Over 250 Students to Compete at Manchester History Day Contest – Sat., March 28: Contest to Take Place at Manchester High School

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For Immediate Release
March 24, 2015
Contact: Chris Zaccaro
chris.zaccaro@cga.ct.gov
(860) 246-1553 ext. 116

Manchester, CT - On Saturday, March 28 over 250 students representing the communities of Bloomfield, Broad Brook, Coventry, Cromwell, Ellington, Enfield, Granby, Manchester, Portland, Putnam, South Windsor, Stafford Springs, Windsor Locks and Vernon  will present their History Day projects to judges at the Manchester Regional History Day in Connecticut Contest. The contest will take place at Manchester High School and State Representatives Kelly Luxenberg and Mark Tweedie will be in attendance to assist with handing out prizes at the Award Ceremony.

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 Award 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. Manchester is one of the six History Day in Connecticut Regional Contests held in Connecticut throughout March. The Hartford Regional Contest will take place on the same day in downtown Hartford. The Torrington, New Haven, Fairfield and Mansfield Regional Contests took place earlier this month.

 

The following schools will be represented at the Manchester Regional Contest:

 
Vernon Center Middle School, Vernon
JFK Middle School, Enfield
Portland Middle School, Portland
Metropolitan Learning Center, Bloomfield
Cromwell High School, Cromwell
Timothy Edwards Middle School, South Windsor
Granby Memorial Middle School, Granby
St. Edward School, Stafford Springs
Putnam Science Academy, Putnam
Ellington High School, Ellington
East Windsor Middle School, Broad Brook
Manchester High School, Manchester
Coventry High School, Coventry

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.