Superintendent’s Scholars Awards Program
Prelude Music .............................................. Harrison School for the Arts
String Quartet
Directed by Matthew Davis
Procession of Students
Welcome .............................................................................. Leah Lauderdale
Senior Director,
Public Relations &
Strategic Partnerships
Presentation of Colors ............................................. Tenoroc High JROTC
Directed by
Command Sergeant Major Rufus Moore
National Anthem .......................................... Harrison School for the Arts
Satin Dolls
Directed by Kris Ridgley
Pledge of Allegiance
Introduction of Superintendent Byrd
Address to Students ...................................................... Jacqueline M. Byrd
Superintendent
Introduction of Students, Presentation of Medals
Closing Remarks
Auburndale
High School
Faith Barnett
Tiffanie Billings
Jada Binns
Jordan Carter
Chase Cast
Sierra Dos Santos
Christal Duffey
Maria Fortuno
Macy Foster
Phillip Fountain
Payton Gary
Menelik Graham
Alyssa Hart
Sarah Hilyard
Jody-Ann Hyde
Kaylin Juarez
Dana Kehrley
Dylan Lewis
Jean Woody Luxama
Hannah Martin
Daniel Morgan
Austin Peet
Bradley Phelps
Noemi Rosario Martinez
Clarissa Schearer
Lily Sikarskie
Dhanielle Smith
Taylor Thigpen
Valan Tune
Hope Wagner
Aundrea Washuta
Rebecca Wasnorowicz
Justin Williams
Tia Yaney
Bartow
High School
Charles Bass
Olivia Brister
Morgan Bryan
Aaliyah Bryant
Brianna Burley
Jessica Clark
Amber Cooper
Caleb Crowley
Adonicah Cummings
Jomiya Elizee
Marshayla Frazier
Candace Garcia
Yaliana Garcia Aviles
Angelica Gates
Logan Gilley
Emily Grant
Douglas Guice
Mackenzie Hawthorne
Juliana Herrin
Grayce Insua
Shawn John
Kayla Johnson
Ralf David Larracas
Anna Lawrence
Lauren Layton
Jasmine Locke
Kathryn Locke
Jordan Loyd
James Lyle
Kourtney Mannl
Jesse McKelvey
Samaria Morris
Katherine Patrick
Victoria Plaisir
Christina Pontenberg
Alexandra Ramirez
Mario Ramirez
Micah Rushing
Ashley Shelton
Logan Slocumb
Erin Smith
Kayla Smith
Kylie Stephens
Breanna Tyson
Precious West
Isabella Zacchia
Bartow
International
Baccalaureate
Christopher Campbell
Caitlyn Carey
Manzhen Chen
Nicholas Christoffersen
Jared Cossin
Joshua Eapen
Logan Edwards
Yasmine Elmasri
Daphne Fernandez
Haley Fitzhugh
Kimberly Fullenkamp
Simone Gable
Antonio Glenn
Amanda Graham
Jaimee Haley
Samantha Hall
Megan Harrelson
Nicholas Johnson
Stephanie Joseph
Saher Kidwai
Ryan Klimas
Prajakta Kulkarni
Courtney Lamoureux
Jasmine Lokietek
Riley McDanal
Ian McKinney
Rachel Michels
Rohan Nakka
Logan Owens
Axita Patel
Neeshi Patel
Prit Patel
Shivam Patel
Claire Pincket
Divya Ravinder
Kriyana Reddy
Nathalia Rivera
Laura Roth
Steven Rozier
Aaron Gabriel Sandoval
Keegan Schaal
Tyler Scott
Nathan Sipe
Christopher Slick
Abigail Tamayo
Riley Troutt
Lauren Vaughn
Kyler Volakos
Brenda Wang
Natalie Wilson
Thinzar Zaw
Fort Meade
Middle/Senior
High School
Omar Benitez
Llulisa Gutierrez
Gabriel Jaimes
Bethany Respress
Jessica Swain
Erin Taylor
Frostproof
Middle/Senior
High School
Madison Aldrich
Gabriel Arreola
Christopher Babington
Allison Briggs
Anabel Cardenas
Samantha Clements
Thomas Eakins
Benito Hernandez
Jennipher Kelley
Kaitlyn Kinard
Kelsea Louks
Sean MacInnes
Solymar Rodriguez Salva
Bryce Smith
Sean Spurlock
Sidney White
George Jenkins
High School
Janely Almonte
Maria Amarante De Andrade
Tori Antley
Ryan Antos
Alissa Averill
Natalia Barria
Jessica Billups
Sara Bornmann
Andrew Cabrera
Dillon Canova
Harry Casey
Anna Chirinos
Mara Ciufo
Shian Combs
Devon Conant
Nicholas Conley
Samuel Connell
Megan Coyle
Cristhian Cuartas
Megan Daugherty
Dawson Dodd
Madeleine Dodd
Megan Dudney
Joyce Dyer
Emily Elliott
Alexa Falcon
Shelby Fallin
Andrea Farley
Michael Fleet
Madison Fremgen
Giselle Godinez Cruz
Katherine Godwin
Cameron Gooding
Cynthia Groves
Christine Guerrero
Jason Gutmann
Garrett Hilberling
Jasmine Hodgson
Melissa Howell
Kendall Hyatt
Sadie Jackson
Casey Johnson
Natalie Jones
Victoria Jung
Mackenzie Kersey
Jasmin Kheder
Cierra Kitterman
Mallory Krey
Sydney Kurtz
Tori Ladd
Cristina-Nadia Lancranjan
Aisha Lange
Amberlyn Lape
Samantha Lee
Jovanni Leon
Jalaycia Lewis
Khari Lightsey
Sabrina Lopez
Alexandria Lucido
Luke Lucido
Marysol Luna
Grant Lustila
Hilarie Macleod
Thalia Maldonado Concepcion
Caitlyn Martin
Hannah Martinez
Nicholas Mas
Alexandra Mazur
Victoria McFarland
Victoria McKendrick
Kedrick McKissock
Haleigh Mercer
Emily Montanez
A’Lundrea Morris
Matthew Moskowitz
Yehyun Mun
Sarah Norgard
Alyssa Page
Karishma Patel
Shivam Patel
Trevin Pruitt
Joshua Ramos
Sarah Renna
Gabriela Reyes Jusino
John Rice
Caitlin Rosenoff
Taylor Sanders
Claudia Sandoval
Kristen Schier
Katherine Shapiro
Hannah Small
Sarah Stanaland
Kaylie Stephenson
Katherine Stokes
Sara Terlep
Drake Thornton
Angelo Ventus
Stephen Wicorek
Hannah Williams
Ashton Winters
Krista Wisemen
Christian Yancey
Benjamin Zalanka
Haines City
High School
Reuben Aldeard
Jasmin Arteaga
Natalya Beltran
Bethany Bryan
Maria Cabrera
Michelle Cordon
Walter Duran
Hericel Flores
Carissa Garrett
Andrew Grant
Shakayla Grey
Domonique Latham
Angella Lauture
Bianca Lopez
Jennifer Mizell
Gabino Ortiz
Taylor Ortiz
Glorymar Otero
Shaqualle Paddy
David Perez
Katrina Perkins
Bianca Pierre
Maria Salinas
Andrelys Segovia Gonzalez
Naomi Silvagnoli Otero
Jade Tankersley
Carlos Torres
Tyyonna Williams
Haines City
International
Baccalaureate
Andres Acosta
Mayra Yulisa Aguirre
Samira Ahmed
Angelica Kristi Alejo
Jorge Alvarez
Luis Alvarez
Logan Armagost
Rocel Balmes
Levin Andrew Besing
Burak Cengiz
Ezekiel Davis
Joelle Dorsett
Patricia Emelle
Kirshten Faith Garcia
Angelo Honculada
Madeline Howerin
Cassidy Jones
Fran Ling
Taylar McCants
Kiana McIntosh
Logan McNeer
Mikayla Osso
Marimar Ramos
Georgia Reed
Alejandra Reyes Landron
Santiago Roa
Lauren Rodriguez
Nidhi Sama
Samantha Shadrake
Sid Thomas Toscano
Matthew Wilkinson
Kathleen
High School
Canyon Albright
Kgalalelo Alford
Abigail Anderson
Bogdan Antonov
Aubria Bell
Elora Bond
Brittanie Brewer
Stephen Brown
Skyler Burnam
Stephanie Burnett
Victoria Camara
Juan Carvajal
Dakota Clements
Angelina Cloutier
Gustavo Contreras
Christyn Crews
Parker Doughty
Katherine Edwards
Destiny Ensslin
Javarious Foster
Ana Gatica
Makayla Gleaton
Karina Grabner
Robyn Griffin
Sarah Hernandez
Gregory Holden
Phillip Hoyle
Katheryn Krzyzanski
Abigail Ledford
Aaron Lenhardt
Brandon Lossing
Carly McClellan
Cesar Medina
Bailey Miller
Sean Miller
Brandi Nase
Celia Nofsinger
Paul Ohsiek
Isaiah Peay
Caleb Peters
Ashley Ramirez
Izayah Riettie
Mariah Smith
Jonathan Tindle
Spring Todd
Kaitlyn Weeks
Jarrett Wetherington
Jonathan Wilhite
Philip Wilson
Karen Yamano
Alexander Yelvington
Lake Gibson
High School
Jandeliz Acevedo Diaz
Alyssa Allen
Fatima Arriaga
Robert Bargeron
Jazilyn Barlow
Emily Barnwell
Maelyn Bauman
Alisa Bean
Alexis Bolger
Ashley Brickhouse
Tyler Champion
Cassandra Chavez
Delaney Clemmons
Juan Colon
Jessica Coppick
Hunter Cowper
Calisa Criss
Marquise Cunningham
Christian Davis
Nicole Espinosa
Chance Frye-Lonker
Amanda Gartrell
Carson Gillette
Nicole Ginn
Christa Hagerman
Tristin Hahn
Codi Harmon
Alexia Harris
Kaylee Hendricks
Hoang Kim Huynh
Bradley Jackson
Kaitlynn Jenkins
Sam Angela Jose
Shannon Kelley
Tyana King
Rodney Kretzer
Skylin Krutzky
Michaela Lewellen
Arden Lindsay
Amanda Martin
Tracey Martorana
Jerial Mayweather
Valerie Mendoza
Taylor Moats
Julia Muir
Evan Murray
Edgar Ortiz
Kevin Ortiz Ramos
Virginia Osteen
Tajaney Pinnock
Katie Reese
Lauren Reynolds
William Rhodes
Danae Rogers
Betania Rojas
Racquell Salerno
James Shiver
Katherine Smoak
Breanna Snell
Trenton Stevens
Austin Testerman
Jean Paul Torres Escobar
Amber Towson
Abigail Valdes
Kashia Vang
Courtney Varney
Victoria Walton
Michael Wiggs
Karalyn Williams
Kellie Yang
Montana Young
Lakeland
High School
Callie Abdullah
Mary Allen
Jennifer Bacon
Isabella Basalone
Fiona Broomfield
Samantha Cameron
Sarah Cameron
Alexandra Canto
Gaels Ceneus
Emily Evans
Emily Everett
John Flath
Macey Fogle
Hannah Fore
Sarah Franklin
Jacob Giera
Shaun Gill
Alexandra Gilmore
Paul Good
Azim Hemani
Mone’t Herbin
Melissa Hernandez
Kristin Hood
Shane Hubbard
Rhonda Hulzebos
George Madden
Alex Maqueira
Leidy Marquez
Megan Martinez
Deanna McGhie
Tanner Mewborn
Dianelys Molina Rodriguez
Jillian Morgan
Zachary Myers
Nicole Olivier
Savanna Paholski
Shanika Parker
Kevan Patel
James Phelps
Joshua Reynolds
Georgia Rockwood
Nelson Rojas
Morgan Roth
Seth Roy
Erika Santana
Julia Schindler
Nathan Shinn
Payton Stewart
Ryan Stubbs
Larissa Sullivan
Lindsey Summerlin
Harley Thompson
Ana Vera Marcillo
Lake Region
High School
Emily Alexander
Matthew Brower
Katelyn Bryant
Peyton Burnett
Zachariah Coscia
Kaitlynn Cramatte
Dimitri Crespo
Nicholas Cruz
Joel Cuevas
Mehrob Farhangmehr
Sarah Florez
Brooke Glover
Gregory Hansell
Llasmin Hernandez
Whetchina Jean
Zachary Johnson
Sarah Long
Kerigan Moore
Ryan Moots
Audiel Ortiz
Shelby Remmel
Jordan Richards
Alyssa Rivera
Christy Rivera
Rebekah Roark
Brenda Rodriguez
Alondra Rojas
Adrianna Rose
Rebecca Ruffi
Tara Sheppard
Haeliegh Stanlick
Devin Taylor
Amber Tillman
Britney Veal
Marcos Villanueva
Emily Wampler
Alexandra Warner
Brelyn Williams
Audranay Wilson
Lois Cowles Harrison
Center for the
Visual and
Performing Arts
Sydney Achinger
Seattle Alderman
Gina Barone
Daniele Basalone
Kathryn Becker
Dezi Bennett-DeLaRosa
Nicholas Bique
Juan Jose Bolano- Becerra
Morgan Boles
Grace Boynton
Brian Brown
Nadia Brown
Siara-Lauren Brown
Katherine Carlton
Emma Carter
Grace Chandler
Annie Cheng
Daniel Ciccia
Anna Clanton
Breanne DiCesare
Emily Dunson
Leland Dutcher
Hayley Ellison
William Engle
Ethan Esquivel
Aynsley Fanizzi-Rayburn
Courtney Farlow
Noah Feldman
Anna Fennell
Raymond Francois
Giara Garay
Nicholas Gauthier
Dee Gillingham
Angela Gonzalez
Andrea Gutierrez
Claire Hallock
John Halman
Olivia Hemp
Tyler Henderson
Jennifer Hill
Sidney Huang
Cheston Humphries
Kortney Hurtt
Courtney Jones
Emily Jones
Kenneth Kellett
Glenn Koos
David Lawlor
Ragan Lineberger
Abigale Lipe
Zachary McDonald
Noah McNair
Anthony Miller
Anastasia Nesbeth
Shelby Orth
Mackenzie Pike
Jordan Prine
Landis Pujol
Chase Reid
Jenasis Reyes
Justin Rodriguez
Laini Rogers
Olivia Shaw
Travis Simpson
William Stead
Emily Strickland
Anyssa Tucker
Nguyen Vu
Cole Yrastorza
Mulberry
High School
Jose Almaraz Guerrero
Dalton Balestreri
Alejandro Baltazar II
Owen Bradney
Savanna Bryson
Sarah Carpenter
Paula De la Torre
Jessie Henderson
Andres Hernandez-Ortega
London Hester-Williams
Zachary Jones
Andrea Lopez
Natalia Lugo
Roman Mendoza
Yarielys Nieves Pagan
Francesca Philemon
James Rayburn
Keannalee Rivera Dominguez
Alexus Ruelas
Makayla Self
Matthew Smith
Shawn Waller
Jasniqua Williams
Tinaiya Williams
Ridge Community
High School
Erica Allen
Daneshka Balestier
Emilio Bohannon
Lesly Cabreja
Delaney Clemente
Mary Cobty
Kyle Conner
Matthew Cranston
Gabriela Kaye Curambao
Hannah Dowd
Makayla Farr
Jeffrey Feliciano
Victoria Feyas
Veronica Figueira
Tiffani Flores
Jessica Fria
Emily Gabriel
Adriana Galindo
Jordan Gamache
Casey Gill
Celynez Gomez
Zhichao Guo
Anna Hayes
Ashlie Hayner
Mary Humphries
Jeffrey Hunt
Christopher James
Ivy Keller
Amelia Komniey
Valentina Laverde
Alexa Lefferts
Abdias Legros
Xueming Lin
Jose Lozano Caldera
Peyton Lynch
Yahayra Mariscal
Roberto Martinez
Roberto Mejia
Yashira Melendez Rivera
Sera Milavetz
Adriana Morales Donate
Clarissa Muro
Edgardo Negron-Felix
Jason Nunez
Jovimar Obando
Danielle Otey
Carla Pagan Lugo
Cremi Patel
Kylie Peer
Brianna Potter
Stephanie Prada
Kathleen Pushor
Jessica Reyes
Gabriela Rivera
Victor Rivera
Melissa Sacleux
Melvis Salcedo
Esmeralda Sanchez
Zeena Satar
Stacy Schrader
Kyler Scott
Victoria Sell
Mineyri Solorio
Benjamin Straw
Rebekah Swincicki
Keandra Thomatis
Kassandra Treston
Haley Turner
Ninoshka Vega Mojica
Liz Villa Hernandez
Ashley Williams
Sade Wilson
RCHS/Ridge Career Center
Donald Burton
Summerlin
Academy
Matthew Astello
Victoria Bonfiglio
Elena Chamberland
Michael Chiavuzzi
Danielle Clark
Gabrielle Clark
Daniel DeJesus
Allison Denton
Shelby Dorminy
Jarred Fassett
Joseph Hamelberg
Aaron Hull
Eleanor Knight
Warren Lasseter
Alexis Mace
Safat Osmani
Aidan Parks
TaylorJay Roberts
Marissa Rosario
Michaela Sawyer
Jillian Shaffer
Brooke Smith
Tenoroc
High School
Emma Blanchard
Deonna Culverhouse
Allison Dahmer
Saidba Fonseca
Jada Griffin
Radhelis Guerrero
Marianelys Hernandez
Charles McKenzie
Kyle Moya-Fonseca
Danna Peterson
Taylor Reeves
Brittany Roach
Madison Schmidt
Kitty Shetler
Karina Tavira
Winter Haven
High School
Kale Alfaro
Rodvioson Alnord
Marissa Amato
Chayce Armbruster
Ansley Beach
Tevane Troy Blackwood
Wels Blanchard
Jacob Bledsoe
Arianis Burgos Diaz
Brooke Catrett
Casey Cheatham
Deanna Darwish
Matthew De Castro
Kelley Dekle
Rebecca Desir
Kaitlyn Enns
William Giles
Morgan Gorfy
Carley Hearn
Sallie Henry
Valdeja Holton
Erin Howarth
Ian Hyche
Emily Jacobsen
Zachary Joiner
Alyssa Jones
Izabelle Joseph
Hannah Kavelak
Robert Keratt
Kylie Kidd
Perla Latorre Suarez
Regina Lebron
Astrid Leon
Hannah Lester
Auntakira Lewis
Melissa Loder
Gavin Long
Lizbeth Lopez Hernandez
Sebastien Louis
Kaci Maynard
Ashtyn McDaniel
Kara McDonald
Courtney Merrill
Emily Miles
Alexis Morgan
Cassidy Mueller
Kristianna Nicolai
Mason Osborn
Hadley Owen
Demetrius Perry
Hansberry Pierre
Stephanie Ramroop
Kaley Raub
Alexis Retherford
Charles Reynolds
Anthony Rogers
Joseph Ruberto
N’Dea Sanders
Madelyn Santos
Kieran Sequin
Anna Smith
Maelee Smith
Yazmine Smith
Victoria Southard
Deja’ Sparkman
Breanna Suit
Michael Alvin Tan
Lauren Thornton
Elizabeth Upfield
Lillian Vanness
Mideyshka Vazquez Suarez
Kathy Vega
An Vuong
Briquel Webb
Jada Wesley
Kermeisha Williams
Athena Yang
Junior Ambassadors
Auburndale High School
Katelyn Durham
Rodeline Santana
Lakeland High School
Mary Claire Madden
Willie Baker
Bartow High School
Kerstin King
Skyler Schultz
Lois Cowles Harrison
Center for the Visual and Performing Arts
Stefani Shoreibah
Madelyn Walsh
Fort Meade Middle/Senior
Lynsi Nickerson
Karen Mejia
George Jenkins High
Melissa Ferguson
Madison Middleton
Haines City High
Erica Linares
Haines City International Baccalaureate
Luis Fletcher
Kathleen High School
Cheyenne Wilson
Ruby Troche
Lake Gibson High School
Audri Fields
Katie Langley
Mulberry High School
Hecmarie Najat Velez Sosa
Macey Leann O’Neal
Ridge Community High School
Jacob Edlebeck
Zacari Stuckey
Summerlin Academy
Cadet Magen Hoch
Cadet Ronald Aytona
Tenoroc High School
Sten-nae Martin
Samaya Wilson
Winter Haven High School
Thomas Wyatt
Valerie Franco
Lake Region High School
Amanda Russell
Sarah Tang
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Polk County
Public Schools
Our Mission: To provide a highquality education for all students.
The Honorable Kay Fields,
Board Chair
District 5
The Honorable Hunt Berryman,
Board Vice-Chair
District 1
The Honorable Lori Cunningham
District 2
The Honorable Hazel Sellers
District 3
The Honorable Dick Mullenax
District 4
The Honorable Lynn Wilson
District 6
The Honorable Tim Harris
District 7
Jacqueline M. Byrd
Superintendent
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