Teachers: Register first! Teacher registration Student Registration After his or her teacher has registered, each student must also register. Student registration Tips for Teachers & Students How to Bring the Maximum Number of Students to the Fair Online Registration Instructions

Registration

Teachers and students entering the HOTRHF must register themselves in the online system created and maintained by Texas History Day. If you need assistance with online registration, please contact the HOTRHF office coordinator, Dena Martin, at
(254) 753-3251 or via e-mail to Dena_Martin@baylor.edu


Online registration OPENS December 1, 2009.
Online registration CLOSES at midnight, January 6, 2010.

The HOTRHF office hours on January 5 and 6 are 10:00 am to 4:00 pm to assist with final registration.

• Late entries will not be accepted.
• Online registration must be properly completed by answering all questions in red print; black-print questions may be disregarded.
• Carefully check answers to all red-print questions for accuracy before saving registration information and exiting the system.
• PAYMENTS for entry fees and t-shirt orders can be dropped through the outer wood door mail slot of the HOTRHF Office at your convenience 24 hour a day, 7 days a week. This is a SECURE drop.
• ALL HISTORICAL PAPER & WEB SITE entries (4 print copies of each entry) are due in this office no later than midnight, Wednesday, January 6. These two categories are judged during the month of January before the February 11 & 12 history fair.
• WEB SITE entries information on how your school forwards your web site to HOTRHF using the NHD Editor Portal will be available December 1 for the 2010 fair - Required also are 4 print copies of your web site home page, process paper, and bibliography delivered to this office by or before, January 6, 2010.
  Do NOT create your web site onto the Internet or any other live program - this is a direct violation of NHD rules.
  
• TEACHERS
  You must register first. After you have completed your part of the registration process by setting up your school account, entering each of your students and their projects, and assigning each with a user name and id, your entering students must then finish completing their own registration online.

STUDENTS
You must complete your own registration online. After your teacher has set up your school's registration, logon to the registration site and complete your own registration. Your teacher has assigned your user name and id or you can call or e-mail this office for your user information.

Entry Fee: $6 per student
Each student entering the history fair must pay the $6 entry fee. For group projects, each member of the group must pay the fee.

Payment is made separately and must be mailed or brought directly to the HOTRHF office. If mailing please pay by check or money order. Payments must be received no later than Thursday, January 7, 2010. Drop all cash payments at the office. Please include a list of students that the fees cover for all payments. Separate checks, money orders or cash are accepted. There is a secure mail slot accessible 24 hours/day in the outside wood door - there is a green and white sign to the left of the front door that identifies this location as the Heart of Texas Regional History Fair.

• Checks should be made out to "Heart of Texas Regional History Fair" or "HOTRHF."

NO REFUNDS will be given.

T-shirt payments at $10.00 each may be included with the entry fees.
Please indicate adult size as SM, MED, LG, XL, 2X, or 3X. T-shirts will be available for pickup on Friday, February 12. To order a T-shirt, click here.

T-shirts may also be ordered early, from August 1-September 1. T-shirts ordered in advance cost $12.00, to include shipping and handling. (If you wish to pick up your advance-order T-shirt at the HOTRHF office, the $2.00 shipping and handling fee will be waived.)