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The Mountain States Policy Center: Teaching Liberty Through Competition 

On May 2, 2026, teams from Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming came together at the Idaho State Capitol to battle for the “We the Students: Mountain West Civics Cup.” The event was a regional high school competition aimed at engaging students in the study of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.   

Mountain States Policy Center staged the event with the help of a $50,000 grant from the Heritage Foundation as a winner of an America’s 250th Innovation Prize. The prize is a national program recognizing creative projects that strengthen civic education and public understanding of American founding principles as part of the United States’ 250th anniversary in 2026. 

The event saw the teams compete in a mix of fast-paced quiz-style questions and applied leadership challenges, advancing from virtual preliminaries to in-person state rounds and a livestreamed regional final.

 Xavier 1, a team from Xavier Charter School in Twin Falls, Idaho—comprised of Vita Wyatt, Grace Achurry-Guerry, Olivia Aiello, and Eleanor Nunnelley—won the 2026 “We the Students” Civics Bowl, taking home a grand prize........

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