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Five Irvine students take home top honors at National History Day finals

Madeline Gray June 26, 2023

Three student-produced websites and documentaries from Irvine placed with top honors at the National History Day National Contest in Maryland...

UPDATE: National History Day-OC competition moved to virtual format amid COVID-19 concerns

Ian Hanigan March 12, 2020

UPDATE: In response to recent guidance from the California Department of Public Health and California Governor Gavin Newsom, and in...

High school teams prep for the 52nd annual Orange County Academic Decathlon

Ian Hanigan January 22, 2020

Hundreds of students from more than 40 local high schools are getting ready to compete for team honors and individual...

Academic event season has arrived, and we’ve compiled a list of important dates

Ian Hanigan January 14, 2020

January arguably marked the start of a new decade. It also ushered in academic event season. Over the next five months,...

Anaheim Union students clean up at Project Soapbox speech competition

Ian Hanigan December 30, 2019

We’re written a few times here about Project Soapbox, a public speaking competition that challenges young people across the country...

OC middle school students get a jump on National History Day projects

Ian Hanigan November 20, 2019

In March, hundreds of local students will present their original websites, papers, documentaries, performances and exhibits at OCDE’s annual National...

Student Maverick Malfavon and teacher Erik Peterson

Local students triumph at National History Day-California competition

Ian Hanigan May 15, 2019

For Maverick Malfavon, months of research, writing and preparation came down to just 10 minutes. That’s how much time the...

Two students in front of a Berlin Wall exhibit

VIDEO: Local students document ‘triumph and tragedy’ at National History Day competition

Ian Hanigan March 13, 2019

Nearly 500 young historians representing 34 schools and a dozen districts showcased their original websites, papers, documentaries, performances and...

Zane Pert and his National History Day project

Two OC projects named finalists at culminating National History Day event

Ian Hanigan June 20, 2018

Two projects from Orange County were named finalists at this year’s National History Day showdown in Maryland. The 2018 National...

Orange County to be represented at the National History Day finals in Maryland

Ian Hanigan May 22, 2018

Next month, 62 award-winning history projects from California will compete in Maryland against other top National History Day submissions from...

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