Social Studies Calendar

2013-2014 School Year

Event	Calendar Date	Test/Info Due to WVDE	Final Event Date
U.S. Senate Youth Scholarship Test Grades 11-12	Information will be mailed to High School Counselors in mid-August 2013.	September 9	Interviews November 12 in the WV Supreme Court
Golden Horseshoe Grade 8	Test is online and available to all 8th grade student of WV Studies who are interested. County Contact Webinar - October 3. Instructions for accessing webinar will be emailed out to the county contacts. Essay Test - February 12, 2014 Exams - March 11-26, 2014 Student Programs Webinar October 3, 2013 Golden Horseshoe Practice Tests - mid-January 2014 For additional Information please visit the Golden Horseshoe webpage.	March 11-12 March 18-19 March 25-26	May 1
National History Day Grades 6-12	National History Day will be held in conjunction with the State Social Studies Fair. Question to rjwisma@access.k12.wv.us	Projects must be registered by TBA	April 11 at Charleston Civic Center
RESA Regional Social Studies Fairs Grades 3-12	All information and deadlines are posted on the www.wvssfair.com and on this calendar as the information is provided by each RESA district. Online registration process has not changed from previous years. County coordinators register on the State Social Studies Fair webpage at www.wvssfair.com.	Last date to hold RESA regional fairs is March 22	RESA Regional Social Studies Fair Dates:
WV State Social Studies Fair Grades 3-12	All information and deadlines are posted on the www.wvssfair.com. Changes are coming please check back in August before beginning projects. Fair Coordinator Webinar - October 3. Instructions for accessing webinar will be emailed out to the county contacts. Online registration process has not changed from previous years. RESA coordinators register on the State Social Studies Fair webpage at www.wvssfair.com.	State Fair registration from RESAS is due March 25	April 11 at Charleston Civic Center
National Geographic State Bee Grades 4-8	All information and deadlines posted on http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/	Online on National Geographic webpage.	April 4 at Concord University
National History Teacher of the Year	All information and deadline on https://www.gilderlehrman.org/programs-exhibitions/national-history-teacher-year Open to: Secondary Teachers in 2013-2014	Nomination Deadline
Youth in Government Grade 8	Contact Dough Wetsch Phone: 304-675-5899 Email: doug@yla-youthleadership.org	County Registration Deadline:
GIS	http://wvde.state.wv.us/socialstudies/gis.html Project Coordinator: Erike Klose, ekloseschool@gmail.com
We the People Program	All information posted at http://new.civiced.org/programs/wtp Contact: Rebecca Tinder, rtinder@bowlesrice.com
The WV History Bowl	http://www.wvculture.org/Historybowl/historybowl.html	Regional Competitions	April 29