200 Students Compete at Annual History Day Regional Contest in Torrington: Finalists Move on to Connecticut State Contest on May 9 at CCSU

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Torrington, CT – This past Saturday, March 7, 2015, over 200 students representing the communities of Avon, Burlington, Kent, Salisbury, Simsbury, Torrington, Washington, Waterbury, West Hartford and West Suffield presented their History Day projects to judges at the Torrington Regional History Day in Connecticut Contest at Torrington High School.

State Senator Kevin Witkos, State Representatives Jay Case & Michelle Cook and Torrington Superintendent of Schools Cheryl F. Kloczko presented awards to students who placed within the top three of their respective categories at an Award Ceremony that took place at the end of the day.  History Day participants can choose to present their projects, which must be based on this year’s theme of Leadership and Legacy in History, within one of the five History Day categories. These categories include exhibits, documentaries, websites, papers and performances. Students in grades 6-8 compete within the Junior Division and students in grades 9-12 compete within the Senior Division. Students who place in the top three in their respective categories and divisions are invited to compete in the State History Day Contest, which will take place on May 9, 2015 at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain. The final results from the History Day in Connecticut Torrington Regional Contest can be found here.

 

The following schools took part in the Torrington Regional Contest:

Har-Bur Middle School, Burlington
Homeschool, West Suffield
Kent Central School, Kent
Lewis S. Mills High School, Burlington
North End Middle School, Waterbury
Salisbury Central School, Salisbury
Sedgwick Middle School, West Hartford
Shepaug Valley Middle School, Washington
Simsbury High School, Simsbury
Talcott Mountain Academy, Avon
Torrington High School, Torrington

History Day in Connecticut is an affiliate program of the renowned academic program, National History Day (NHD).  History Day in Connecticut is led by Connecticut’s Old State House with support from the Connecticut Historical Society, the Connecticut League of History Organizations, and ConnecticutHistory.org.  Major funding is provided by Connecticut Humanities.  For more information, contact History Day in Connecticut State Coordinator Rebecca Taber-Conover at 860-522-6766, ext. 11 or rebecca.taber-conover@cga.ct.gov.

Learn more about History Day in Connecticut by visiting its webpage http://ct.nhd.org, liking the program on Facebook, or following on Twitter.  The National History Day website may be viewed at http://www.nhd.org.