Colorado typically hosts two regional Braille Challenge Contests; one in Colorado Springs, and one in the Denver Metro area.
This web page is specific to the Denver Metro Braille Challenge contest.
Check back here for updated information regarding our 2025 Denver Metro contest.
Contact Danielle Steele with any questions (719)578-2198
If you have questions related to the Colorado Springs contest, scheduled for Thursday, February 20 (with a back up date of Monday, February 24) please email Cheryl Austin, Interim Principal for the School for the Blind or Tina Bos, Braillist, the School for the Blind
Forecast Your Student Participants
The planning committee needs to order a specific number of tests for each level based on forecasting numbers submitted by TVIs in Colorado's public schools.
Step 1: TVIs, please contact Danielle Steele (719-578-2198) in the CIMC with your forecasted number of participants. Include the contest level for each of your students.
Step 2: Submit a completed Permission (Registration) Form for each student. A link to this fillable Form is below.
Registration Deadline
February 14, 2025 is the registration deadline for the 2025 Denver Metro Braille Challenge Contest, which is open to all students, in all school districts, across Colorado. The Permission (Registration) Form developed by the Braille Institute of America is linked below.
Please remember that ALL participants need to have a Permission (Registration) Form submitted to the CIMC.
Additional Information
The Denver Metro Braille Challenge will be held at the Colorado Center for the Blind (CCB) on February 28, 2025
Check this website page for updated information. Contact Danielle Steele with questions at (719)578-2198
Contest Levels
Apprentice (Grades 1-2)
Uncontracted or Contracted
- Spelling
- Proofreading
- Reading Comprehension
Freshman (Grades 3-4)
Contracted only
- Spelling
- Proofreading
- Reading Comprehension
Sophomore (Grades 5-6)
Contracted only
- Speed and Accuracy
- Proofreading
- Reading Comprehension
- Charts and Graphs
Junior Varsity (Grades 7-9)
Contracted only
- Speed and Accuracy
- Proofreading
- Reading Comprehension
- Charts and Graphs
Varsity (Grades 10-12)
Contracted only
- Speed and Accuracy
- Proofreading
- Reading Comprehension
- Charts and Graphs