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

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For Immediate Release
March 23, 2015
Contact: Chris Zaccaro
chris.zaccaro@cga.ct.gov
(860) 246-1553 ext. 116

Mansfield, CT – This past Saturday, March 21, 2015, over 200 students representing the communities of Bolton, Coventry, East Windsor, Farmington, Mansfield, Montville, Willington, Stonington and Woodstock presented their History Day projects to judges at the Mansfield Regional History Day in Connecticut Contest at Mansfield Middle School.

State Senator Mae Flexer 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 Regional Contest are available here.

The following schools took part in the Mansfield Regional Contest:

Captain Nathan Hale Middle School, Coventry
Mansfield Middle School, Mansfield
E.O. Smith High School, Storrs
Talcott Mountain Academy, Private School
Woodstock Middle School, Woodstock
Mystic Middle School, Stonington
Bolton High School, Bolton
Classical Magnet School, Hartford
East Windsor Middle School, East Windsor
Tyl Middle School, Montville
Hall Memorial School, Willington
Farmington High School, Farmington
King Phillip Middle School, West Hartford

The final two Regional Contests in Hartford and Manchester are set to take place this coming Saturday, March 28.

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. Support comes 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.