Polk County Public Schools hosted the 25th annual About-Face Awards on Wednesday at the Bartow Civic Center.
The annual ceremony recognizes students from our middle and high schools who have made significant turnarounds in their grades, attendance or behavior. At this year’s event, we celebrated the progress of more than 50 students.
Click here to see a photo gallery from the About-Face Awards.
A special thanks to our keynote speaker, Lakeland Magic General Manager Anthony Parker. We’d also like to thank Tampa Electric Company, our longtime sponsor of the About-Face Awards.
Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees! They include:
Auburndale High School – Ciera Blanchard
Bartow High School – Diamond Sanders
Bartow Middle School – Keontay Smith
Berkley Accelerated Middle – Robert Osso
Citrus Ridge: A Civics Academy – Brandy Placide
Compass Middle Charter – Ryan Davis
Crystal Lake Middle School – Darian Gillins
Daniel Jenkins Academy – Yesenia Jaramillo
Davenport Community Campus – Billy Diaz
Davenport School of the Arts – Vhalhallah Covarrubias
Denison Middle – Shamario Edwards
Donald E. Woods Opportunity Center – Daniel Rojas
Dundee Ridge Middle Academy – Isaac Gonzalez
East Area Adult School – Emilio Benitez Delgado
Fort Meade Middle Senior (Middle School Level) – Alex Rivera
Fort Meade Middle Senior (High School Level) – Mahlia Sampson
Frostproof Middle Senior (Middle School Level) – Frank Perez
Frostproof Middle Senior (High School Level) – Kaliah McKinley
Gause Academy of Leadership (Middle School Level) – Fonzie Dunbar
Gause Academy of Leadership (High School Level) – Niekia Haynes
George Jenkins High – Ja’Kia W. Broderick
Haines City High School – Mindy Rayborn
Haines City IB – Julissa Colvano
Jean O’Dell Learning Center – Zachariah Davis
Jewett Middle Academy Magnet – Vincent Griffin
Kathleen High – Jazzlynn Velez
Kathleen Middle – De’Jon Charles Anthony Harris
Lake Alfred Polytech Academy – Gabrielle Hazlett
Lake Gibson High – Ke’Shawn Wimes
Lake Gibson Middle – Demerrick Davis
Lake Marion Creek Middle – Jasmine Cristina Soto
Lake Region High – Adrian Rodriguez
Lakeland High – Tabitha Collins
Lakeland Highlands Middle – Chase Greenhow
Lawton Chiles Middle Academy – Isaiah Brown
McKeel Academy of Technology – Karley Baird
McLaughlin Middle – Masen Gutierrez
Mulberry High – Alexis Carmack
Mulberry Middle – Logan Patrick Dry
Polk State Lakeland Gateway to College – Cornelia Kilgore
Polk Virtual Middle – Isaiah Byrd
Polk Virtual Senior – Jordan Duncan
Ridge Community – Carla Rodriguez
Ridge Technical College – Cody Holtzclaw
Rochelle School of the Arts – Alessandro Mejia
Roosevelt Academy – Glenn Harris
Rosabelle Blake Academy – Ayden Deloach
Shelly Boone Middle – Amber Donzey
Sleepy Hill Middle – Treyvion Price
Southwest Middle – Ana Domingo-Pascual
Summerlin Academy – Austin Warren
Tenoroc High – Montana Bozeman
Traviss Technical College – Kieren Young
Union Academy – Devyn Facey
West Area Adult School – Steven Foltz
Westwood Middle – Eduardo Reyes
Winter Haven High – Aaliyah Anderson
