NYC NHD Schedule

Dear New York City History Day Educator:

Thank you for registering your students in New York City History Day. Please reply to this email immediately so I know you have received the following important information. This year’s competition will take place on Sunday, March 8^th. To make sure the day runs smoothly for both you and your students, please read all of the attached materials.

Please note that this year’s program will culminate with an Awards Ceremony at 4:30 pm at the New York Academy of Medicine, located on 103^rd Street between Madison and Fifth Avenue. All are welcome to attend!

REGISTRATION

All participating students must register at the New York Academy of Medicine located on 103^rd Street between Madison and Fifth Avenue. Students participating in the Exhibit category must arrive by 8:45 am to begin registration and set-up. With the exception of student participants in the Exhibit category, no one will be permitted inside the New York Academy of Medicine 8:45 am. Due to the evaluation process of exhibition entries, these students must be accommodated first and no other students will be permitted to enter until their indicated arrival time. Please understand we can’t make any exceptions.

While registration for all for participants in the Documentary, Website, Historical Paper and Performance categories will begin at 9:15 am, students with judging times after 12:00 pm must wait until 10:00 am to begin registration.

WHERE

All students must first register at the NY Academy of Medicine, as indicated.  Interviews will take place at the following buildings, but each student’s individual letter will specify where their interview will be.

• The Reece School, located on 104^th Street between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue
• The Museum of the City of New York, located on Fifth Avenue between 103^rd Street and 104^th Street
• The New York Academy of Medicine, located on 103^rd Street between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue

STUDENT OBSERVATION FOR DOCUMENTARIES AND PERFORMANCES

Students participating in the performance and documentary categories are required to observe some of their peers’ presentations.  The timeframe for this mandatory participation will be indicated on their registration packet, along with the specific time they will present to the judges which students received via email.  This component will allow participants to learn from their peers’ work.  Not only will they have the opportunity to listen to their peers’ presentations, they will also benefit from listening to the judges’ comments. Parents and teachers may also be allowed to observe, if there is room. Students have priority when observing and all students and adults must abide by the judges’ decision to leave the judge area if it is too crowded or noise.

RUN-OFFS

Students in the exhibition, paper, and documentary categories should understand that after the interview process, judges may review selected projects a second time to make their final decisions.  This is called run-off.  Students will not be interviewed a second time during run-off.  Their work must stand on its own.  For the exhibition and paper categories, students will not knowwhich projects will be considered during the run-off timeframe.  After exhibition run-off, the exhibition areas will be open to the public.  For the documentary category, students must note the run-off time posted by their interview room and return at the indicated time to see if they must present their entry a second time.  The student(s) must be present to show their documentary a second time if they are requested to do so, but they will not be interviewed again.  If selected students are not present for the run-off they may lose their chance to win a prize.