St. Timothy Middle School Student Places First in History Fair

History Fair Winner

For the third year in a row our own Mia Porcello (8th grader) has won the State of Connecticut History Fair and will be heading on to Nationals. Her project is entitled, The Krug-Lewis Agreement: A Forced Compromise Transforms Care for Coal Miners and Rural America.

Connecticut History Day is a program for students in grades 6-12 that encourages exploration of local, state, national, and world history. After selecting a historical topic that relates to an annual theme, students conduct extensive research using libraries, archives, museums, and oral history interviews. Students analyze and interpret their findings, draw conclusions about their topic's significance in history, and create final projects that demonstrate their work. These projects can be entered into a series of competitions, from the local to the national level, where professional historians and educators evaluate them. Connecticut History Day is one of 57 affiliate programs of the highly regarded National History Day program.

To qualify for the Ct History day finals, the student must place either 1, 2 or 3 in one of six regional competitions. Mia won the Torrington Regional contest. Mia qualified for the National History Day competition by placing first in the state. (she won 1^st in the state in 2016, 2017 and 2018) only the top two winners qualify for the Nationals. The National competition is held each year during June at the University of Maryland. Each year nearly 3,000 students with their families and teachers gather at the University of Maryland, College Park for the week-long event. These enthusiastic groups come from all fifty United States, Washington, D.C., Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and international schools in China, Korea, and South Asia.

Congratulations Mia and we wish you the best in the National Competition!