About 550 talented middle and high students, along with their proud parents and teachers, converged on the campus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County on Saturday, April 27, 2013 to compete in the Maryland History Day competition.
Twenty Montgomery county students will advance to the National History Day competition; five students received special prizes at the awards ceremony.
Teacher Alix Medor of Northwood High School was recognized as the Patricia Behring High School History Day Teacher of the Year for Maryland.
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Now in its 15th year as a program of the Maryland Humanities Council (MHC), the statewide program involves over 18,000 students at the school level, representing 17 counties and Baltimore City.
Students spend months researching topics that address the National History Day theme and participate in school and county competitions to qualify for the state contest. The 2013 theme is “Turning Points in History: People, Places, Events.”
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Winners were chosen at their district level for both individual and group efforts from five different categories—research papers, museum-type exhibits, performances, web sites, and multimedia documentaries.
First and second place winners will represent Maryland at the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest on June 9-13, 2013 at the University of Maryland, College Park.
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