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National History
Day leaves lasting
impression
hanks to continued generous, ongoing
T support from Wisconsin Historical
Foundation friends like you, students in
middle and high schools across Wisconsin
have memories that
will last a lifetime
thanks to their
participation in
National History Day
(NHD).
About 10,000
students participated
across the state in the
Aiden Dresang yearlong event, with
Bronze medalist 56 advancing to the
national contest June 9-16 in College Park,
Maryland, and six earning Top 10 finishes. Preparatory School, ranked as the
Aidan Dresang of EAGLE School in
Madison earned a bronze medal in the
Junior Individual Website category.
Inspired by former Wisconsin governor
and U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson, founder
of Earth Day, Aidan made several trips
to the Society archives and visited the
Apostle Islands to do research.
He started a nonprofit called Infinite
Turtle, based on an app he created that
inspires youth to take a stand for the
environment.
SOCIETY HIGHLIGHTS | PROGRAMS & OUTREACH
A good year goes in the books
P the books as a
Wisconsin students show their pride at
National History Day Nationals in Maryland.
Pictured are Madison’s Libby Pleva, left, and
Kettle Moraine’s Joshua Elkin, both of whom
earned Top-5 finishes.
The state’s group at Nationals
represented 14 cities and 16 schools,
with 11 students of color (20 percent).
Milwaukee’s Ronald Reagan College
fourth-most diverse high school in the
state, advanced five students to Nationals
after having none the year before.
“That’s a great success story,” said
Michael Edmonds, the Society’s Director
of Programs & Outreach, who stressed
the importance of financial gifts directed
to NHD.
“Foundation supporters are very
reliable in underwriting this program,
and that enables us to bring other crucial
secondary-level curriculum into schools.”
for Historical Society Press
ut 2017 in
successful, award-
winning and
notable fiscal year
for the Wisconsin
Historical Society
Press.
While the Wisconsin Magazine of History celebrated its
100th year with a special centennial summer edition, book
lovers happily supported the Press, which added 21 titles to
its state-centric catalogue. Readers purchased 57,483 books,
14 percent more than the 2016 fiscal year.
POPULAR TITLES: Notable new releases were New York
Times bestselling humorist Michael Perry’s “Roughneck
Grace,” and Geri Schrab and Robert F. Boszhardt’s “Hidden
Thunder: Rock Art of the Upper Midwest,” which won
two gold medals from the Midwest Independent Publishers
Association and a silver at the Independent Book Publisher
Association’s Benjamin Franklin Awards.
GLOBAL REACH: “Thousand-
Miler: Adventures Hiking
the Ice Age Trail,” by Melanie
Radzicki McManus, was
mentioned by The Associated
Press and then noted in the New
York Times, Chicago Tribune,
London Daily Mail, Winnipeg
Free Press, and Washington Post,
among others.
ANNUAL REPORT 9