2026 Tulare County Results
Best of Event
The Revolution, Reaction, and Reform of the Most Notorious Human Traffickers: The Poquianchis Sisters
Evelyn Meza - Kings River Union Elementary School, Kingsburg
Black Tide: How California’s Worst Oil Spill Turned Beaches Black and the Nation Green
Lincoln Graves - University Preparatory High School, Visalia
From Silence to Reform: The Transformation of Mental Illness Care
Heaven Gonzalez - Dinuba High School, Dinuba
Smallpox Was
Isaiah Yepez and Jonathan Valadez - Dinuba High School, Dinuba
Individual Podcast – Elementary Division
Finalist
9-11
Analiyah Zavala - Jefferson GATE, Dinuba
Jackie Robinson
Elliot Toledo - Jefferson GATE, Dinuba
Group Poster – Elementary Division
Finalist
Declaration of Independence - The Pen that Launched the War
Owen Mullins, Luke Mendonca, and Sebastian Rodriguez- St. Aloysius School, Tulare
Pearl Harbor - The Day The Changed America
Sophia Van Scyoc, Julia Brasil, Charlotte Silva, and Brylee Pedro - St. Aloysius School, Tulare
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory FireCielo Pineda and Karielle Camaquin - Jefferson GATE, Dinuba
Alternate
9/11 - How One Day Changed the NationAvery Ferreira, Richard Nunes, Vincent Avila, Ava Cisneros, and Charlotte Jones - St. Aloysius School, Tulare
Individual Poster – Elementary Division
Finalist
September 11th: Reactions and Reforms
Ximena Melendez - Jefferson GATE, Dinuba
Titanic: Revolutionary Features - Public Reactions - Maritime Reforms
Sebastian Sanchez - Jefferson GATE, Dinuba
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: Public Reactions and Government Reform
Rowen Rico - Jefferson GATE, Dinuba
Individual Documentary – Junior Division
Finalist
Native American Boarding Schools
Isabella Ornelas - Jefferson GATE, Dinuba
Group Documentary – Junior Division
The Tsar Bomba
David Vieyra, Kenzo Porras, Jaydan Alejandro, and Nathan Perez - Washington Intermediate School, Dinuba
Alternate
Chernobyl
Ian Alvarado, Esteban Avila, Gionni Juarez, and Josue Gomez - Washington Intermediate School, Dinuba
Individual Exhibit – Junior Division
Finalist
A Revolution, Reaction, and Reform Beyond the Bars: Homeboy Industries and the Power of Radical Kinship
Hector Valadez - Kings River Union Elementary School, Kingsburg
From Internment to Honor: How Nisei Soldiers Reacted to Discrimination and Reformed Attitudes
Luke Mills - Jefferson GATE, Dinuba
The Revolution, Reaction, and Reform of the Biggest Fraud known to US History: The Yazoo Land Scandal
Victoria Castellanos - Kings River Union Elementary School, Kingsburg
Alternate
Children of Weedpatch: Leo Hart's Reaction to Discrimination and Educational Reform for Migrant Students
Penelope Martin - Jefferson GATE, Dinuba
Group Exhibit – Junior Division
Finalist
AC Versus DC
Parker Bixler, Case Gallagher, Michael Quintero, and Carter Beck - St. Aloysius School, Tulare
Penicillin Revolution
Reid Bert, Sebastian Avalos, Andrea Valdivia, and Skylar Alafa - St. Aloysius School, Tulare
The Chicano Movement
Darcy Rodriguez, Maria Vazquez, Daila Medina, Hazel Woodlief, and Jocelyn Galicia - Palo Verde School, Tulare
Individual Performance - Junior Division
Finalist
The Revolution, Reaction, and Reform of the Most Notorious Human Traffickers: The Poquianchis Sisters
Evelyn Meza - Kings River Union Elementary, Kingsburg
Individual Podcast – Junior Division
Finalist
Mustache
Gamaliel Lopez - Washington Intermediate School, Dinuba
Fall of the Qing Dynasty
Sophia Guevara - Washington Intermediate School, Dinuba
Group Podcast – Junior Division
Finalist
John Wilkes Booth: A Reaction to the Civil War
Brian Montero and Blake Fukushima - Washington Intermediate School, Dinuba
Individual Website – Junior Division
Finalist
9-11
Noah Gutierrez - Jefferson GATE, Dinuba
Hurricane Katrina
Isaac Rodriguez - Jefferson GATE, Dinuba
Group Website – Junior Division
Finalist
The Haitian Revolution: The Struggle for Freedom
Aileen Hernandez and Allison Duran - Washington Intermediate School, Dinuba
Group
Documentary
–
Senior
Division
Finalist
Smallpox WasIsaiah Yepez and Jonathan Valadez - Dinuba High School, Dinuba
The Boxer Rebellion: A Turning Point in Education and Power in China
Andres Montes and Ezekiel Celaya - Dinuba High School, Dinuba
The Significance of The L.A. Riots of 1992Kevin Morales and Jonathan Barajas -
Dinuba High School, Dinuba
Alternate
Ni Una Más: A Reaction To The Femicides in Mexico
Richard Gallegos and Issac Flores
- Dinuba High
School, Dinuba
Individual Documentary – Senior Division
FinalistEchoes of Reaction: How One Reaction Shaped the Lives of G.I. Generation WomenPaloma Ybarra - Redwood High School, Visalia
From Silence to Reform: The Transformation of Mental Illness CareHeaven Gonzalez - Dinuba High School, Dinuba
Inside the Living Brain: The Brain Scanning RevolutionKareem Al-Ghazali - University Preparatory High School, Visalia
AlternateFrom Revolution to Reform: Aguinaldo and the Filipino-American WarPrecious Aguinaldo - University Preparatory High School, Visalia
Group Exhibit – Senior Division
Finalist
Coco Chanel More Than the "Little Black Dress"Jayla Garcia, Amie Galindo, and Kairi Ruiz - Dinuba
High School,
Dinuba
How Women Revolutionized the Workforce During WWIIMaddyn Johnson, Alonzo Perez, and Odessa Denny
- Dinuba
High
School,
Dinuba
Movemental Momentum: Punk Rock's InfluenceAnalise Frausto, Anthony Chedotte, Karen Negrete, and Hugo Mendez
-
Dinuba
High
School,
Dinuba
Alternate
How Animation Sparked InterestEvabella Garcia and Jazzyln Zepeda -
Dinuba
High
School,
Dinuba
Individual Exhibit – Senior Division
Finalist
Sandy Koufax and the 1965 World Series: How One Man's Decision Sparked Moral Controversy Across the United States
Clark Rollin -
University Preparatory High
School,
Visalia
Shadows of the PlagueMateo Romo -
Dinuba
High
School,
Dinuba
The Discovery of Insulin and its Revolutionary Impact on SocietySofiya Valencia -
Dinuba
High
School,
Dinuba
Alternate
An Oath that Changed France: Reaction, Reform, and Revolution on the Tennis CourtYaritzi Jimenez -
Dinuba
High
School,
Dinuba
Group Performance – Senior Division
Finalist
The Scopes Trial: The Revolutionary Turning Point for Teaching EvolutionJessica Ochoa, Yesenia Soto Santiago, and Kristel Pacheco -
Dinuba
High
School,
Dinuba
Individual Performance – Senior Division
FinalistBlack Tide: How California's Worst Oil Spill Turned Beaches Black and the Nation GreenLincoln
Graves
-
University
Preparatory
High
School,
Visalia
Group Podcast – Senior Division
FinalistJazz: A Musical & Cultural RevolutionVeronica Gongora, Michelle Villarreal, and Nicolas Lichtenwaldt - Dinuba High School, Dinuba
The Day the Doors LockedBeyonca Mojica, Nicholas Alquizon, Xanath Porraz, and Camila Flores - Dinuba High School, Dinuba
Alternate
The Role of Music in Women's Suffrage
Cebria Freeborn and Olivia Brennan - Redwood High School, Visalia
Individual Podcast – Senior Division
FinalistKiller Genes: The Biology of Forensic InvestigationFiona Briggs - University Preparatory High School, Visalia
Occupational Safety and Health Administration: How OSHA revolutionized the working environmentBrent Schiebelhut - Redwood High School, Visalia
Speak Today, Justice Tomorrow: The revolution, reaction, and reform of Egypt during the Arab SpringAnastasia Mikhael - Redwood High School, Visalia
AlternateThe Rise of the Digital Revolution: Humanity's Greatest ConvenienceSaxon Trolinder - Dinuba High School, Dinuba
Group Website – Senior Division
FinalistThe Reaction to the Lobotomy That Led to the Reformed Treatments of the Mentally IllJonathan Rivera and Luciano Rodriguez Martinez - Dinuba High School, Dinuba
The Revolutionary Invention of the Printing Press and the Influence on the Suffrage MovementAdrianna Mendoza, Tahani Khalil, Michelle Guzman, Julia Avilez, and Stefanie Lowrie - Dinuba High School, Dinuba
The Stonewall Uprising: A Riot that Reformed AmericaAurora Lopez, Ytzel Sotelo, and Elijah Quipse - Dinuba High School, Dinuba
AlternateThe Paradoxes of the French RevolutionLacey Castorena, Karen Pantoja, and Brittany Camacho - Dinuba High School, Dinuba
Individual Website – Senior Division
FinalistA Reaction to Fear: How Mass Wartime Hysteria Led to Injustice and ReformJuan Montelongo - Dinuba High School, Dinuba
Impressionism - The 19th Century Breakthrough of French ArtSerena Martinez - Dinuba High School, Dinuba