My name is Keri and this is my third year working on ThinkQuest. I am a seventh grader. I play volleyball, softball, and run cross country. I also play the piano and do debate. I dressed as Elizabeth for the photograph. The pages I wrote include Holocaust Denial, Hidden Children, Treblinka, Deportation, and Reasons for the Holocaust.
The most rewarding part of this experience was going to the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh and researching our topic. There were many interesting photographs and pieces that further enhanced my learning.

Sean

My name is Sean and this is my second year working on Thinkquest. I am a seventh grader and I play basketball, volleyball, soccer, and run cross-country. I play the trumpet and am a member in my school band, English Festival, forensics, and debate team. Boy scouting is another one of my interests. I dressed as Abraham for the photograph. The pages I wrote include Hitler, Schlinder, Mr. Sittsamer, and our site’s quiz.
The most interesting aspect of working on this site was meeting the Holocaust survivors at a writing workshop and hearing their life experiences. They helped me to realize that although I sometimes think my problems are great, they are nothing compared to what others have experienced in their lifetimes.

Anna

My name is Anna. I am in the seventh grade and this is my third year as a participant in Thinkquest. I play volleyball, basketball, lacrosse, and run cross-country. I am involved in debate, History Day, English Festival, Girl Scouts, and play violin in an orchestra. I obtained graphics, backgrounds, and built some of the pages for Voices from the Past: The Holocaust. I wrote the Epilogue, Bergen-Belsen, Heinrich Himmler, the Warsaw Ghetto, and part of the timeline. I dressed as Sarah in the picture. The most interesting aspect of this project for me was having Mr. Sittsamer come to our school.

George

My name is George and I am a seventh grader. This is my third year working on Thinkquest. I did most of the programming aspects of this Web site, including learning new HTML codes. I also taught the other team members how to use Dreamweaver MX, which we used in building our site. I dressed as Peter for our photograph. I play soccer and volleyball. I participate in forensics.

Katie Beth

My name is Katie Beth and I am in eighth grade. This was my second year participating in Thinkquest. Our Web site is dedicated to all those victims of the Holocaust and of other types of discriminations. This topic really opened my eyes to the many injustices of our world, especially in the past. It was amazing to me that people could be so cruel and mean-spirited. It was incredibly sad topic, but I learned so very much. I dressed as Rachel for the picture, and wrote Nuremberg Trials, Liberation, Dachau, and Josef Mengele.
I also participate in many other activities including forensics, debate, violin, figure skating, volleyball and Girl Scouts.

Mrs. D

Hello! I’m Mrs. D, the social studies teacher at our school, and it has certainly has been a pleasure learning with my students about the Holocaust survivors in our city and of their life experiences. We traveled to a writing workshop and visited the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh. To inform the entire middle school of the experiences incurred by a Holocaust survivor, Mr. Sittsamer, was invited to our school to speak to the students. His tale was certainly heart-rending as well as reflective.
We recently had a technology revamping in our computer room over the summer last year which made the constructing of the site very maneuverable. We finally were able to work on more than one computer at the same time thanks for Ms. Pfister and Angelo. Special thanks go to our pastor who made sure the finances were available.
Hey, it’s been fun and we’re finally done!

Ms. Pfister

My name is Ms. Pfister. This is my first year at St. Gabriel School as computer teacher and with being involved with Thinkquest. To say the least, I was surprised at the amount of work that goes into to the creation of this site. I was also astounded by the research, writing, and computer capabilities of my students. They have done an amazing job.
The most meaningful of this project was meeting and listening to survivors of the Holocaust speak. Often we see the history as events in the past we look at, learn about, and then move on with life. However, when you meet someone who has lived through the Holocaust you cannot just move on, this event becomes real and effects your thinking about past, present, and future events. I am grateful for this learning experience which has helped me to learn so much.