Bishop Seabury Academy

3 2016-17 Board of Trustees Scott Zaremba President scott@zarcousa.com Kay Almanza Lori Arnold Patti Bartley Shawn Bay Brad Chindamo Dennis Depenbusch Mary Dillon Reed Dillon Jason Edmonds Trip Frizell Teresa "Tree" Hanna Stephen Hill Kathleen Hodge Jason Hornberger* Shane Mathis Melissa Padgett Lynn Segebrecht Jeff Weinberg Beth Wigen The Right Rev. Dean Wolfe Dr. Don Schawang Head of School donschawang@seaburyacademy.org *Denotes new board member Junior Student Wins First Place in National History Day Contest Excerpts Courtesy of Gary Pettit, National History Day O ur very own Elisa Trujillo won first prize in the senior individual performance category at the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest on June 16. Elisa's work captured the attention of the National History Day Contest judges with an inspiring project titled Exploring and Exchanging Rhythms: Master Juba and the Early History of Tap Dance. In addition to winning first place, Elisa received the designation of NEH Scholar, as the award is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. More than 600,000 students created projects for the National History Day Contest this year and less than 1% were judged worthy to attend the national finals. Students competed in five categories: documentaries, exhibits, papers, performances, and websites. Nearly 3,000 middle and high school students presented their work related to the 2016 theme, "Exploration, Encounter, Exchange in History." "The National History Day Contest requires intensive research and analytical thinking skills," said NHD Executive Director Dr. Cathy Gorn. "Each student involved in the competition spends countless hours deliberating, researching and editing, and traveling miles to present superb historical research. Elisa should be proud of this accomplishment. It takes a truly remarkable project to receive an award at the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest." Founded in 1974 at Case Western Reserve University, National History Day has grown from a contest of a few hundred students to a multinational educational organization dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of history. More than half a million students, who are guided by more than 30,000 teachers, utilize the project-based learning framework that is central to the National History Day Contest.

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