2026 CA State Competition Results
National History Day - Contra Costa County 2026 Contest RESULTS
Note: Champion's advance to NHD-CA state competition
RESULTS |
TITLE |
STUDENT NAME(S) |
SCHOOL/DISTRICT |
| CATEGORY: Podcast, Elementary, Individual | |||
| Champion | From Rebellion to Reform: The Declaration and the Birth of a Nation | Serene Ruathaiwat | Montevideo E.S., SRVUSD |
| CATEGORY: Podcast, Senior, Individual | |||
| Champion | The Price of Power: How the Manhattan Project Reshaped Humanity | Aadvik Kesharwanti | Dougherty Valley H.S., SRVUSD |
| CATEGORY: Posters, Elementary, Individual | |||
| Champion | Ford Model T Assembly Line | Arisha Basu | Bella Vista E.S. SRVUSD |
| Champion | The English Peasants' Revolt of 1381 | Aidan Chiu | Bella Vista E.S. SRVUSD |
| Champion | Edict at Milan | Megan Sun | Bella Vista E.S. SRVUSD |
| Champion | Boston Tea Party: A Revolutionary Reaction in Colonial America | Emmett Chen | Bella Vista E.S. SRVUSD |
| Runner Up | A Silent Revolution | Yolanda Pan | Bella Vista E.S. SRVUSD |
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CATEGORY: Posters, Elementary, Group
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Champion
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Ignition of Reform: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire | Jasper Wang, Steve Zhou | Bella Vista E.S. SRVUSD |
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Champion
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The Angel Island Immigration Station | Rishaan Naik, Nolan Nguyen, Paris Dhillon | Bella Vista E.S. SRVUSD |
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Champion
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The Miracle Mold: How One 'Failed' Experiment Saved Millions | Dora Sun, Stella Li | Bella Vista E.S. SRVUSD |
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Champion
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The Race to Destroy the World: The Trinity Bomb Test | Rishi Verma, Saman Gottipati | Bella Vista E.S. SRVUSD |
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Runner Up
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Nelson Mandela and the Rivonia Trial | Ayaan Gurav, Akhil Sawant | Bella Vista E.S. SRVUSD |
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CATEGORY: Documentary - Junior, Individual
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Champion (and) Recipient of Special Award from the Global and Regional Studies Program at St. Mary's College
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The Arab Spring: How a Regional Uprising Reshaped Politics | Sahana Datla | Windemere Ranch M.S., SRVUSD |
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CATEGORY: Documentary - Junior, Group
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Champion
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Pick Your Poison - Shays' Rebellion and the Sinews of American Democracy | Aarav Brijesh, Sidaan Barodawala | Windemere Ranch M.S., SRVUSD |
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CATEGORY: Documentary - Senior, Individual
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Champion
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Democracy Reimagined: How Reconstruction Reshaped America | Akanksh Borah | Dougherty Valley H.S., SRVUSD |
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CATEGORY: Exhibit - Senior Individual
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Champion (and) Recipient of a Special Award from the Women's and Gender Studies Program at St. Mary's College
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The Fight Against Maritime Sexual Violence: Comfort Women and the Struggle for Redress | Inaaya Hyder | California H.S.., SRVUSD |
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Champion (and) Recipient of a Special Award from the Women's and Gender Studies Program at St. Mary's College
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Griswold vs. Conneticut: The Engine of the Equality Revolution | Lucy Dolezal | Monte Vista H.S., SRVUSD |
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Champion (and) Recipient of Special Award from Ethnic Studies Program at Saint Mary's College
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Swing against Swastika: How the Jazz Revolution Challenged the Nazi Ideal | Vishnu Satyanarayana | Dougherty Valley H.S., SRVUSD |
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Runner Up
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China's Last Stand: The Boxer Rebellion | Benjamin Copeland | |
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CATEGORY: Exhibit - Senior Group
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Champion
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Communism and Industrial Growth | John Gregory, Gavin Rogers, Matias Lisiecki, Grayson Malkovich, Clyde Ramos | De La Salle H.S. |
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Champion
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The Gwangmu Reform: Reform and Resistance | William Lee, Aidan Kang, Jaewon Park | Dougherty Valley H.S., SRVUSD |
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CATEGORY: Performance Junior Individual
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Champion
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Sojourner Truth: A Voice Against Oppression, A Force for Reform | Shreya Malhotra | Windemere Ranch M.S., SRVUSD |
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CATEGORY: Perormance Senior Individual
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Champion
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From the Pulpit to the Populace: How the Social Gospel Redefined Faith in Action | Gabriella Lau | Dougherty Valley H.S., SRVUSD |
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CATEGORY: Website - Senior Individual
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Champion
Recipient of The Museum of San Ramon Valley Award for Excellence in California History and History of the West
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"We Hold the Rock!": The 1969 Occupation of alcatraz and Native American Resistance | Ariel Liu | Dougherty Valley H.S., SRVUSD |
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Champion
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The Russian Revolution of 1917: How the First Communist Nation Came to Be | Niti Bhatt | California H.S., SRVUSD |
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Champion
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Rewriting the Choreography: The Anti-Nautch Movement and the Reinvention of Devadasi Dance | Smayna Kasibhotla | Dougherty Valley H.S., SRVUSD |
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Recipient of a Special Award from the Environmental Studies Program at St. Mary's College
(and)
The Museum of San Ramon Valley Award for Excellence in California History and History of the West
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The Fight to Save the S.F. Bay: Three Women's Battle Against Human Development | Michael Healy | Bella Vista E.S., SRVUSD |
