Important Dates

September 4, 2024: NHD-SD Kick-off Event & Orientation for Teachers and Coaches
4-6 pm at SDCOE, 6401 Linda Vista Road, San Diego, 92111
Join us for appetizers, information about NHD-SD 2025, and a raffle! Bring a new teacher-coach and you both receive an extra entry into the raffle!

Sept 2024-January 2025: Student Help Sessions
NHD-SD is offering a variety of on-demand Help Sessions: Contact ndhsd.org@gmail.com to schedule a live or Zoom help session for your school.
Webinars are available from NHD-CA. For more information, click here.

Registration
NOTE: Historical Paper participants need to be registered directly with NHD-CA by their schools. Click here for more information.
January 6, 2025: Registration opens ($40/student)
January 15, 2025: Student Waivers Due
January 24, 2025: Regular registration closes; late registration opens ($50/student)
January 31, 2025: Late registration closes

Submissions
February 9, 2025: Papers due for registration & upload to the State at nhdca.org. See https://www.nhdca.org/historical-paper-contest/ for details. 
February 12, 2025 @ 9 pm: Podcasts, Documentaries including supporting documentation (Annotated Bibliography and Process Paper) due, Websites locked out
Saturday, March 1, 2025: Posters, Exhibits and  Performances and supporting documentation (Annotated Bibliography and Process Paper) due

Exhibit and Poster Set Up
Friday, February 28, 2025, 4-6 pm, San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE), 6401 Linda Vista Road, 92111
Saturday, March 1, 2025, 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM SDCOE

Judges Orientation
Early to mid-February: Self-paced module distributed
Mid-February: Judges Q&A Orientation held

County Contest
March 1, 2025: County Competition, San Diego County Office of Education,  Linda Vista
March 2, 2025: Celebration of Learning, Time and Location TBD

State and National Contests
May 1-3 2025: National History Day in California Competition
Sacramento State University. For more information, visit www.nhdca.org
June 2025: National History Day Competition
For more information, visit https://www.nhd.org/national-contest