2020 Hall of Fame
2020 Winners
Regional Winners
State & National Winners
National Champions
1st Place -- Senior Group Performance
Michaela, Marissa & Alec Sirois
"Driving Towards the Future: How the Lincoln Highway Broke Barriers in Automobile Travel"
School: Heritage High School
Teacher: Jay Grenawalt
3rd Place -- Junior Individual Performance
Lily Miller
“Margaret Haley: The Lady Labor Slugger”
School: Corwin International Magnet School
Teacher: Verla Hutchins
TBK Bank National Historian
3rd Place -- Junior Individual Exhibit
Summer Short
“Cher Ami: A Pigeon’s Role in Breaking World War I Communication Barriers”
School: DCS Montessori Middle School
Teacher: Erika Tinker
2020 Journal Authors
“Breaking Past the Ice: Roald Amundsen’s Expedition to Uncover the Northwest Passage”
Rebecca Busche
Bear Creek High School
“Warrior Poet: Audre Lorde Breaking Barriers”
Lauren Deacon
Sargent High School
“Breaking Barriers in the U.S. Senate and the American Workplace: How Anita Hill Launched the Movement Against Sexual Harassment”
Skye McCrimmon
George Washington High School
“The Lincoln Hills: Breaking the Barriers of Racial Injustice and Jim Crowism in Colorado”
Mohamed Ibrahim
Wiggins High School
“How the Symbolism of American Coinage Defines the United States”
Andrew Landau
Fairview High School
Frances Wisebart DAR Paper Selection
“Justina Ford: Just Another Physician?”
Kylee Wilson
Monte Vista High School
“Tearing Down the Patriarchy: Margaret Mead, Breaking Gender/Sexuality Barriers”
Alia Sponheimer
Monarch PK-8
Junior Paper Selection
“John Snow: Breaking Barriers In Epidemiology”
Ella Frihauf
Escalante Middle School
Junior Paper Selection
2020 Film Festival Documentarians
"Living a Life of Secrecy: The Untold Stories of the Barrier
Breaking Women in Cryptology"
Renee Burton
DCS Montessori
Teacher: Erika Tinker
National Qualifier
Junior Individual Documentary
"War Captured Through Photography: Overcoming
Ignorance, Gender, and Photography Barriers in Vietnam"
Lily Davidoff
Southern Hills Middle School
Teacher: Zach Crandall
National Qualifier
Junior Individual Documentary
"Breaking the Barriers of Flight: Two Brothers and A
Dream"
Aditya Dhar & Ken Herrmann
Southern Hills Middle School
Teacher: Zach Crandall
National Qualifier
Junior Group Documentary
"Star Trek: Breaking Multicultural Barriers Lightyears
From Home"
Gage Willson
Bear Creek High School
Teacher: Kelly Cvanciger
National Qualifier
Senior Individual Documentary
"Clela Rorex: A Forgotten Step Forward"
Peter Alspaugh, Fiona Allen & Sophia Hrywnak
Fairview High School
Teacher: Susan Eide-Stensrud & Sean Costello
National Qualifier
Senior Group Documentary
"The Rogues Gallery: A Picture Worth a Thousand
Words"
Ellie Lansdown & Bonnie Hayes
Castle View High School
Teacher: Robert Sutterer
National Qualifier
Senior Group Documentary