Over 200 Students to Compete at Mansfield History Day Contest – Sat., March 21: Contest to Take Place at Mansfield Middle School

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For Immediate Release
March 17, 2015
Contact: Chris Zaccaro
chris.zaccaro@cga.ct.gov
(860) 246-1553 ext. 116

Mansfield, CT - On Saturday, March 21 over 200 students representing the communities of Bolton, Coventry, East Windsor, Farmington, Mansfield, Montville, Willington, Stonington and Woodstock will present their History Day projects to judges at the Mansfield Regional History Day in Connecticut Contest. The contest will take place at Mansfield Middle School.

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.

State Senator Mae Flexer will assist with the Awards Ceremony, which 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.  Fairfield is one of the six History Day in Connecticut Regional Contests held in Connecticut throughout March. The Fairfield Regional Contest will take place on the same day and the Manchester and Hartford Regional Contests, which are the final two of the six, will take place next Saturday, March 28. The Torrington and New Haven contests took place earlier this month.

The following schools will be represented at 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
East Windsor Middle School, East Windsor
Tyl Middle School, Montville
Hall Memorial School, Willington
Farmington High School, Farmington
King Phillip Middle School, West Hartford

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.