• Second Place: Madelyn Abraham, Opera
• Third Place: Emily Gladieuax, Holocaust/Genocide
• Fourth Place: Julie Fain, The Nobel Prize
• Fifth Place: Elizabeth Burroughs, Anne Frank and the Children of the Holocaust

Honorable Mention

• Abhi Kodumagulla, Cuban Missile Crisis
• Delaney Preston, Father of Conservation
• Elizabeth Burroughs, Anne Frank and the Children of the Holocaust
• Zachary Menas, A Different American Heritage
• Khadija London, Jackie Robinson
• Stephanie Williams, Seperate But Not Equal

Additional Honorable Mentions

• Waverlee Baron-Galbavi, Helen Keller
• Rosemary Fedorowicz, Cats
• Margaret Roehrig, The Pony Express
• Zachary Ohs, Labrador Labors
• Deonna Gray, Nelson Mandela
• R.J. Lannen, One Giant Leap for Mankind
• Arron O'Brien, Montgomery Bus Boycott
• Andrew Beavers, The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
• Jill Jablonski, Samurai: Their Influence Over Japan

History Fair Judges

• Larry Arreguin, Assistant to Governor Granholm
• Dr. Stephen Bell, D.O. Mercy Memorial Hospital
• Ian Calder-Piedmonte, Former MMS Faculty Member
• Tamara Menas, Home School Community
• Paul Reed, Upper elementary student representative
• Arron O'Brien, Middle school student representative
• Rep. Kate Ebli, Special Guest

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Past History Fairs
The 2004 project winners were:

• Grand Champion: Joel Peven, Controversial Elections
• First Place: Nic Boal, The Great Depression
• Second Place: Emily Gladieux, Women in WWII
• Third Place: Paul Reed, History of Walt Disney
• Fourth Place: Yu Fujita, Japanese Writing
• Fifth Place: Michael Peven, History of La-Z-Boy
• Sixth Place: Nick Houser, History of the United Nations

The 2005 project winners were:

• Grand Champion: Nick Houser, Stalin
• First Place: Michael Peven, The Cold War
• Second Place: J.T. Toniolo, The Penny
• Third Place: Antonia Piedmonte-Lang, Creation Myths
• Fourth Place: Haydn McKee, USS Intrepid
• Fifth Place: Zachary Ohs, Tikis and Hawaiian Gods
• Sixth Place: Paul Reed, UM Football

The projects include a research paper that is correctly annotated, as well as a visual display. Although most students present a board (similar to a science fair project), others have done models, dioramas, and dramatic presentations. In the past students have dressed up as historical figures. We encourage the students to be creative.

A select group of 12 - 14 students, ages 9 - 15, are invited to present their projects before the school community and a panel of outside judges. This panel of judges gives out the awards. In the past our judges have come from the following institutions:

• Monroe Historical Society
• Monroe County Library System
• Monroe County Prosecutor's Office
• Monroe Evening News
• Monroe County Community College
• Monroe High School
• Westside Montessori School (Toledo)
• Dearborn Heights Montessori School
• Meadow Montessori High School
• Meadow Montessori Middle School
• Meadow Montessori Board of Trustees