Senior National Qualifiers
Senior Historical Paper
Breaking the Sound Barrier: The Jazz Singer and its Influences on American Society
- Paige Thacker
- Johnston High School (Johnston)
- Teacher: Sue Cline
Ola Babcock Miller: Circumventing Political Barriers for the Benefit of Public Safety
- Katie Prichard
- Charles City High School (Charles City)
- Teacher: Ann Prichard
Senior Individual Exhibit
The Black Gash of Shame: Maya Lin Breaking Barriers to Redefine Architectural Reflection
- Hannah Smith
- North Scott Senior High School (Eldridge)
- Teacher: Sue Claeys
Sylvia Earle: Breaking Waves for Marine Preservation
- Ashley Hipnar
- Abraham Lincoln High School (Council Bluffs)
- Teacher: Deb Masker
Senior Group Exhibit
Dr. Couney's Incubator Babies: A Side Show That Saved Lives
- Bryce Anderson, Megan Bottorff and Shara Ungs
- Nashua-Plainfield High School (Nashua)
- Teacher: Suzy Turner
The Feminine Mystique: A Barrier-Breaking Book
- Kendra Eichhorn and Inga Dovre
- Williamsburg Jr.-Sr. High School (Williamsburg)
- Teachers: Nate Rodemeyer and John Alden
Senior Individual Documentary
Getting to Sesame Street: Fifty Years of Breaking Barriers Along the Way
- Anna Newby
- Abraham Lincoln High School (Council Bluffs)
- Teacher: Deb Masker
Temple Grandin: "Different, Not Less" Breaking Barriers Through the Understanding of Autism
- Mikayla Moore
- North Scott Senior High School (Eldridge)
- Teacher: Sue Claeys
Senior Group Documentary
One Woman's Vision: Eunice Kennedy Shriver's Race for Equality
- Eshaan Chandani and Anjali Kumar
- Johnston Middle School (Johnston)
- Teacher: Molly McConnell
Lights, Camera, Action! Breaking Barriers on I Love Lucy
- Lessly Ortega-Luque and Daniel Mendoza
- Storm Lake High School (Storm Lake)
- Teacher: Christina Rice
Senior Individual Performance
Breaking Barriers: Concept Over Craft—Or—What The Mutt?
- Jessica Cline
- George Washington High School (Cedar Rapids)
- Teacher: Amy Jones
Margaret Sanger: Making Motherhood a Choice
- Sophia Polking
- Carroll High School (Carroll)
- Teacher: Kelly Borchers
Senior Group Performance
Alice Paul: Breaking Barriers In Political Inequality
- Averi Bolar and Jason Strand
- Marshalltown High School (Marshalltown)
- Teacher: Susan Fritzell
Cafe Society
- Jenna Willet and Hannah Belk
- North Scott Senior High School (Eldridge)
- Teacher: Michele Willet
Senior Individual Website
Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the Special Olympics: Finding Ability in Disability
- Jayne Levi
- Nashua-Plainfield High School (Nashua)
- Teacher: Suzy Turner
Turning the Nation's Tables: The Grape Strike and Boycott for Farmworker Justice
- Anita Dinakar
- Johnston High School (Johnston)
- Teacher: Sue Cline
Senior Group Website
Flight 232: Breaking Barriers in the Community
- Isabel Gunderson, Alexandra Johnson, Anna Paskey and Jacob Salmen
- Bishop Heelan Catholic High School (Sioux City)
- Teacher: Nan Kiel
Loving vs. Virginia: How Love Broke Through the Barriers of Discrimination
- Rachel Borchardt, Tess Lampe and Skyler Smith
- Clarksville High School (Clarksville)
- Teacher: Heather Foster
Senior Alternates
Senior Historical Paper
Sor Juana: the Visionary Who Broke Gender Barriers in 17th Century Mexico
- Klaudia Hernandez
- Marshalltown High School (Marshalltown)
- Teacher: Susan Fritzell
Senior Individual Exhibit
From the Soviet Union to Iowa: An Unlikely Cold War Friendship Breaking Diplomatic Barriers Through Agriculture
- Dylan Engelbrecht
- North Scott Senior High School (Eldridge)
- Teacher: Sue Claeys
Senior Group Exhibit
The Manhattan Project: Dawn of the Atomic Age
- Alyssa Brant, Samantha Tidgren and Alexandria Klein
- Carroll High School (Carroll)
- Teacher: Kelly Borchers
Senior Individual Documentary
The US and Ho Chi Minh: An Unbreakable Barrier
- Noah Raso
- Bettendorf High School (Bettendorf)
- Teacher: Deb Temperly
Senior Group Documentary
Building a Journalism Powerhouse: Katharine Graham Breaking Unwritten Barriers in News Reporting
- Madison Knoche and Kaitlyn Knoche
- North Scott High School (Eldridge)
- Teacher: Sue Claeys
Senior Individual Performance
Thank You Corrie Ten Boom
- Elaine Hall
- Ames High School (Ames)
- Teacher: Josh Gorman
Senior Group Performance
Freedom Inside the Schoolhouse Gate
- Jessica Kendell and Casey Pepper
- Burlington High School (Burlington)
- Teacher: Aron Kehoe
Senior Individual Website
President Harry S. Truman's Executive Order 9981: Breaking Racial Barriers in the Military
- Cameron LaPage
- North Scott Senior High School (Eldridge)
- Teacher: Sue Claeys
Senior Group Website
Mister Rogers: More Than Our Most Beloved Neighbor
- Julia Chen, Vivian Chen and Joanne Wu
- Johnston High School (Johnston)
- Teacher: Sue Cline
Junior National Qualifiers
Junior Historical Paper
Breaking Barriers in the Treatment of the Mentally Unsound: Nellie Bly Exposes the Atrocities of Blackwell's Island Asylum
- Quinn Leone
- Bettendorf Middle School (Bettendorf)
- Teacher: Deb Temperly
Shattering the Glass Ceiling: How the WASPs Broke the Barrier that had Kept Them Grounded
- Madysen Weinberg
- Le Mars Middle School (Le Mars)
- Jakki Tentinger
Junior Individual Exhibit
The Americans With Disabilities Act: Breaking Barriers and Changing Lives
- Eli Johnson
- Bedford Community Schools (New Market)
- Teacher: Bill Ruttenberg
Charles Lindbergh: Breaking Barriers Through Aviation
- Emma DeRuyter
- Le Mars Middle School (Le Mars)
- Teacher: Jakki Tentinger
Junior Group Exhibit
Nellie Bly: Breaking the Barrier of Gender Biases to Create Investigative Journalism
- Allison Nixa, Emma Milbrodt, Luke Meinen and Annie Newton
- Akron-Westfield Middle School (Akron)
- Teacher: Val Philips
C'mon, Catch up USA: School Integration in Iowa
- Ava Brunner, Brylie Butrick, Jordyn Rowley and Audrey Carlson
- Southeast Valley Middle School (Burnside)
- Teacher: Janet Wills
Junior Individual Documentary
Apollo 11: Breaking Barriers in Science, Technology, and Politics
- Camryn Meyer
- Harding Middle School (Cedar Rapids)
- Teacher: Shannon Haas
Won't You Be My Neighbor? Fifty Years of Breaking Barriers in Mister Rogers Neighborhood
- Emily Newby
- Kirn Middle School (Council Bluffs)
- Teacher: Deb Masker
Junior Group Documentary
Rural Electrification, Breaking Barriers with the Flip of a Switch
- Lainey Schuknecht, Ben Philips, Hayden Wahlberg, Josie Jacobs and Addison Naslund
- Akron-Westfield Middle School (Akron)
- Teacher: Val Philips
Shirley Chisholm: Taking Action in the Face of Discrimination
- Srinidhi Kompella, Huong Ly and Haile Miller
- Harding Middle School (Cedar Rapids)
- Teacher: Shannon Haas
Junior Individual Performance
Breaking Barriers: A Queen Invades the Sport of Kings
- Tate Sommer
- Riverdale Heights (Bettendorf)
- Teacher: Erin Ahnquist
Brown vs. Board of Education: Breaking the Color Barrier in America
- Divya Ramadugu
- Franklin Middle School (Cedar Rapids)
- Teacher: Deb Siebenga
Junior Group Performance
Open Sesame: The Street that Opened the Door to Equal Opportunity Education through Television
- Campbell Anderson, Dexter Briggs, Ashley Zamora-Ruiz, Adissen Nielsen and Kelsey Saathoff
- Akron-Westfield Middle School (Akron)
- Teacher: Val Philips
Eunice Kennedy Shriver: Breaking Barriers to Create Champions
- Matthew Beierschmitt, Austyn Koedam, Corrinne Moffatt, Brody Knapp and Emily Small
- Akron-Westfield Middle School (Akron)
- Teacher: Val Philips
Junior Individual Website
Katherine Johnson: An African American Pioneer
- Cecelia Spector
- Bettendorf Middle School (Bettendorf)
- Teacher: Deb Temperly
When Pigs Fly: The 1960 Iowa Hog Lift Breaks Economic and Political Barriers
- Caleb Sinnwell
- Nashua-Plainfield Middle School (Nashua)
- Teacher: Suzy Turner
Junior Group Website
Nellie Bly: Breaking Mental Health Barriers
- Abbigale Holm and Gwendolyn Zrostlik
- Nevada Middle School (Nevada)
- Teacher: Randy Davis
Norman Borlaug: Seed by Seed
- Shreyas Shrestha, Kathir Kalyanaraman and Andrew Bogue
- Summit Middle School (Johnston)
- Teacher: Colleen Ites
Junior Alternates
Junior Historical Paper
The Boy who Broke Barriers for Freedom: Iqbal Masih
- Prathysha Ravi
- South Middle School (Waukee)
- Teacher: Karlee McKibban
Junior Individual Exhibit
Dr. Jonas Salk: Breaking the Polio Barrier
- Grace Dietz
- Nashua-Plainfield Middle School (Nashua)
- Teacher: Suzy Turner
Junior Group Exhibit
Don't Tinker With My Rights: Breaking Barriers to Free Expression
- Callahan Levi, Kaley Marlette, Paige Franzen and Kadence Huck
- Nashua-Plainfield Middle School (Nashua)
- Teacher: Suzy Turner
Junior Individual Documentary
Charles Hamilton Houston Breaking Barriers in Segregation: The Man Who Killed Jim Crow
- Elizabeth Samara
- North Scott Junior High School (Eldridge)
- Teacher: Sue Claeys
Junior Group Documentary
The Deaf President Now Protest: The Civil Rights Movement of the Deaf
- Ria Patel and Taylyn Angus
- Nevada Middle School (Nevada)
- Teacher: Randy Davis
Junior Individual Performance
She Made Us Better: Mary Tyler Moore, A Woman Who Unveiled Truths to Change Habits for Hope
- Christine Condren
- Keokuk Middle School (Keokuk)
- Teacher: Barb Edler
Junior Group Performance
Sesame Street: Shining a Light on Inequality and Brightening Educational Futures for All
- Creed Monroe, Henry Weis and Peter Essa
- St. Benedict Catholic School (Decorah)
- Teacher: Patty Lien
Junior Individual Website
Breaking the Barriers of Disease: Penicillin Ushers in the Golden Era of Antibiotics
- Calista Rasmer
- Bettendorf Middle School (Bettendorf)
- Teacher: Deb Temperly
Junior Group Website
Apollo 11: Breaking the 239 Thousand Mile Barrier to the Moon
- Joshua Seibold and Lucas Grady
- Hudson Junior High (Hudson)
- Teacher: Wayne Haskovec
