| On January
24th, Historian Allen C. Guelzo, Henry R. Luce Professor
of the Civil War Era at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania,
gave a lecture at Spanish River High School in Boca Raton,
Florida on his book, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation:
The End of Slavery in America. Sponsored by the Gilder
Lehrman Institute of American History, the lecture was
attended by students in the Gilder Lehrman American History
and Law Institute at Spanish River High School, as well
as students from other American history classes at the
school. Guelzo is the only two-time winner of the Lincoln
Prize, an award funded by the Gilder Lehrman Institute
of American History and administered jointly with the
Lincoln and Soldiers Institute at Gettysburg College.
In 2000, he won for his book, Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer
President, and in 2005, he won for Lincoln's
Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America.
The Lincoln Prize, awarded since 1991, has been given
to historians including, Ira Berlin, David W. Blight,
Ken Burns and James McPherson.
The Gilder Lehrman American History and Law Institute
at Spanish River High School was created in the fall
of 2005 and has an enrollment of 90 students. It is
the first Gilder Lehrman history program in Florida.
The Gilder Lehrman Institute sponsors 31 history schools
and 14 Saturday academies nationwide. Gilder Lehrman
history schools are rigorous, college-preparatory schools
centered on American history. They have a track record
of raising test scores and sending more than 90 percent
of graduating seniors to college. At the core of these
schools is a four-year sequence of courses in American
history. In many of these schools, the entire student
body participates in the Gilder Lehrman program. In
other schools, including Spanish River High School,
a select portion of the student body participates. Spanish
River High School also has a Saturday academy. Saturday
academies offer students free elective courses on Saturday
mornings.
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