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2025 Special Award Winners

Projects listed here received special recognition from one of our special award sponsors.

2025 Special Award Winners

Baylor Law SchoolAllison McCoyCasper Bowden: The Reason for Better Internet PrivacyCorinna CapraunBelton Middle School
Baylor Law SchoolDylan Kelly, Sophia SomersClaudette ColvinSarah McConnellNorthstar School
Baylor Law SchoolPeyton Ybarra, Zaira DeLeon, Zendaya PenistonTitle IXAmanda PyleLAKE AIR MONTESSORI SCHOOL
Baylor Law SchoolAyla Wakershauser, Jannette Davis, Leyla Martinez, Neha Bhat, Raye JohnsonRadium Girls: The Radiating Case That Protects the Rights and Responsibilities of WorkersKyle EganSOUTH BELTON MIDDLE
Baylor University Institute for Oral History NONE  
Bell County MuseumEmery Hobson and Sarah Jackson "Make Somebody Happy Today - Bake a Cake" : Betty Crocker's Views on Women's Rights and Responsibilities in the Home Paige HootenLake Belton Middle School
Bell County MuseumElysse BuiStolen Rights: The Hidden History of Japanese Internment CampsElizabeth HowsonNorth Belton Middle School
Brazos ForumAbigail Wickman, Eden Mccallum, Emma PorterStolen Land: The Wichita ConfederacyStacey BovellBelton Middle School
Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Sterling C. Robertson Chapter NONE  
Dr Pepper MuseumCiera Saldana, Eliza Smith, Grace Scott, Romina DracosFordlandia: Henry Ford's FollyAmanda PyleLAKE AIR MONTESSORI SCHOOL
Festival on the BrazosCaroline TaubeJapanese American Internment: The Rights and Responsibilities of America During WWIILeslie SeguraTENNYSON MIDDLE
Historic Waco   Daniel OlmsteadDoris Miller - Responsible Sailor to Rights TrailblazerKim OlmsteadOlmstead Homeschool
Historic Waco   Abigail Wickman, Eden Mccallum, Emma PorterStolen Land: The Wichita ConfederacyStacey BovellBelton Middle School
McLennan County Historical CommissionAbigail Wickman, Eden Mccallum, Emma PorterLoss of Land: Wichita ConfederacyStacey BovellBelton Middle School
McLennan County Historical CommissionDaniel OlmsteadDoris Miller - Responsible Sailor to Rights TrailblazerKim OlmsteadOlmstead Homeschool
Museum Association of WacoKhloe ChoThe British Raj: Gandi's Path to Independence of IndiaLeslie SeguraTENNYSON MIDDLE
Museum Association of WacoAlexandra BuiStriking for Rights: The 1981 Air Traffic Controllers’ Strike and the Fight for Workers’ JusticeMichael KreckerLake Belton High School
National Society of the Colonial Dames - Waco Town CommitteeChloe Wittman, Gracelyn Garelick, Kathryn Peterson, Sydney HarveyDeborah Sampson: The Double LifeCorinna CapraunBelton Middle School
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elizabeth Gordon Bradley ChapterLogan ShaferThe Fairfax Resolves: Rights and Responsibilities of the American ColonistsDeborah ShaferShafer Homeschool
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elizabeth Gordon Bradley ChapterSophia WheelerTaxation Without Representation Leading to the American RevolutionSamantha PreeceTroy Elementary
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Henry Downs ChapterChaselyn GreerFederalists Anti-Federalists: Rights Require ResponsibilityKristen GreerGreer Home School
The Links, Inc., WacoAnsley SiemerTuskegee Tragedy: Where did CDC go WrongSarah McConnellNorthstar School
The Links, Inc., WacoDylan Kelly, Sophia SomersClaudette ColvinSarah McConnellNorthstar School
The Links, Inc., WacoMadeleine PonderChild Labor During the Industrial Revolution: The Fight For EducationLeslie SeguraTennyson Middle School
The Links, Inc., WacoGala Ward, Katie Cannon, Lael CoffieChild labor   Sarah ManningCentral Texas Christian School
The Links, Inc., WacoChloe Wittman, Gracelyn Garelick, Kathryn Peterson, Sydney HarveyDeborah Sampson: The Double LifeCorinna CapraunBelton Middle School
The Texas CollectionDaniel OlmsteadDoris Miller - Responsible Sailor to Rights TrailblazerKim OlmsteadOlmstead Homeschool
Waco Hispanic Museum NONE  
W. R. Poage Legislative LibraryLogan ShaferThe Fairfax Resolves: Rights and Responsibilities of the American ColonistsDeborah ShaferShafer Homeschool

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