A group of four high school students need your help with a national competition. One of the students is Madeline Anderson and here is there story from her point of view:
National History Day (NHD) is a nationally acclaimed,
academic enrichment program that promotes the study of history in our
schools. HHS did not have an NHD club
until this year. One of my classmates,
Max Freyberger, approached a Social Studies teacher at Highlands and asked him
to sponsor this club. Mr. Zach Deaton
became our group leader and has helped us achieve our goals.
We had ten students join NHD in the fall. All of us competed at the regional
competition with seven advancing to the state competition. Four of us will be moving on to the national
competition, which will be held at the University of Maryland June 10-14, 2012.
The theme for this year is “Revolution, Reaction, Reform in
History”. We each chose a topic that we
wanted to research and then present in the form of an exhibit, performance,
documentary, paper, or website. Rebecca
Thome and I are in the group performance category presenting a piece about the
Harlem Renaissance. Allison Camm
performs in the individual category. Her
piece is titled, “Classy Vaudeville”.
Max Freyberger created a documentary about Indian Independence.
We believe that participating in the NHD contest will
contribute to our education in a way that nothing else can. Not only is this experience giving us a
chance to do something we love, it is also allowing us to tour Washington D.C.
and meet other NHD students from all over the country. We are proud to be representing Highlands
High School and the state of Kentucky.
The state is paying for our registration fee and HHS is
generously covering the cost of our transportation. We are responsible for our lodging and meals,
which will be $1340.00 for the four of us.
We are asking for your help in sponsoring our group. We will be grateful for any monetary donation
that you can make.
If you are able to contribute, we would appreciate your
donation by June 8th.
However, we do realize this is short notice and will happily accept your
donation even after the trip has taken place.
Please make the check payable to Ft. Thomas Independent Schools and put
“NHD trip” on the memo line. You can
send it to the address above, to the attention of Beth.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact Mr. Zach
Deaton at zach.deaton@fortthomas.kyschools.us.
You can also learn more about National History Day at www.nhd.org.