Polk County Public Schools
Lakeland’s Lincoln Avenue Academy and Davenport School of the Arts won their respective divisions at the Polk County Schools 6th Annual Book Bowl Finals completed at the end of the 2007-2008 school year.
The Book Bowl Finals feature student teams from elementary and middle schools answering questions about assigned books on the Sunshine State Readers List. Schools throughout the county competed during the 2007-2008 school year for the right to compete in the finals.
Lime Street Elementary (Lakeland) was runner-up in the elementary division followed by Pinewood Elementary (Eagle Lake), Wendell Watson Elementary (Lakeland) and Bethune Academy (Haines City) who finished third, fourth and fifth respectively.
Lakeland Highlands Middle was runner-up in the middle school division followed by Fort Meade Middle and Lawton Chiles Middle who finished third and fourth respectively.
Team rosters and captains for the top teams were:
Lincoln Avenue Academy: Annika Mulaney (captain), Kassi Solms, Corinne Titus.
Lime Street Elementary: Vincent Cobb, Brandon Gustin, Dhara Patel, Ileana Patlan (captain)
Pinewood Elementary: Kenny Elmore, Allie Iakovidis, Clarissa Schearer (captain), Athena Yang
Wendell Watson Elementary: Lindsey Brown (captain), Hannah Elrod, Lindsey Newman, Brianna Yeager
Bethune Academy: Hannah Dowd, Savanna Westmoreland (captain), Chloe Zagarella
Davenport School of the Arts: Zilynn Ashley, Robyn Cotney (captain), Eric Moots, Lauren Peters
Lakeland Highlands Middle: Ashley Valdez, Emily Viera, Sarah Weston (captain), Eric Wieber
Fort Meade Middle: Vanessa Colchado (captain), Glenda Davis, Nancy Jaimes, Lizbeth Macedo
Lawton Chiles Middle: Jacob Edmondson, Rachel Meinke, Bianca Mulaney, Shefali Patel