Important Dates

Sept 2023-January 2024:  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.

September 14, 2023: NHD-CA is hosting a Theme & Topic Webinar from 7:00-8:00 PM. Learn More Here. Register Here.
Other 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 5, 2024:  Registration opens ($40/student)
Friday, January 26, 2024: Regular registration closes; late registration opens ($50/student)
Friday, February 2, 2024: Late registration deadline

Submissions

Tuesday, February 13, 2024: Papers due for upload to the State at nhdca.org. See https://www.nhdca.org/historical-paper-contest/ for details.  

Wednesday, February 14, 2024 11:59 pm: Podcasts, Documentaries including supporting documentation (Annotated Bibliography and Process Paper) due
Thursday, February 15, 2024 9 pm: Websites locked out
Saturday, March 2, 2024: Posters, Exhibits and  Performances and supporting documentation (Annotated Bibliography and Process Paper) due

See Submission Instructions for more information

Exhibit and Poster Set Up

Friday, March 1 2024, 4-6 pm, San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE), 6401 Linda Vista Road, 92111

Saturday, March 2, 2024, 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM SDCOE

Judges Orientation

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

County Contest

March 2, 2024: County Competition, San Diego County Office of Education,  Linda Vista
March 3, 2024: Celebration of Learning, Dana Middle School, 3:00 to 4:30 pm

State and National Contests

April 19-21 2024: National History Day in California Competition
Sacramento State University. For more information, visit www.nhdca.org

June 2024: National History Day Competition
For more information, visit https://www.nhd.org/national-contest