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Prizes offered kids by HPHS in 2004, 2005! Winners 2006

In 2008, the winning Metro History Fair exhibits about Hyde Park will be on display as part of the May 17 8 am-noon History Walk to raise money for the History Fair (and may stay up a few days.) For information see http://www.hydeparkhistory.org, including links to the organization. This year's judging has taken place in April, to be followed by an annual awards ceremony downtown. MHF Divisions include junior (through middle school), high school, and this year a suburban division.

2007: Displayed at the Society starting July 28: Crime of the Century-Leopold and Loeb (focusing on changing views of criminality and psychology and including a video), The Trumbull Homes riots of the 1950s and 60s, Dr. Joseph Hale Williams-Builder of Opportunities, and the career of Lorraine Hansberry.

August 5, 2006 Hyde Park Historical Society headquarters had 3 presentations and an ongoing displays of Metro History Fair projects on Harold Washington, Bill Veeck and the spark for integration at Trumbull Park CHA in the 1950s. One was a video presentation selected as best project related to Hyde Park History. The impressive display on Bill Veeck was explained by recent Stevenson (Lincolnshire) graduate Anatoly Karoll. 5529 S. Lake Park.

Canter Middle School is among several area schools that expects to participate in the Metro History Fair in 2007.

Report on the winners of the Hyde Park Historical Society History Fair 2005.

The Society will again in 2006 give cash prizes to Metro History Fair winners with projects on Hyde Park. Call the Society for information 773 493-1893, check/inquires at the Society Website www.hydeparkhistory.org. or call board member Gary Ossewaarde at 773 947-9541 to get in touch with who is running the project this year.

Metro History Fair has special category, prizes for those who research their own school and its namesake;

Cynthia Greenleaf hopes that the CPS History Fair Challenge will encourage more students to learn about their school names. Students who complete a history fair project on their school namesake for the Chicago Metro History Fair will receive a certificate and the best project will receive an award.

The students are not required to find the relatives of their school namesakes. It would just be a bonus, Greenleaf said. "Learning how to research should be more important", she added. "Finding the relatives is just a little bonus of taking advantage of important history.."

Students or adults who find living relative for whom schools are named should contact Cynthia Greenleaf at the CPS Office of External Partnerships at [773] 553-1547 or email cgrealeaf@cps.k12.il.us.

The Hyde Park Historical Society will again be working with the Metro History Fair and adding its own prize money for locally oriented projects.

 

Appeal from the Metro History Fair, received September 24, 2004 and applies yearly

 The following was received from the Chicago Metro History Education
Center ("The History Fair"). The Hyde Park Historical Society has
worked with the CMHEC periodically and recommends it as an excellent
and effective organization:

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The Chicago Metro History Education Center, one of the " good news"
stories in education, seeks support from volunteers. CMHEC sponsors
the History Fair, a program that encourages students in grades six
through twelve to "become historians" by selecting a topic in Chicago
history and doing research that connects them to authentic documents,
witnesses, scholars, and places around the city. Students then
produce mini-museum exhibits, performances, documentaries, and
research papers about their discoveries. In doing their projects,
they make history come alive for themselves and their audiences.

For 27 years, CMHEC, an independent not-for-profit organization co-
sponsored by the Newberry Library, Chicago Historical Society, UIC,
and the Public Library has made a difference in students' educational
experiences. Nearly 17,000 children participate in the program.
There are many ways to support our efforts to bring quality education
to our city's students—and have a rewarding time while doing so. We
invite you to join us by contributing your time to:

§ General office work (weekdays only).
§ Program work at CMHEC, public libraries, and classrooms (week days
and weekends).
§ History Fair events with students on weekdays, evenings, and
Saturdays in February through April.

For more information, visit the CMHEC website at
www.uic.edu/orgs/cmhec or call Pauline Kochanski at 312-255-3607.

Prizes 2004 and 2005

A large group gathered at the Hyde Park Historical Society on June 12 to honor the winners and their teachers and schools participating in the 2005 HPHS History Fair.
Fourteen middle and high school students presented on their poster projects--and the subject matter and approaches were truly varied-Chicago blues, Promontory Point, South Side murals, Pilsen, Frank Lloyd Wright, Croatian soccer were among the topics. Fair coordinator was Priya Shimpi.

Candice Welch, freshman at Hyde Park Career Academy, received special honor for her first from the Chicago Metro History Fair for her project about Hyde Park, exploration of changing social history and school kid sociality through the school's yearbook, for a long time titled "Aitchpe," then changed back to "HP" and the meaningfulness and significations of the yearbook tradition.

In the HPHS contest, Anja Rieser of Ancona School ("What's the Point?") and Olivia Carlize ("The Murals of the South Side) tied for first.

Ancona School produced the largest number of projects. Teacher Cory Stutts was give special recognition and a round of applause. She said it a school policy for students to participate in history fairs and similar projects that involve the students in talking with neighbors, officials and becoming more familiar with their surroundings.

And the 2005 participants and recognizes were:

Neighborhood Historians:

Theresa Bailey, Olivia Carlize, Saah Cigan, Alexandrian Dunn, Karina Edingburg, Andrew Fogel, David Jacobson, Nicee M. Jones, Caroline Harris, Anja Rieser, Jaclyn Smalls, Ahmand Starks, Cade Yanowski, Candice Welch, Andrew Zegel

Participating teachers

Molly Myers, Gwendolyn Brooks Preparatory Academy
Cory Stutts (and Zeus Preckwinkle), The Ancona School
Seth Patner, South Shore High School of Entrepreneurship
Angela Campbell, Hyde Park Academy

History Fair Volunteers

Roland Bailey, Carol Bradford, Janice Knox, Theresa McDermott, Priya Shimpi, Stephen Treffman, Anonymous donors

Especially noted: Exhibits on The Point, The Blues, Lucy Parsons, Hyde Park High School's "Aichepe" Yearbooks. Also, Croatian soccer in Chicago and several others. Two Winners of the Metro History Fair whose exhibits related to the area were also awarded.

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A wonderful ceremony and reception was held on June 6 2004. Principals, teachers, Rebecca Janowitz aide to CPS' Arne Duncan, parents, Tim Black, HPHS officers and board members joined in honoring the students. Especially notable in participation and awards were Revere Public School and the North Kenwood-Oakland Charter School. Awards included cash, certificates, ribbons, Peter Nepstad's video game on the World's Fair, and in one case a gift-especially inscribed copy of Carl Larson's Devil in the White City.

(May, 2004:) We [HPHS] are pleased to tell you that Grace Green, a freshman at St. Ignatius High School, has been awarded a $100 prize given by the Society through the Metro History Fair to the History Fair entrant with the best project relating to our community.

Ms. Green's project was a standing exhibit with an extensive summary statement related to Alfonso Iannelli whose sculpture adorned Frank Lloyd Wright's Midway Gardens and is part of the decoration of the St. Thomas the Apostle Church Building.

Money for the award was provided as an anonymous gift from a member. The presentation was made at the History Fair Awards Ceremony by HPHS Board member Priya Shimpi.

In addition to the History Fair award, the Society will shortly present two prizes to high school students and two to middle school students from schools in the greater Hyde Park area. Entries will be judged this week.

We hope in the next few weeks to invite you to see Ms. Green's project and those of other entrants and awardees on display at our headquarters.

The History Fair is an area-wide project for schools. This year, Kenwood student Amanda Mantilla won a superior rating in the Illinois State History Expo showcasing the best history fair projects. Hers showed the impact of German Americans in Chicago.

Hyde Park Historical Society has its own break-out contest with prizes for elementary and high school projects. The allowable topics are quite broad and involve the whole area of Hyde Park Township, from 39th to 138th St., beyond the present Chicago south city limits.

This year, two anonymous donors are making it possible for the Hyde Park Historical Society to offer a number of prizes for outstanding student history projects.
Take a look at http://hydeparkhistory.org/contest; it will make you feel good to be a member.

We want to reach as many students, teachers and principals about these awards as a possible and ask you to help us.

You can help us by sending (or even handing) the flyer downloadable in www.hydeparkhistory.org to anyone you think might be interested. Ask them to pass it on, too.

Thanks!
Your Hyde Park Historical Society Education Committee

From: Chicago Metro History Education Center

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And the winners are:

Hyde Park Historical Society Metra History Fair Prize- Grace Green: "Alfonso Iannelli" St Ignatius

1st Place High School-Theresa Bailey "Valois: See Your Food" So Shore Entrepreneurial School- Teacher: Seth Patner

2nd Pl. High School- Gary Densmore "Lakefront Homes" So Shore Enter. Seth Patner

Special Recog. High- Juan Hernandez "America's First Serial Killer" Juarez. Al Moy

1st Place Middle Sch.- Ciobhan Judith Dun "Changing of Bronzeville 1940-1940" N. Kenw-Oakl. D. Johnson

2nd Place Middle- Jordan Evans, Monique Greyer, Earnest Hale, Shanika Harris "Oak Woods Cemetery" Paul Revere Sch. Teacher: Kim Campbell.

Recognized:
Carla Askew- "Bronzeville Landmarks" No Kenw/Oakland. Teacher: Darrell Johnson

Xavier Hawthorne- "Oak Woods Cemetery" Paul Revere. Teacher: Jon Lowenstein

Elisa Kimble- "Harold Washington" Paul Revere. Jon Lowenstein

Jacqueline Lewis- "What Made the Palm Tavern" No-Kenwood/Oakland. Darrell Johnson

Portia King- "Bronzeville Night Clubs 1920's-1940's' No Kenwood/Oakland. Darrell Johnson

Dominique Potts- "How Bronzeville Has Changed" No Kenwood/Oakland. Darrell Johnson

Students of Room 203- "General Frank C. Brown, Jr." Powell Academy. Teacher:: Joseph Rhoiney

Haoziang Xu- "Hyde Park" Kenwood Academy. Teacher: Ivan Sarudi

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2006 Winners

HPHS President presented checks to Metro History Fair winners who produced a DVD on Hyde Park Township subject " Taking a Stand for Integration: Trumbull Park Homes." We hope the tape will be available for viewing at the Society.

Hyde Park High teacher Angell Campbell won the Arthur Anderson Novice Teacher award at the Fair.

Other projects bore on Hyde Park topics:

Maria DeGillo, VonSteuben HS: We Must Not be Afraid to be Free: George Anastaplo

Gina Craig, Providence-St. Mel HS: Journey of Daniel Hale Williams

Hen Denoris, Hyde Park HS: Art Speaks: Dr. Margaret Burroughs Taylor

Ivan Favelev, Lincoln Park HS: African-Americans Take a Stand at World's Fair

Brian Gross, St. Charles East HS: Crime of the century & Capital Crime Defense

Mya Haddon, Robeson HS: World's Columbian Exposition

Vanessa Hamilton, Jones College Prep HS: Far From Ladylike: Women & the World's Fair

Jessica Irons, Roosevelt HS: Darrow Against the Death Penalty

Adam Jedrzejak, Chicago HS for Ag Science: Pullman Strike of 1894

Toly Karroll, Stevenson HS: In the Stands with the People: Bill Veeck

Katherine Kinnaird, Regina Dominican: Race Relations & the Chicago Children's Choir

Thomas Kopko, St Laurence HS: Philanthropy of Julius Rosenwald

Kate Lander, St. Charles East HS: Midway Plaisance: Common Appeal Success

Anjna and Jignesh Patel, Roosevelt HS: Must We Live and Die in Pullman Town?

Numera Quraishi, Niles West HS: 1893 World's Columbian Exposition: Aftermath

Jennifer Stone, Latin School: Leopold & Loeb: Trial of the Century

Kevin Tracy, Mt Carmel HS: The Woodlawn Organization

Katie Trella, Maine West HS: Informing the Nation: The Doomsday Clock

Gabriela Urquiza, Roosevelt HS: Darrow Against the Death Penalty

Maryn Young, Stevenson HS, Unfinished Legacy: Harold Washington