250 Students to Compete at History Day New Haven Contest – Sat., March 14: Contest to Take Place at Wilbur Cross High School, New Haven

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New Haven, CT - On Saturday, March 14, 2015 at Wilbur Cross High School, over 250 students representing the communities of Bethel, Durham, East Haven, Hamden, Meriden, Middlebury, New Haven, North Haven, Southbury, Southport and Woodbury will present their History Day projects to judges at the New Haven Regional History Day in Connecticut Contest. 

Students in grades 6-12 have spent months researching a history topic of their own choice related to this year’s theme of Leadership and Legacy in History. Participants can choose to present their projects 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. From there, state winners will be invited to represent Connecticut at the National History Day Contest at the University of Maryland in June.

The Awards Ceremony is scheduled for a 2:00 p.m. start time.  The names of winning students and entries will be posted on the History Day in Connecticut website (ct.nhd.org) the Monday after the contest.  New Haven is one of the six History Day in Connecticut Regional Contests held in Connecticut throughout March. The next Regional Contests are the Fairfield and Mansfield Regional Contests, both will occur on Saturday, March 21 at Fairfield University and Mansfield Middle School, respectively. The Torrington Regional Contest took place this past Saturday, March 7.

The following schools will be represented at the New Haven Regional Contest:

Bethel Middle School, Bethel
Coginchaug Regional High School, Durham
East Haven High School, East Haven
Engineering Science University Magnet School, New Haven
Greenfield Hill Girls School, Fairfield
Joseph Melillo Middle School, East Haven
Memorial Middle School, Middlebury
Nonnewaug High School, Woodbury
North Haven Middle School, North Haven
Pequot Homeschool, Southport
Pomperaug High School, Southbury
Rochambeau Middle School, Southbury
Sacred Heart Academy, Hamden
Thomas Edison Middle School, Meriden
Wilbur Cross High School, New Haven
Worthington Hooker Middle School, New Haven

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.