South Windsor Student’s Project Wins National Award

SOUTH WINDSOR, CT — A South Windsor student took home a top national prize at one of the country’s largest student history competitions.

Aaron Aldrin, a student at Timothy Edwards School, won first place in the Junior Individual Website category at the 2026 National History Day National Contest, held last week at the University of Maryland, College Park, according to National History Day.

Aldrin’s winning project was titled, “The Day the Sun Took Center Stage: Copernicus’ Silent Revolution and the Collapse of an Old Cosmos.”

The contest brought together nearly 3,000 middle and high school students from across the country and around the world. Students presented original history projects in categories including documentary, exhibit, performance, website and paper.

This year’s theme was “Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History,” timed with the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Finalists advanced through local, regional and state competitions before reaching the national contest.

National History Day is a nonprofit based in College Park, Maryland, that supports history education and student research. The organization says it engages more than half a million students each year.