Education News: Open House at Hyde School; history day project at UMaine
BATH — Hyde School will host an Open House Saturday, Feb. 21, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. on its Bath campus. The event will offer a glimpse of a day in the life at Hyde School, with afternoon activities beginning in the campus mansion, where guests will be greeted by Hyde faculty and students. Campus tours begin promptly at 1 p.m.
Visitors are asked to call to make a reservation prior to the event. Call Wanda Smith at 207.443.7101.
Hyde's character education is meant not only for students but parents, siblings, and grandparents. Hyde teaches that it is never too late to fulfill unique potential and gain the tools needed for a successful life. Develop the individual by developing their inner leadership is the philosophy that guides all learning and teaching at Hyde boarding campuses in Bath and Woodstock, Connecticut, and through public school initiatives in New Haven, Connecticut and Bronx and Brooklyn, New York.
Along with a rigorous academic and athletic program, students participate in singer-songwriter workshops, preforming and visual arts programs, student-mentoring programs in Hyde's New York charter schools, and internship and volunteer experiences that help to apply learning to real life.
Ninety-eight percent of Hyde School graduates are accepted to four-year colleges.
To learn more about Hyde Schools, its summer leadership programs, and parenting and teen workshops, log on to Hyde.edu.
National History Day student research workshop March 3
ORONO — Middle and high school students who are interested in history are welcome to attend a National History Day (NHD) research workshop at the University of Maine on March 3.
Students, along with parents and/or teachers, will have the opportunity to meet with UMaine history faculty, graduate students and library staff from 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. on campus to help advance their research. Students can come with a fully developed idea or seek help starting a project for the national competition that encourages independent research.
The workshop will begin in Fogler Library, where students can discuss their research project, seek assistance with online database searches, and connect with experts who can point to primary sources in Fogler Library's Special Collections and the Maine Folklife Center.
For more information about the workshop or to request a disability accommodation, email Liam Riordan at riordan@umit.maine.edu.
More than half a million students, encouraged by thousands of teachers, participate in NHD annually. Students choose historical topics and conduct extensive primary and secondary research related to the annual theme.
Students present their work in the form of original papers, websites, exhibits, performances or documentary videos. Projects are evaluated by judges in a statewide competition, and state winners move on to the national contest in Washington, D.C.
UMaine is hosting the Maine National History Day competition March 28. Registration for the state contest is online and closes March 7. The national contest will take place June 14–18 at the University of Maryland, College Park.
More information about Maine National History Day is available on the UMaine website, Facebook, and by contacting John Taylor, the NHD state coordinator, at john.m.taylor@maine.edu or 207.474.7133.
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