Students across the Westerville City School District were invited to take part in the National History Day program. This year’s annual theme, Turning Points, allowed pupils to closely examine our nation’s history and see how its impact can be seen today giving relevance and meaning to events that took place long ago.
Products could take a variety of forms including posters, reports, documentaries, performances, and websites. Walnut Springs and Blendon middle schools took part through Kelly Emrich’s and Charles Cattrell’s advanced 7th grade social studies classes. Several students moved on to the regional competition held at Otterbein University. Blendon student Natalie Reichert and her project on Catherine the Great: Helping to Modernize Russia will be moving on to the State Competition Saturday, April 27 at the Ohio Union at The Ohio State University.
National History Day in Ohio is a multi-disciplinary program for students in grades 4-12 and has its beginnings in Cleveland, Ohio becoming a national program in 1980. For more information, please visit http://www.ohiohistory.org/education/national-history-day-in-ohio.