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Students competed in categories that included botany, chemistry, engineering, environmental science, health and medicine and physics.

Science fair winners from East Polk County are listed below according to school location. Students winning first-place awards qualified for the state science fair, scheduled April 16-18 at The Lakeland Center. State qualifiers are noted with a parentheses. Four public school students won best of show awards, and those are also noted in parentheses.

In addition, projects by David Futch, a senior at Winter Haven High School, and Pranali Dalvi, a sophomore at Bartow International Baccalaureate School, were chosen for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair to be held in Atlanta in May.

Futch, who won an award at the 2007 International Fair, will compete in the zoology category at the 2008 international event. Dalvi will compete in the biochemistry category at the 2008 international event.

2008 Regional Science Fair winners

Bartow Middle: Alana Snyder (state qualifier)

Bartow International Baccalaureate: William Adams, Joseph Baranski (state qualifier), David Brekke, Caroline Bresnan (state qualifier), Suzanna Calandros, Riley Clark, Pranali Dalvi (state qualifier and Best of Show), Prachiti Dalvi (state qualifier and best of show), Megan Dotson, Mariannette Figueroa, Jessica Joseph, Hiral Jivanji (state qualifier), Dorothy Kleissler, Kathleen McHugh, Bridget McHugh, Miguel Montana, Heer Panchal, Prashil Patel, Kathryn Piotrowski, Neha Shah (state qualifier), Macey Valenti, Charles Walker

Boone Middle (Haines City): Marcus Fontice, Nivia Guitard, Galib Khalek, Shawn Klein, Loral Miller, Diego Mosqueda Achiq, Ashley Palmer, Paul Slick, Paige Stamey, Genesis Tinoco, Brandie Torres, Carlos Vega DeJesus

Daniel Jenkins Academy (Haines City): Jacob Renuart (state qualifier and best of show), Andrew Renuart

Frostproof Middle: Anyshiannie Camacho, Paige Castle, Alex Davila, Michael McFarlane, Tesa Melendez, Sam Mercer

Haines City High: Jennifer Armstrong, Crystina Bachand, Martin Chaidez, Katie Christopher, Michelle Correa, Eric Dauphin, Javier Figueroa, Nelson Guild, Trinitey Heard, Christina Lish, Edwin Rodriguez-Villega, Manuel Santana, Kaley Thorp, Alex Watts

Haines City International Baccalaureate: Richelle Benjamin, Morgan Boyer, Keith Brinsko, Karinda Bunting, Alexei Danyluk, Aaron Honculada, Caroline Lewicki, Tyler Lunsford, Paige Pelland, Kristian Ramkissoon, Amy Skillen, Lauren Wagman, Summer Westmoreland, Tabitha White (state qualifier), Jessica Wilson

Jewett Middle (Winter Haven): Hannah Armbruster, Jared Blackburn, Pooja Chandrasekhar, Brent Collins, Maxim Danyluk, Jennings DePriest, Arianna Echemendia, Demica Hardy, Jenny Kellet, Emily Lubin, Hope Matison, Kennedy Mohs, Danielle Pruitt, Viji Rajaratnam, Ashley Reynolds, Virali Shah, Kimberly Shumate (state qualifier), Breunna Tarver, Matthew Thomas, Jared Warren

Lake Alfred-Addair Middle: Michael Correa

Union Academy (Bartow): Maggie Morrison, Steffanie Munguia, Jeffrey Nave, Xochitl Palomares, Cody Polston, Michele Rhodes, Jonathan Smith, Susan Stidham, Maddilyne Terry, Kendall Thurn, Ashlyn VanDenDriessche, Jessica Wile

Winter Haven High: Victoria Lew, David Futch (state qualifier and best of show), Addison Snively (state qualifier)