FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 2, 2013
Nicole Ladner
207-626-8400

***Media Advisory***

Secretary of State Matt Dunlap Announces Maine History Day Competition

246 Students compete in Augusta for opportunity to participate at National level

 

AUGUSTA – On Wednesday, April 3rd the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine and the University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) will host 246 students from across the state as they take part in Maine History Day, an annual educational competition for Maine students in grades 6 through 12.  An award ceremony will be held at 2:00 pm in Jewett Hall at UMA.

Maine History Day is part of a nationwide program involving all 50 states and the District of Columbia.  Maine State winners may take part in the national competition at the University of Maryland in June. With the support of the Maine Humanities Council, Maine Historical Society, Margaret Chase Smith Library, University of Maine, Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine and historical societies from across the State, we are able to provide this opportunity for Maine students.

Each year students prepare papers, exhibits, documentaries, performances or websites that explore a broad historical theme.  The topic for the 2013 competition is: “Turning Points in History:  People, Ideas, Events.”

To learn more about National History Day please visit: www.nhd.org/.

2013 Maine National History Day Participating Schools

Acton Elementary School
William S. Cohen School
Midcoast Maine Homeschool Center
Homeschool 
Noble Middle School 
Homeschool
Brunswick Jr High School 
Buckfield Jr/Sr High School
Bonny Eagle Middle School
Stepping Stones Montessori School 
Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary School
Dirigo High School  
TW Kelly Dirigo Middle School 
Gorham High School 
Gorham Middle School
Noble 8th Academy At Noble High School
Loranger Middle School
Center Drive School 
Bruce M. Whittier Middle School 
Thornton Academy
Sanford High School 
Scarborough Middle School 
Skowhegan Area Middle School 
Bonny Eagle High School 
Hartford Sumner Elementary School 
Massabesic Middle School 

Acton
Bangor
Bath
Berwick
Berwick
Bowdoin 
Brunswick
Buckfield
Buxton
Chelsea
Deer Isle
Dixfield
Dixfield
Gorham
Gorham
North Berwick
Old Orchard Beach
Orrington
Poland
Saco  
Sanford
Scarborough
Skowhegan
Standish
Sumner   
Waterboro