At Saint Peter students are required to participate at least twice in middle school and are encouraged to dig deeply into primary sources on a topic they find interesting. Many research and organizational skills are developed which can benefit the student for the rest of their lives. Students learn critical thinking, problem-solving skills, research and reading skills, and self-esteem.

National History Day

Each year, Saint Peter Catholic School students in our Middle School participate in National History Day®.  The National History Day Contest  encourages more than half a million students around the world to conduct historical research on a topic of their choice. Students enter these projects at the local and affiliate levels, with top students advancing to the national contest at the University of Maryland at College Park.

Projects who score high enough will be chosen to compete in the regional competition in the spring.

2021 Theme: Communication in History 

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Video of Display Entries 2021

While it’s not the same as visiting our library to see History Day projects, here is a video to take a look for yourself. The theme is “Communication in History.”

Website Entries 2021

• The Enigma Machine - Cade Butcher
• ESPN: The First Leader in Televised Sports - Suiter Howard
• Breaking the Enigma: Traversing through the Unbreakable Code - Elizabeth Iannace and Juliana Iannace
• How Communications Won the Battle of Midway - Clayton Vinson, Davis Walsh, Jake VanReede, Parker Stokes and Sunook Yoon
• Esperanto: ​​​​​​​One Language To Change The World​​​​​​​ - Nicolas Marlow
• The Prohibition Era - Andrew Walter and David Ershadi​