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DISTRICT CONTESTS

Connecticut is divided into five History Day districts. The districts, competition sites and coordinator contact information are below.

Students competing in the Paper or Website categories should mail their submissions to their district coordinator. Click HERE for a list of dates & deadlines.

  • Manchester District: Contest is at Manchester High School
    • Ryan Jones, Manchester District History Day Coordinator
      Manchester High School
      134 East Middle Turnpike
      Manchester, CT 06040
      860-647-5088 ext. 20099
      b11rjones@ci.manchester.ct.us
  • Mansfield District: Contest is at Mansfield Middle School
    • Pat Pinney, Mansfield District Coordinator
      Hall Memorial School
      111 River Road
      Willington, CT 06279
      860-429-9391 ext. 119
      ppinney@willingtonct.org
  • New Haven District: Contest is at Wilbur Cross High School
    • Dana Schaffer & Thomas Thurston, New Haven District Coordinators
      Gilder Lehrman Center
      PO Box 208206
      New Haven, CT 06520-8206
      203-432-3339
      gilder.lehrman.center@yale.edu
  • Stamford District: Contest is at Academy of Information Technology & Engineering
    • Richard Harper, Stamford District History Day Coordinator
      218 Four Brooks Road
      Stamford, CT 06903
      (203) 461-9625
      richardharper@optonline.net
  • Torrington District: Contest is at University of Connecticut, Torrington - click HERE for Directions
    • Robert Forbes, Torrington District Coordinator
      University of Connecticut – Torrington
      855 University Drive
      Torrington, CT 06790
      860-626-6891
      robert.forbes@uconn.edu

The district contests will be held on Saturday, March 20, 2010. Click HERE for a list of dates & deadlines. Please email history_day@chs.org or call the History Day state coordinator at 860-236-5621 ext. 252 if you are not sure where you should compete.

The top three winners in each division and project category from each district contest are invited to participate in the state competition on Saturday, May 8, 2010.

Go to the TEACHERS page for instructions on registering for your district contest.