Congratulations to all of the State Contest Participants!
Results will be posted under Contest Info/State and National Contest Results
Omaha District Contest
Registration Guides
Contest
Friday, February 28, 2025
Click on the button
to register whether
you are a student, teacher,
or judge.
Teachers Students
Opens Monday, December 2 Monday, January 6
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Closes Friday, February 14
Registration
Closes Friday, February 21
11:59 PM (Central)
Submittal
ALL written components (for all categories) must be submitted in advance (Feb 21), as well as, projects for historical paper and documentary. Websites will automatically lock by the submission deadline. Exhibits and Performance projects will be shown only the day of the contest.
ATTENTION TEACHERS! If you are participating for the first time, you will need to contact the state office at nebraska@nhd.org BEFORE you try to register in order to have your school added into the system. If you are unsure, please check the list below to see which schools are currently in our system.
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Both new and returning teachers need to have a completed registration prior to any students registering. In previous years, returning teachers were able to reuse their accounts. We have discontinued this practice. Teachers and students will be required to create a new account each contest year.
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Feel free to create an account with the same username and password each year. All teacher data will be wiped from the system at the start of each contest year, so you do not need to be concerned with accidentally creating duplicate accounts or having students register under various duplicate teacher accounts.
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If you forget your password, you can click the “Forgot My Password” button or you can email the state office at nebraska@nhd.org to reset it.
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Thank you for your cooperation and your involvement in Nebraska National History Day!
Here are the schools that are currently in our system:
Alice Buffett Magnet Middle School
Bellevue Mission Middle School
Beveridge Middle School
Elkhorn Grandview Middle School
Elkhorn Ridge Middle School
Elkhorn South High School
Elkhorn Valley View Middle School
G Stanley Hall Elementary School
Gretna High School
La Vista Middle School
Lewis and Clark Middle School (Bellevue)
Lewis and Clark Middle School (Omaha)
Marian High School
Mary Our Queen School
Mercy High School
Monroe Middle School
Omaha Christian Academy
Omaha North Magnet High School
Platteview Central Junior High School
Ralston High School
Ralston Middle School
Skutt Catholic High School
St. Cecilia Cathedral School
St. Margaret Mary School
St. Robert Bellarmine School
Westside High School
Westside Middle School
Payment Information
Registration Fee: $15.00 per student
Due February 21
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The registration fee includes a Subway boxed lunch of
sandwich, chips, cookie and bottled water.
During registration students can select a cheese/vegetarian sandwich in observance of Lent.
Checks from individuals or schools can be sent to:
Metropolitan Community College
Attn: Student Accts/Natl History Day
PO Box 3777
Omaha, NE 68103
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Make checks out to: Metropolitan Community College
(note National History Day in the memo line)
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Please include the invoice.
Pay through PayPal for one individual student
Special Awards
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Douglas County Historical Society Award: Sponsored by the Douglas County Historical Society, this award pertains to any NHD entry that features a historical connection to Douglas County, its communities, and their people. The Douglas County Historical Society Award will be given to the best entry in either the Paper, Documentary, Performance, Website or Exhibit categories in the Junior or Senior division. The prize will be a $100 Visa gift card, a DCHS tote, pen, and an annual Douglas County Historical Society membership (including free entry to the General Crook House Museum).
Great Plains Black History Museum Award: Sponsored by the Great Plains Black History Museum, this award pertains to any NHD entry that focuses on local African Americans. NHD individual or group entries must include local black figures prominent in Nebraska history to be eligible. The prize will be a copy of the book In Their Own Image.​
The Joslyn Award: Sponsored by The Joslyn, this award pertains to any NHD entry that features artwork or an artist. The Joslyn Award will be given to the best National History Day Omaha District entry in either the Paper, Documentary, Performance, Website, or Exhibit categories in either the junior or senior division. The prize will be the book Faces from the Interior: The North American Portraits of Karl Bodmer (2021), a fascinating visual record of nineteenth-century Indigenous communities in the American West.
Sarpy County Museum Award: Sponsored by the Sarpy County Historical Society and Sarpy County Museum. This award pertains to any National Historical Day entry that features a historical connection to Sarpy County, the people, communities, and Offutt Air Force Base. The Sarpy County Museum Award will be given to the best National History Day Omaha District entry in either the Paper, Documentary, Performance, Website, or Exhibit categories in either the junior or senior division. The prize will be an annual membership to the museum, including tours of the log cabin, First Presbyterian Church and the Fontelle Bank.
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*Schwalb Center for Israel & Jewish Studies Award: Sponsored by the Schwalb Center for Israel & Jewish Studies, this award pertains to any NHD entry that features Israel, Jewish, or Middle East history. The Schwalb Center for Israel & Jewish Studies Award will be given to the best National History Day Omaha District entry in either the Paper, Documentary, Performance, Website or Exhibit categories in either the Junior or Senior division. The prize will be $250.​
*Sokolof Essay Award: Sponsored by the Schwalb Center for Israel & Jewish Studies, this award will be given to the student who writes the best Historical Paper about Israel. The prize will be $250.​
*Teachers who are interested in working with their students on entries that address Israel, Jewish or Middle East history for the Schwalb Center for Israel & Jewish Studies Award and Sokolof Essay Awards are urged to contact the Dr. Jeannette Gabriel, Director of the Schwalb Center for Israel & Jewish Studies for suggestions on primary and secondary sources at jgabriel@unomaha.edu.
Contact(s)
2909 Edward Babe Gomez Ave
Omaha, NE 68107