2025 NHD-OC Results
Congratulations to all our awards winners and thank you to all those who were able to join us for the awards ceremony last night. If you were unable to join us we have posted the results below. Good luck to the champions as they move on to NHD - CA.
National History Day Results for Orange County.pdf - 2025 Contest Results
2025 NHD-OC Award Ceremony - Click here
2025 NHD - OC Elementary Champions
The Champions' results are in! (See medalist) please scroll down as there are two pages.
2025 NHD - OC Jr & Sr Finalists' Results
The finalists' results are in! (See medalist) please scroll down as there are numerous pages.
2025 NHD-OC Special Awards
Special Awards - Click here
2025 NHD-OC Program
Click here
Spotlight Award 2025
University High School student Zhijie (Eric) Yang received the Spotlight Award at the NHD-OC Awards Ceremony on March 12, 2025. OCC GATE sponsors the Spotlight Award for 12th-grade students who demonstrate academic excellence, outstanding leadership, persistence, and strong care and concern for others.
2025 NHD-CA Results
After months of intensive research and success at district and county-level competitions, champions were recognized at the 2025 National History Day - CA State Contest. Entries will represent Orange County at the National History Day competition at the University of Maryland in June 2025.
Students from Orange County School of the Arts with Coach, Lana Sawalha
Orange County Results from NHD-CA State Finals
Read this article about NHD-CA State Finals in the OCDE Newsroom
2025 NHD Results
Congratulations to Team California and participants from Orange County who competed at NHD in June 2025. Read about the 2025 NHD results in the OCDE Newsroom
NHD welcomed 2,895 students from 870 schools and 1,048 of their teachers to College Park, Maryland to celebrate their hard work to produce outstanding projects related to Rights and Responsibilities in History. The contest was a tremendous success, marked by an increase in press coverage that led to features in The New York Times and PBS NewsHour. We're excited to share the attached Impact Newsletter with our stakeholders as we celebrate the success of this year's contest. You can also view the newsletter online via this link.
