WHS National History Day Winners

After months of research and preparation, two Westwood High School students placed at the National History Day in South Carolina State level competition, held April 26 at the school. Chinenye Agim, a sophomore at Westwood High School, won 3^rd place, and Patricia Ploehn, a junior at Westwood High School, won 1^st place, in the senior division historical paper category. Ploehn will present her historical research paper, "The Rights and Responsibilities of Heiresses in Transatlantic Marriages during the Gilded Age," at the annual Kenneth E. Behring National History Day contest, to be held at the University of Maryland College Park Campus in the Washington, D.C. area June 15-19. 

Both students have spent the school year researching and writing historical papers on topics of their choice based on this year’s theme, Rights and Responsibilities. Click here to view the full press release! 

Chinenye Agim, a sophomore at Westwood High School, won 3^rd place, and Patricia Ploehn, a junior at Westwood High School, won 1^st place in the senior division historical paper category.