FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 4, 2013
Nicole Ladner
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Maine National History Day Winners Announced

Winners Qualify to Compete at National Event in Washington, D.C.

 

AUGUSTA, MAINE—Secretary of State Matt Dunlap applauded students from 24 Maine schools and two homeschools for their efforts in preparing entries for the Maine History Day competition, held yesterday at the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine and the University of Maine at Augusta.

History Day is a national competition where individual students and small groups, in grades 6 through 12, 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.”

Competitors were judged by experts in history from around Maine.  The winners of the several categories qualify to move on to the national competition held at the University of Maryland outside of Washington, D.C. June 9-13.

Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap addressed the audience at this event that drew 246 students.  “National History Day is one of our signature events,” said Dunlap. “Students do great research and thread the results really well into current events, so that the relevance and importance of historic methodologies are brought out in high relief. It’s a fun, informative, and exhilarating day that brings incredibly bright students together from all over the state.”

The Statewide competition was made possible 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.

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

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