Past Scholarship Essay Contest Winners

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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