2022 Awards
First Place ($1,500) Savannah Adams, Auburndale High School
Second Place ($1,000) Kirsten Domineck, George Jenkins High School
Third Place ($500) Emily Sansone, Auburndale High School
All three of these Polk County high schoolers received scholarship awards to use for their school of choice.
Savannah Adams
Kirsten Domineck
Emily Sansone
Congratulations to the top 10 finalists of the Civic Initiative Essay Contest! Each finalist presented a recorded reading of their essay before a panel of five judges at a virtual ceremony on May 2, 2022. The three winners were named at this virtual ceremony, and awards will be mailed.
Savannah Adams, Auburndale High School
Yaneilis Aponte, George Jenkins High School
Kirsten Domineck, George Jenkins High School
Kelly Granger, George Jenkins High School
Amrynne Hill, Southeastern University Collegiate
Rachel Perrine, Auburndale High School
Kadence Rimes, George Jenkins High School
Emily Sansone, Auburndale High School
Hailey Shelstrom, Auburndale High School
Lydia Shi, George Jenkins High School
2021 Awards
First Place ($1,500) Susannah Braswell, Harrison School for the Arts
Second Place ($1,000) Tyler Brannan, Auburndale High School
Third Place ($500) Santiago Duarte, Winter Haven High School
All three of these Polk County high schoolers received scholarship awards to use for their school of choice.
Susannah Braswell
Tyler Brannan
Santiago Duarte
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