Education Team at AHS

 Wow. We have a GREAT group of educators at Arizona Historical Society . . .

Dr. Kristen Rex writes, "Have I mentioned lately I love working with this team? Teamwork makes the dreams work. We are in Alpine, Tucson and Tempe collaborating this morning writing a grant to recruit rural teachers to participate in NHD project based learning opportunities for their students!"

— with Emily Hahn, Leonard Moody

The Historical League is proud to support all their work!

Arizona Historical Society sponsors 3rd grade Postcard contest

 Arizona Historical Society sponsored a 3rd grade Postcard contest again. With over 1000 participants, there were 14 winners. Below are three of them celebrating with their classmates. The Historical League is pleased to support this program.

Dr. Rex writes, "I am pleased to have hosted the inaugural Arizona Historical Society third-grade postcard contest pizza party at Gladden Farms Elementary School in Marana, Arizona, and I look forward to 13 more such events. Congrats Emmalyn Bourguet!"

Kudos to AHS Dr. Kristen Rex who has traveled around AZ celebrating the winners. Students are excited to be recognized, share a pizza party with family and classmates, have their art made into postcards for sale at AHS museums, and receive lots of SWAG!

Coronado Elementary student Kase Nelson was a winner!

Gowan Science Academy 3rd grader, Waylon Bedoya, celebrated his winning postcard!

New Historical League banner at National History Day Arizona South Regional

 Our new Historical League banner made its debut at the National History Day Arizona South Regional, thanks to the exceptional efforts of NHD staff members Leonard Moody, Kyle Taylor, Dr. Kristen Rex, Holly Barnard, and Emily Hahn for their outstanding contributions to this esteemed program.

More National History Day photos East Valley contest

The students were rockin' all day at Chandler, U of A, East Valley contest. Judges, volunteers, parents, friends . . . it takes a village!

AHS Education team breakfast: Emily Hahn, Madison Kennedy, Holly Barnard, intern Claire Aprotosoaie-Kardos

Winners of annual 3rd grade postcard contest announced

Congrats to our 21 Finalists for the 2026 Postcard Contest! Dr. Kristen Rex announced them. Historical League is a proud supporter of this program.

A big thank you to all the students and teachers who participated! These talented young artists were selected for their outstanding creativity and thoughtful designs celebrating Arizona's history and the 5 C's.

Please note: The winners will be announced on Friday once all votes have been finalized!

Prizes:

- A hosted Pizza Party (courtesy of the Historical League)

- A swag bag filled with art supplies and Arizona Historical Society goodies

- Their winning design is professionally printed on postcards available for purchase at any Arizona Historical Society Museum.

The 21 finalist designs were proudly showcased at both the Arizona History Museum and the Arizona Heritage Center for Statehood Day on Saturday, February 14. Visitors had the opportunity to view the artwork and cast their votes for their favorite.

In addition to public voting, judging panels from the Tempe Historical League, the Arizona Historical Society, and the K12 Coalition carefully reviewed each finalist submission.

Thank you again for all the participating students, teachers, families, and community partners who made this year's contest such a success. We look forward to announcing the winners soon! Here are some of the designs.

Post card contest winner Kate at Huachuca Mountain Elementary

Congrats to Kate on her postcard pizza party! Her very supportive family joined her at school to celebrate. This Arizona Historical Society program is a fun way to learn about Arizona history. Thanks to Dr. Kristen Rex for all her work!

Arizona 3rd Grade Postcard Contest winner Sky KeVine

 Congratulations to Scottsdale's Yavapai Elementary School winner Skye KeVine. She won the pizza party, swag bag and celebrated with her class, her teacher Alisha Reed, and her family. 

Arizona 3rd Grade Postcard Contest Awards and Pizza Parties have begun thanks to all the work done by Dr. Kristen Rex, Arizona Historical Society Chief Education Officer. The Historical League is happy to provide financial support for this program.

A postcard making contest was created for 3rd graders to help celebrate Arizona’s 113th birthday.  Lessons and activities were developed to support teachers’ needs to meet 3rd grade state standards on Arizona history. Over 2,000 students participated, 700 postcard art pieces were scored for creativity, accuracy in art and social studies, and 14 postcards were selected as winners. Winning students earned their class a pizza party, swag bag, and their teachers a year’s membership to the Arizona Historical Society.  

Watch and listen to Skye describe her drawing.

https://studio.youtube.com/video/K47WBs8iMzE/edit