New Haven Contest Schedule
New Haven – Nearly 250 New Haven area middle and high school students will participate in the annual New Haven Regional History Day Contest set to take place at Southern Connecticut State University on Saturday, March 4. Volunteer judges will assess original student exhibits, performances, documentaries, websites and papers and send the top three projects from each category to the State History Day Contest where they will compete against winners from the state’s five other regional contests. The public and media are invited to attend the competition and view student projects between 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. An Awards Ceremony is scheduled to take place at 2 p.m. in Engleman Hall on the SCSU campus. State Representative Roland Lemar will be on hand to honor winning students.
Students representing towns and cities in the New Haven area will be participating in the March 4th contest. A list of towns being represented at the New Haven Contest can be found here under the "New Haven" category. Participants will begin presenting to teams of judges at 9:30 a.m. Signage will be displayed on campus, directing attendees where to go for particular contests. The teams of judges – consisting of local educators, historians and history lovers – will review the projects and choose the top three in each category. More information about the day’s events, including the schedule, can be found here at the program’s website.
Students, who have now spent months developing their projects, based their entries on this year’s National History Day® theme, Taking a Stand in History. Participants work alone or in groups and enter their project into one of five History Day categories: exhibits, documentaries, website, paper, and performance. The State History Day Contest is scheduled to take place at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain on Saturday, April 29.The New Haven contest is being coordinated by the Southern Connecticut State University History Department and the New Haven Museum.
Results from the New Haven Regional Contest will be posted to the Connecticut History Day website, www.historydayct.org, on Monday, March 6. For more information on the contest and the program, contact CHD State Coordinator Rebecca Taber-Conover at 860.522.6766 ext. 11 or rebecca.taber-conover@cga.ct.gov.
Connecticut History Day is an affiliate program of National History Day (NHD)®. It is led by the Connecticut Public Affairs Network (CPAN) with support from the Connecticut State Department of Education, Connecticut Council for the Social Studies, the Connecticut League of History Organizations, Connecticut Explored Magazine, and ConnecticutHistory.org.
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