We are excited to share that the Singapore American School middle school team had an outstanding National History Day (NHD) competition this year! Every year half a million sixth through twelfth grade students, across all 50 states in the US and internationally, compete in 18 different NHD academic competition categories. Approximately 3,000 students qualify for the NHD National Finals and less than 200 of those are selected as National Finalists or the top 0.04 percent. 
 
For students at SAS, projects must be selected as one of the top two projects at the SAS Review in February, and then one of the top two in the NHD South Asia Affiliate Finals in March. Of our 14 projects that made it to the National Finals, five projects made it into the final round—an amazing result. These projects were selected as the top project within their preliminary round of 10 projects. In other words, these projects are one of the top 10 projects, in their category, throughout the world!
 
Congratulations to all of our SAS National Finalists and those who won special prizes!

Junior Individual Exhibit: Second Place National Finalist (Silver Medal)
Title: Lafayette Park: A Critical Platform for Communicating First Amendment Rights
Student: Yuku K.
Special Prize: White House History Prize

Junior Individual Exhibit: Third Place National Finalist (Bronze Medal)
Title: Soong Mei-Ling: Creating Understanding through Passionate Speeches, Print Media, and Powerful Status
Student: Nicole Y.

Junior Group Exhibit: Seventh Place National Finalist
Title: The Testimony of Kim Hak Sun: Enabling the Voices of Comfort Women 
Students: Yoonseo C. and Kylie M.
Special Prize: South Asia Junior Division Outstanding Entry

Junior Group Exhibit: Eighth Place National Finalist
1971 Save Our Schools Charrette: Communicating for Change in Durham Schools
Students: Kate B. and Saachi M.

Junior Group Performance: Tenth Place National Finalist
Communicating Deception: The Key to Success
Students: Kavi A., Neel B., and Raheel T. 

Junior Group Performance: Second Place Preliminary Round
New York Times v. the United States: Communicating the First Amendment Rights of the People 
Students: William L. and Neal V.
Special Prize: E Pluribus Unum in History

We are also pleased to congratulate all of our students for their entries into the NHD National Finals Contest. While they were not selected as the top project in their preliminary round, they represented themselves and their school very well!

Junior Historical Paper
Title: Communication Carried on Tea Leaves: The Key to Understanding the Boston Tea Party
Student: David G.
 
Junior Individual Documentary
Title: Beyond the Lens of Nanjing: Communication through the Reels of John Magee
Student: Audrey S.
 
Junior Individual Website 
Title: The Art of Deception: How Operation Fortitude Saved the Allies during WWII
Student: Ryuta U.
 
Junior Individual Website
Title: The Military Intelligence Service of WWII: The Eyes and Ears Behind Enemy Lines
Student: Leslie S.
 
Junior Group Website 
Title: Understanding Virginia Hall: Utilizing Deceptive Communications as an Art of War
Students: Sabrina G. and Taneesha S.
 
Junior Group Website 
Title: The Marginalised Messenger: Deceiving the Enemy through Inconspicuous Identity 
Students: Gayatri D., Ava M., and Radhika M.
 
Junior Individual Performance
Title: Unity Through Music: How an 80s Band Relieved a Famine
Student: Kai A.
 
Junior Individual Performance 
Title: Miranda v. Arizona: The Pivotal Fight for the Rights of the Accused 
Student: Jayesha S.