JUNIOR PAPERS
Title Students Teachers Schools 1 Breaking Barriers to Universal Vaccination Rohan Dharia Judy Seffair SARTARTIA MIDDLE 2 The Fifth Circuit Four: The Unheralded Judges Who Helped to Break Legal Max Grinstein Amy Grinstein Belmont Home Barriers in the Deep South School 3 Olmstead v. L.C., Breaking Institutional Barriers for People with Disabilities Charlie Duane Devereaux O HENRY MIDDLE LaMair 4 The Panama Canal: Breaking Barriers to Trade Aryan Bora Judy Seffair SARTARTIA MIDDLE
ADDITIONAL FINALISTS (in no particular order)
Title Students Teachers Schools The Barrier of the Women’s Right to Vote is Broken: How has it Affected Life Chloe Splawn Chad Hannon IUNIVERSITY PREP Today Shattering Racial Segregation in the Big State: "Heman Sweatt; Our Man of Cardin Tran Monica Shotwell Middle Texas" Blackshire School The Panama Pathway: Overcoming Barriers in Global Trade Nathan Ellis Cathrine LEVELLAND McMahan MIDDLE Star Trek: Shattering Barriers in a Utopia Noah Garcia Carrie Barker Firelight Academy "Hot Baths" and Melting Pots: Gender, Culture, and the Cleanliness Crisis in Helen Lauren Baird Baird-Trottmann Nineteenth-Century San Antonio Trottmann Homeschool
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITES
Title Students Teachers Schools 1 Madame Curie: Breaking Barriers and Saving Lives Hope Bovell Elizabeth NORTH BELTON Howson MIDDLE 2 Turbulence Couldn't Shake Her: Bessie Coleman, Aviatrix Hanna Coker Allison Little CEDAR BAYOU J H 3 A Story Worth Remembering: Heman Marion Sweatt's Sacrificial Fight to Break Reese Benoit Allison Little CEDAR BAYOU J H Segregation Barriers 4 Against All Odds: Red Tails in Action Lexi Jacobson Ashley Mays Wichita Christian School
ADDITIONAL FINALISTS (in no particular order) The Mighty Microchip: The Tiny Chip That Broke the Technological Barrier Zihan Xu Adam Dyer C M RICE MIDDLE Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall Uses the Court System To Break Segregation Noah Lopes Javier Mendez VELA MIDDLE
JUNIOR GROUP WEBSITES
Title Students Teachers Schools 1 Termination, Restoration, and Beyond: How the Alabama- Elijah Clark, Gavin McFarlain, Suzonna LIVINGSTON J H Coushatta Tribe of Texas Continues to Face and Break Barriers Jack New McFarlain in History 2 The Wright Brothers: Making the Impossible, Possible Michael Gearing, Stephanie Kibbie Jensen, Sycamore Springs Gearing Caris Vollentine Middle 3 Freedom Summer Diego Rosales, Sandra Arroyo Anthony Hill Jones Middle School 4 Trailblazing the West: The Lewis and Clark Expedition Titus Magelssen, Will Hays Amber Kubacak St. Louis Catholic School
ADDITIONAL FINALISTS (in no particular order)
Brown v Board of Education Hassaan Ali, Rishabh Chandak Judy Seffair, SARTARTIA Becki Smith MIDDLE Louis Braille: Providing Equality Through Literacy For The Saachit Rathi, Venkat Elizabeth Miller OTTO MIDDLE Visually Impaired Modugula
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES
Title Students Teachers Schools 1 Madam CJ Walker Tori White Ethan Berger Lewis Middle School 2 The BTT Shunt: Blalock's Diary Oliver Leslie Cannon Atlas Academy Houston 3 Opening the Gates to a New Frontier: America Industrializing the West Matthew Sarah Capestani GENTRY J H Cosep 4 The Discovery, and Rediscovery, of Insulin Luke Voss Caris Vollentine Sycamore Springs Middle
ADDITIONAL FINALISTS (in no particular order)
Higher Ground: How Sam Phillips Shattered Racial Barriers with his Music Dean Marino Peter Garcia SARTARTIA MIDDLE Come On Let's Go: Ritchie Valens Rocks His Way Into Music History Javier Mendez Javier Mendez VELA MIDDLE
JUNIOR GROUP PERFORMANCES
Title Students Teachers Schools 1 Mr. Rogers: Breaking Barriers Catalina Serna, Dominic Frances Garcia STILLMAN MIDDLE Barrera, Itzel Rodriguez, Roberto Boreaux 2 Penicillin Breaking Barriers in the Health Care Field Anshuni Kale, Trisha Botcha Judy Seffair SARTARTIA MIDDLE 3 Grace Hopper: Queen of Coding Claire Prather, Lily Howell, Leslie Cannon Atlas Academy Lydia Allen 4 The Civil Rights Movement Andrea Medina, Maria Tojin, Falon Figurski THE RUSK SCHOOL Rosemary Mendez
ADDITIONAL FINALISTS (in no particular order)
Malala Yousafzai- Fighting for all Girls of the World Dunia Benitez, Kasey Lazo, Susan Guy Hoffman Middle Kenady Baker, McKayla School Warfield, Na'Leeyah Tatum Chernobyl: An International Disaster Leads to New Safety Jaden Pafford, Lelani Silva, Ryan Sparks LA VEGA INT H P Guidelines Samuel Rodriguez MILES CAMPUS JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY
Title Students Teachers Schools 1 The International Space Station: A Symbol of Unity Shelby Cari Garcie EAST CENTRAL Hofmann HERITAGE MIDDLE 2 Barbara Jordan: Breaking Racial and Gender Barriers Colton Payne Susan Bunde SANTA FE J H Equality for All; Privileges for None 3 This is London: Edward R. Murrow and His Broadcasts During World War II Vivek Adam Dyer C M RICE Venkataraman MIDDLE 4 Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz The First Feminist of the New World Laurencia Rubi Rivera WIGGS MIDDLE Moreno
ADDITIONAL FINALISTS (in no particular order Driving through the Poverty Barrier Connor Tara Fountain GENTRY J H Fanning The Sweethearts of Sweetwater: Breaking Barriers in the Sky Hannah Wood Elizabeth Howson NORTH BELTON MIDDLE Nellie Bly: An Investigative Journalist Who Changed the U.S. Elodie Griffin Caris Vollentine Sycamore Springs Middle Paul Quinn College Song Of Our souls Paiton Jones Shea Ruggles Atlas Academy
JUNIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY
Title Students Teachers Schools 1 Loving v. Virginia: Breaking Barriers in Anti-Miscegenation Ajay Avala, Rajiv Mallisetty, Adam Dyer C M RICE Rohith Chadalawada, Suden MIDDLE Prashar 2 Flying the Hump Angi Tong, Anni Tong, Falisha Debbie Harvey, Elena SARTARTIA Raval Serda MIDDLE 3 Elsie MacGill “Queen of the Hurricanes” Elizabeth Herrera, Vanessa Duane Devereaux O HENRY Wasielewski MIDDLE 4 Jackie Robinson and the Color LIne Israel Cano, Jason Aguilar Frances Garcia STILLMAN MIDDLE
ADDITIONAL FINALISTS (in no particular order)
Navajo Code Talkers Alexis Hookham, Daniel Garner Kimberley Keele Atlas Academy Clara Barton: Breaking Gender Medical Barriers through the Christian Garcia, Gabriel Juan Sarmiento St Patrick Establishment of the American Red Cross Salgado, Hunter Goodin, Cathedral Kenneth Alvarez School "Tear Down This Wall" Madison Evans, Shelbie Suzonna McFarlain LIVINGSTON J H How the Fall of the Berlin Wall Broke Physical and Mental Sandoval Barriers in History The Invention of the Mark 1 Tank Eryk Jones, Matthew Bush, Cathrine McMahan LEVELLAND Zaden Carrillo MIDDLE
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS
Title Students Teachers Schools 1 Tearing Down the Barrier Between East West: The Fall of the Berlin Wall Bryce Miller Nikki Comeaux GENTRY J H 2 Mendez v. Westminster: Breaking Barriers for a Seat In the Classroom Valeria Cordova Monica Blackshire Shotwell Middle School 3 Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World Kloe Fox Michelle Ballard ADAMS MIDDLE 4 Mind Over Matter, Faster than 4; Roger Bannister’s quest for the 4 Minute Zoe Haws Katherine Walters St. Matthew Mile Broke Mental Barriers Catholic School
ADDITIONAL FINALISTS (in no particular order)
Andrew Higgins: The Man Who Won World War II Vinson Evans Duane Devereaux O HENRY MIDDLE Jane Goodall: Breaking the Barrier Between Humans Chimpanzees Bailey Ashley Mays Wichita Greenway Christian School "Today we go even further" Joseph Lister's Quest to Break Surgical Barriers Rebecca Currie Allison Little CEDAR BAYOU J H Irena Sendler: Breaking the Barriers of Hate and Brutality To Save Innocent Emily Lablue Jessica Allison NAVASOTA J H Children of the Holocaust
JUNIOR GROUP EXHIBITS
Title Students Teachers Schools 1 His Mission, His Legacy - Dr. Hector P. Garcia, A Man of the Ella McCarter, Julia Little, Sofia Katherine Walters St. Matthew People Montalvo Catholic School 2 Swinging for Equality Andrew Freeman, Ethan Martinez Jill Sangabi HORNEDO MIDDLE 3 Bessie Coleman Breaking Barriers in Aviation Ariel Allen, Madelynn Ferguson, Rosalva Stevenson GARCIA Montse Uvalle MIDDLE 4 Operation Vittles; Breaking a Barrier to Save a City Aiden Duncan, Daniel Briscoe, Patrick Wiemer COPPERAS Mason Weaver COVE J H
ADDITIONAL FINALISTS (in no particular order)
Nancy Wake: The White Mouse Anika Chock, Katherine Liu, Larry Romero QUAIL VALLEY Mahira Mathur MIDDLE Stinson Airfield Bella Mora, Julia Miesse Faith Moore EAST CENTRAL HERITAGE MIDDLE Breaking Barriers: Women's Baseball Kori Vasquez, Mia Clarke Dean Krantz SUGAR LAND MIDDLE The 65th Infantry Regiment: Breaking Barriers Carolina Torres, Vianney Aragus Frances Garcia STILLMAN MIDDLE