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 pose with their projects. More photos of this year's fair are lower on this page. 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: Paul Reed, Happy Birthday Mighty Mac
- 1st Place: Elizabeth Burroughs, The Rise & Role of Rock & Roll
- 2nd Place: Rainier Altier, More Than Gambling & Glamour: The Legacy of Prince Rainier
- 3rd Place: Madelyn Abraham, Libraries: Gateway to Knowledge
- 4th Place: Antonia Piedmonte-Lang, When No Hope Brought Horror
- 5th Place: Zachary Ohs, Hitler Fools the World
- 5th Place: Rosemary Fedorowicz, Barbaro: The Horse Who Gave More Than His Life
- 6th Place: Asim Abdul Kabir, United Nations
- 6th Place: Khadija London, Madam C.J. Walker
- 7th Place: Kathleen Conlon, Sovereignity or Statehood-- Is Hawaii's History Also Its Future?
Honorable Mentions
- Delaney Preston, Timbering
- Jeffrey Altier, It Is More Than a Kiss: The Kindness of Milton Hershey
- Stephen Conlon, St. Patrick: The Man, The Myth
We thank our History Fair judges:
- Dr. Stephen Bell, Medical Community
- Emily Gladieux, MMS High School Student
- Taylor Gutschow, Home School Community
- Barb Liedel, MMS Board of Trustees
- Floreine Mentel, Elected Official
- Hugh Smith, Former MMS Parent
The following are pictures from this year's fair:
Guide to the History Fair Research Process
Past History Fairs
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 2006 project winners were:
- 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
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
