Hall of Fame

2025 NHD Cover

2024 Winners

Regional Winners 

National Champions & Final Rounds Qualifiers

Final Rounds Qualifiers
5th Place—Senior Individual Documentary 
Mark Thompson
"Prisoners Have Rights Too: How Fidel Ramos Created a Turning Point in Prison Healthcare"
Denver School of the Arts
 
 
Special Awards Winners
Chronicaling America Historian
Riva Linga
Colin Eisner
Michael Zhang
Josie Fugler
Orion MacDonald
Zoe Keith
Ellie Parsons
 
Outstanding Affiliate 
Mark Thompson
Denver School of the Arts
 
Jessie Yan, Monica Berger, & Sophia Duan
Summit Middle Charter School
 

 

2024 Journal Authors

Zoe Keith
Fairview High School
"The American Sputnik: How Van Cliburn's Tchaikovsky Competition Victory Furthered Harmony in International Relations"
 
Max Sherman
Summit Middle Charter School
"The Bombing of the King David Hotel: A Turning Point in Palestinian Politics and British Colonialism"
 
Tim Ryan
Bear Creek High School
"The Canal that Changed the History of Maritime Trade"
 
Ellie Parsons
Denver School of the Arts
"A Look Through His Lens: Carleton Watkins’ Yosemite Photographs as a Turning Point for Federal Land Preservation"
 
Jonas Pickerill
Pueblo West High School
"The Iran Hostage Crisis: A Turning Point in Interventionism"
 
Iris Holmes
Barone Middle School
"The Discovery of the Carbon 14 Isotope: A Revolution in Science and History"

Volunteer of the Year Award Winners

2025-

2024 -- Gregory Jones-Albrecht

2023 -- Dr. Pam Laird & Dr. Myra Rich

2022 -- Susan Barrett

2021 -- Jody Georgeson

2020 -- Optimist Club of Monaco South

State Teacher of the Year Winners

2025
Junior-- Anna Royal
 
2024
Junior -- Zach Crandall
Senior -- Kirsten Schuman
 
2023
Junior-- Kris Casey
Senior-- Raluca Liles
 
2022
Junior--Jamie Adams-Granato
 
2021
Junior--Gail Scobee
Senior--Ed Glassman
 
2020
Junior--John Hise
Senior--Sarah Paulin
 
2019
Junior--Lesley Meyer
Senior--Ted Goodwin
2018
Junior--Roberto Javier
Senior--Kelly Cvanciger
 
2017
Senior--Michelle Erickson
 
2016
Junior--Ian Jentz
Senior--Casey Clay
 
2015
Junior--Holly Spurlin
Senior--Sheila Sloan
 
2014
Junior--Elizabeth Milligan
Senior--Kristin Lewis
 
2012
Barbara Allen
NHD National Teacher of the Year

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