TRW Sponsors Nation's Top Education Program

10 June 1999

TRW Sponsors Nation's Top Education Program; Thousands of Students Compete at National History Day

    WASHINGTON--June 10, 1999--June 13-17, 1999, thousands of students and teachers will converge on University of Maryland to participate in the National History Day Contest. TRW is proud to be a major sponsor of the 20th annual National History Day Contest.
    It's not a typical convention of historians. The scholars are more than 2,000 sixth through twelfth graders from across the country who present research addressing the National History Day theme, Science, Technology, Invention in History: Impact, Influence, Change.
    "National History Day has more potential for changing the course of today's youth than any other program I've ever known or experienced," states Al Frascella, Manager of Special Projects at TRW. "Enabling a young man or woman to become involved with this kind of hands-on project, that is fun and educational, is one of the most rewarding things we can do as professionals and as adults."
    National History Day is an education program that encourages young people to explore a historical subject related to the annual theme. The quest to be among America's top historians began earlier this year for over half a million students who competed at local and state competitions nationwide. The top students from each state will vie for national honors over the five-day event in June. Participating students choose their own topics of study and present museum-type exhibits, multimedia documentaries, original performances, or traditional research papers. Over 300 historians and other education professionals will evaluate the students' work at the national competition.
    As Audrey Morris, a sixth grade student from Russellville, Arkansas states, "I am inspired and amazed by some of the things that the scientists I studied did. I have always been interested in science and National History Day gave me a chance to learn and display my knowledge about the topic." These students are not only talented scholars, but also a diverse group of teens who create an impressive national forum to discuss the impact of science on society.
    The general public is invited to view the students' work in and around the University of Maryland College Park Campus Stamp Student Union Monday, June 14 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Tuesday, June 15 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The annual Awards Ceremony honoring students and their teachers, also open to the public, will be held on Thursday, June 17 at 8:30 a.m. in the Cole Field House.
    For more information on National History Day visit our web sites at http://www.thehistorynet.com/NationalHistoryDay/.