News Release

Regional Science Fair Winners, State and International Fair Qualifiers

March 24, 2008

The following middle and high school students in public schools won awards at the recently completed Regional Science Fair. Students competed in categories that included botany, chemistry, engineering, environmental science, health and medicine and physics.

Science fair winners are listed according to school location. Students winning first place awards qualified for the State Science Fair to be held at the Lakeland Center from April 16 to 18. State qualifiers are noted with a parentheses. Four public school students won Best of Show awards and those are also noted in parentheses.

In addition, projects by David Futch, a senior at Winter Haven High and Pranali Dalvi, a sophomore at Bartow International Baccalaureate, were chosen for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair to be held in Atlanta in May. Futch, who won an award at the 2007 International Fair, will compete in the zoology category at the 2008 international event. Dalvi will compete in the biochemistry category at the 2008 international event.

2008 Regional Science Fair Winners

Bartow Middle:

Alana Snyder (state qualifier)

Bartow International Baccalaureate:

William Adams, Joseph Baranski (state qualifier), David Brekke, Caroline Bresnan (state qualifier), Suzanna Calandros, Riley Clark, Pranali Dalvi (state qualifier and Best of Show), Prachiti Dalvi (state qualifier and Best of Show), Megan Dotson, Mariannette Figueroa, Jessica Joseph, Hiral Jivanji (state qualifier), Dorothy Kleissler, Kathleen McHugh, Bridget McHugh, Miguel Montana, Heer Panchal, Prashil Patel, Kathryn Piotrowski, Neha Shah (state qualifier), Macey Valenti, Charles Walker

Boone Middle (Haines City):

Marcus Fontice, Nivia Guitard, Galib Khalek, Shawn Klein, Loral Miller, Diego Mosqueda Achiq, Ashley Palmer, Paul Slick, Paige Stamey, Genesis Tinoco, Brandie Torres, Carlos Vega DeJesus

Daniel Jenkins Academy (Haines City):

Jacob Renuart (state qualifier and Best of Show), Andrew Renuart

Fort Meade Middle-Senior:

David Barnett, Thomas Bevis, Jack Cortez, Greneisha Dunlap, Jacob Durrance, Evdoxia Giannopoulos, Jacob Gifford, Sammy Gordon, Natalie Graddy, Rachel Harden, Kelsey Harrell, Kaitlynn Harris, Cody Hill, Caitlyn Jones, Bryan Langston, Rekeria McCall, Tamara Nolin, Jacob O'Neal, Jordan Page, Tiffany Porter, Trey Porter, Akaycha Robinson, Trey Rhoden, Tabitha Rowell, Jamanda Simmons, Caleb Whitted, Derek Woods, Emily Young

Frostproof Middle:

Anyshiannie Camacho, Paige Castle, Alex Davila, Michael McFarlane, Tesa Melendez, Sam Mercer

Haines City High:

Jennifer Armstrong, Crystina Bachand, Martin Chaidez, Katie Christopher, Michelle Correa, Eric Dauphin, Javier Figueroa, Nelson Guild, Trinitey Heard, Christina Lish, Edwin Rodriguez-Villega, Manuel Santana, Kaley Thorp, Alex Watts

Haines City International Baccalaureate:

Richelle Benjamin, Morgan Boyer, Keith Brinsko, Karinda Bunting, Alexei Danyluk, Aaron Honculada, Caroline Lewicki, Tyler Lunsford, Paige Pelland, Kristian Ramkissoon, Amy Skillen, Lauren Wagman, Summer Westmoreland, Tabitha White (state qualifier), Jessica Wilson

Jewett Middle(Winter Haven):

Hannah Armbruster, Jared Blackburn, Pooja Chandrasekhar, Brent Collins, Maxim Danyluk, Jennings DePriest (state qualifier), Arianna Echemendia, Demica Hardy, Jenny Kellet, Emily Lubin, Hope Matison, Kennedy Mohs, Danielle Pruitt, Viji Rajaratnam, Ashley Reynolds, Virali Shah, Kimberly Shumate (state qualifier), Breunna Tarver, Matthew Thomas, Jared Warren

Kathleen Middle(Lakeland):

Kaylon Henderson

Lake Alfred-Addair Middle:

Michael Correa

Lake Gibson Middle (Lakeland):

Lance Baksh, Wendy Jones, Jesse Kirk, Amber Presto, Vinnie Ragusa, Nathan Roddenberry, Peter White, Jennifer Wilson

Lakeland Highlands Middle:

Lauren Barnes, Rebekah Jewell, Alyssa Martinez, Michael Monte, Savanah Palen, Jessica Pease, Aubrey Presnell, Megan Single, Zachary Smith

Lawton Chiles Middle (Lakeland):

Hamilton Cable, Nick Chiampi, Nikolas Colley, Caleb Dean, Sarah Dubendorff, Zachary Dyer, Elise Engle, Nathan Even, Caley Farinas, Phoebe Ferguson, James Harmer, Michael Helm, Eric Helm (state qualifier), Megan Holbrook, Bianca Mulaney(state qualifier), Aatish Patel (state qualifier), Harrison Pincket, Nicole Radivilov, Kevin Ren, Kristen Ryan, Catherine Sheets, Robert Smith, Nicholas Troiano

McKeel Academy (Lakeland):

Katelyn Borga, Melanie Brown, Chris Coker, Bernard Figueroa, Tyler McRoy, Mary Parrish, Ronak Patel, Robert Pettypiece, Alex Probasco

Mulberry Middle:

Alex Johnson, Kyle Lindemann, Komal Patel, Ashley Pell, Joshua Pulver, Kaitlyn Warren, Laura Watson, Laderious Wearing

Mulberry High:

Latonya Ashley, Jesse Barrett, Carter Burroughs, Zachary Cribbs, Jasmine Garcia, Nicholas Glass, Eva Kue, Lauren Morris, Shannon Oswald, Grethel Perez, Jesse Quinn, Citlali Saenz, Maryangel Serrano, Maggie Sheffield, Katia Thaxter, Kelsey Thompson, Michelle Tomlinson, Jordan Weil

Sleepy Hill Middle (Lakeland):

Ashley Lay, Kasey Quincel, Sydney Silvester, Jana Wells

Union Academy(Bartow) :

Maggie Morrison, Steffanie Munguia, Jeffrey Nave, Xochitl Palomares, Cody Polston, Michele Rhodes, Jonathan Smith, Susan Stidham, Maddilyne Terry, Kendall Thurn, Ashlyn VanDenDriessche, Jessica Wile

Winter Haven High:

Victoria Lew, David Futch (state qualifier and Best of Show), Addison Snively (state qualifier)

Polk County Public Schools