Students bringing history to life

BY SLOAN BREWSTER – REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
March 18, 2023:  Torrington Middle School eighth-graders Julia Hart, left, and Mackenzie Lawrence will present a project about America’s first woman doctor, Elizabeth Blackwell, at the Regional History Day Contest next Saturday at Torrington High School. Sloan Brewster Republican-American

TORRINGTON – Some local middle school students, jazzed about history, will be completing in the Regional History Day Contest next Saturday at Torrington High School.

Originally scheduled for the first weekend of the month, snow led to its rescheduling. The extension gave three eighth-graders from Torrington Middle School a chance to dig even deeper into their projects. If they place in the regional contest, they will advance to the state competition May 6 at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, where they will vie for a chance at nationals in June at the University of Maryland.

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