Students Recall Trek on Civil Rights Trail in South.
Like Holocaust survivors and World War II veterans, the people who changed American history through the civil rights movement are growing fewer every year. That reality has sent more than 4,000 high s...  --3/15/2009  

Students Rebuild Destroyed Civil War Battle Diorama.
Dozens of Highland High School students are working to build another detailed Battle of Palmito Ranch scene, this time for display in the Texas Civil War Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. The students' hea...  --1/27/2009  

Students Rebuild Model T for Centennial.
A group of Richmond High School students has painstakingly rebuilt a 1918 Ford Model T that arrived at their school as a worn-out shell of a car. They began working on it in 2006. Their handiwork turn...  --6/10/2008  

Junior Docents Boost New York Museums.
The New York Times reports that at the Bruce Museum here, a group of high school students take children from a neighborhood after-school center on a tour of two exhibitions. The students, called junio...  --5/24/2008  

Hofstra Museum Shows Immigration Through Students' Eyes.
Friday marked the opening of the student-created Hofstra Immigration Museum Friday, a teaching project that included the work of hundreds of K-12 students from Long Island and Queens. More than 300 st...  --11/16/2007  

Baltimore Students Retrace Civil Rights Marchers’ Footsteps.
On February 15, students from Frederick Douglass High School, Park School, and City College High School will fly to Atlanta for an educational and personal adventure they have been preparing for throu...  --2/1/2007  

Monument Honoring War Veterans Grows from New Jersey High School Students' Vision.
A monument celebrating the sacrifices of veterans was unveiled at West Morris Mendham High School on Monday. The memorial, on an island outside the front entrance of the school, was seven years and $3...  --11/21/2006  

Canoe Trip Around Maui Holds Lessons on Culture for Hawaiian Teenagers.
High school students in a Hawaiian language immersion program are taking the plunge in a new endeavor--paddling a canoe around the Valley Isle over the span of seven days and visiting a number of hist...  --8/13/2006  

Students Compete in National History Day Competition, Presenting Films and Exhibits.
After months of intensive research, four student filmmakers from Lincoln Park High School in Chicago received The History Channel Award for "Best Senior Entry Tied to a Historic Site" at the National ...  --6/19/2006  

San Diego High School Students Plant Flags to Commemorate Holocaust Victims.
Students from Centennial High School planted the 2,200 boldly colored flags in Santana Park on Tuesday morning for Holocaust Remembrance Day. Each flag represents 5,000 people, so together they commem...  --4/26/2006  

Students Write Book on Experiences of War.
Next Sunday, "Words of War: Wartime Memories From the American Revolution Through the Iraq War," will debut at a book signing at the Park Tudor school. The Park Tudor Legacy Initiative, a hands-on his...  --11/7/2004  

Wyoming Students Present State with Plaque Commemorating 9/11.
A bronze plaque containing a section of a support beam pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Center was unveiled Saturday on the steps of the State Capitol to mark the third anniversary of the Sep...  --9/12/2004  

Vermont High School Students Learn Stone Carving Tradition and History.
The children in this town grow up with the history of stone quarrying all around them. This spring, several dozen high school seniors took a stone carving course at the Carving Studio and Sculpture C...  --7/5/2004  

Student Project Launched to Preserve Stories of Chicago World War II Veterans.
Although World War II veterans are sometimes reluctant to share their stories from the front lines, a new project launched Sunday in the hopes that they will open up to Chicago students. High school a...  --3/28/2004  

Connecticut Students Participate in Archaeological Dig at Historic John Brown Site.
Students at the Southeast Alternative School traded their books and backpacks for shovels and trowels on Friday as they participated in a massive archaeological dig. Nearly a dozen students joined eff...  --9/16/2002  

Wisconsin Students Research and Write Vietnam Book From Veterans' Stories.
A half-dozen students sit at a bank of computers in Room 323 of D.C. Everest High School, typing away, proofreading and laying out documents. They are part of a group of about 15 students giving up a ...  --7/2/2002  

Iowa Students Reenact Flight from Slavery, Despite Heavy Rains.
A group of high school students, retracing the steps of slaves seeking freedom, met an obstacle this weekend just as relevant as it was 150 years ago: the weather. About 15 juniors and seniors were sc...  --5/13/2002  

Fort Lee Middle Schoolers Design, Refurbish Vietnam and Korean War Memorials.
Eighth-graders at Lewis F. Cole Middle School who have been working on design plans for two war memorials joined borough officials Thursday in a groundbreaking ceremony for a Vietnam memorial to honor...  --3/22/2002  

Florida Students Want History of Massacre Added to Curriculum.
Rosewood was a thriving town in the 1920s, but today there is only a sign on State Road 24 en route to Cedar Key. Now a group of Crystal River High School students wants to know what happened in this...  --3/13/2002  

New Hampshire Students Campaign to Save Endangered Lighthouse.
Since 1859, the White Island Lighthouse has warned sailors from Massachusetts to Maine off the treacherous Isles of Shoals 10 miles out to sea. But waves, weather, and neglect have taken their toll, ...  --2/11/2002  

Nebraska High School Entrepreneurs Work To Reopen Old Theater.
With a successful fund drive behind them and the aroma of popcorn all around, members of Boone Central High School's entrepreneur class now own the former Keith Theatre and are working to reopen it an...  --1/30/2002