National History Day at Richard Montgomery HS

Montgomery County History Day took place yesterday at Richard Montgomery High School. Parents' Coalition is proud to sponsor an award in Education History each year. This year the award went to Amina N'Gambwa and Danie Stewart of Eastern Middle School for their Group Exhibit submittal (Junior Category), 'The G.I. Bill: Reforming the American Middle Class.' Their teacher is Laurie Hawe. Congratulations!

Montgomery County History Day is pulled together every year by the hard working staff and volunteers of the Montgomery County Historical Society. Thanks to them, and thanks to all the parents, guardians, teachers, and supporters of our children who work on these projects during the entire school year.

Yesterday's event is a sub-set of National History Day (NHD). This year the theme is, Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History. Some of the students who participated yesterday will go on to the Maryland History Day competition, which will be held on April 28th. Despite its name, NHD is a year-long curriculum of intense study on a topic chosen by the student. The project requires the study of primary sources, and in many cases, interviews form part of the research. The end result can be a research paper; a video; a website; a performance; or an exhibit.

This year we couldn't help noticing that Eastern Middle School swept the competition, with Bullis School a close second. Congratulations to those faculty staff, at Eastern, Laurie Hawe and Laura Huber, and at Bullis, Sara Romeyn and Lisa Vardi and thanks all for encouraging our children to study history and learn about the importance of our past.