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International Baccalaureate
at Bartow High School
I.B. Student Awards, Honors & Achievements
Bringing top
students together brings top honors. The members of our graduating classes have
achieved the very top local, state and national awards in a variety of fields...
- 2006 7 National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists
- 2006 5 National Merit Scholarship Finalists
- 2006 Ranked number 173 in Nation on AP Testing
- 2006 Spanish Language Team placed first in the State language competition
- 2006 French Language Team placed third in the State language competition
- 2005 Recognized by College Board as having the strongest AP Language & Composition and AP World History classes in the world
- 2005 One Perfect ACT and One Perfect SAT
- Student recognized as State Finalist in the High School Heisman Award
- 2005 6 National Merit Semi-Finalists, 5 Finalists
- 2005 1 National Achievement Scholarship Semi Finalist
- 2004 Perfect ACT & SAT score
- 2004 No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon School
- 2004 - 8 National Merit Scholarship Finalists
- 2004 Mock Trial Team places 6th in State
- 2004 French Team places 4th in State
- 2003 Student Finalist in Dreamers & Doers and 1st in High School Division
- 2003 2 National Achievement Scholarship winners
- 2003 National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar
- 2003 Spanish Language Team places 1st in State
- Ranked #1 High School in Florida, 2003 by Florida Monthly
- Ranked in Top 4% of High Schools by Newsweek, based on AP and IB tests, 2003
- One of our students scored a perfect score on both the SAT & ACT, 2003
- One of our students was selected to be a member of the Florida All Star Academic Team, competing in the
- National Academic Team competition
- Our Spanish Language Team placed 1st in Florida State Spanish Language Competition, 2002
- Our school was recognized by ACT, Inc. as having the 4th highest composite score in the nation, 2001
- One perfect 36 on ACT, 2001 (only one in Florida)
- Two perfect 36 scores on the ACT-2000 (Only ones in Florida)
- One of our students was recognized as the 2001 Academic Top Scholar for Polk County by the Florida Bright
- Futures Scholarship Program
- National Achievement Scholars 1999, 2000, and 2002
- All County “A” Team Winners-’95/96, ’96/97, ‘97/98, ‘98/99, ‘99/00, ‘00/01, 01/02, 02/03, 03/04, 04/05
- Commissions State Education Challenge Tournament-2nd Place ‘97/98
- All County Orchestra, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
- American High School Nat’l Math Exam Competition-’96/97, ‘97/98, ‘98/99
- American Invitational National Mathematics Examination-’96/97, ‘97/98, ‘98/99
- Army Science Research Medal
- Blooming Arts Regional Festival Award
- Boys State Governor-’98/99
- Carnegie Hall Performance with Florida Youth Chorale
- Channel 1 selects students for national broadcast: Anchor, 1999; Executive Producer, 2001
- Florida Association of Mu Alpha Theta State Math Competition-’97/98
- ‘98/99 Florida (State) Scholastic Press Association Award-1st in computer graphics, top 3 in broadcast journalism
- Florida Federation of Music Clubs Concerto Winner (4 times)
- Florida High School Scholar Athlete, 2000
- Florida State Spanish Conference-top 4 ‘96-’99, 3rd place ‘99-’00, ‘00-‘01
- Polk County World Language Competition-1st place, ‘97-’03
- Florida Surveying & Mapping Trig-Star Competition ‘97/98
- Florida Teen Playwright Festival Winner-1997
- Future Business Leaders of America District Competition-’97/98, ‘98/99
- Future Problem Solving District Winner-’96/97, ‘97/98, ‘98/99
- Future Problem Solver State Award-’97/98
- Intel Computer Science Excellent Awards at Int’l Science & Eng. Fair ‘98/99
- International Science & Engineering Fair-2nd Place ‘98/99
- Latin (County/State/Regional) Forum Place ‘97/98, ‘98/99
- Ledger/New York Times Silver Garland Award for Science, Journalism, Music
- Mindflowers Anthology publication (poetry)
- National Guild of Piano Auditions National Winner
- National M.A.D.D. PSA Competition-3rd place in TV production
- National Merit Scholarship Finalists-5 finalists, 2001; 3 finalists, 2003; 8 semi-finalists, Fall 2003
- Optical Society Award at Int’l Science & Engineering Fair ‘98/99
- Panasonic Nat’l Academic Challenge Tournament-1st place ‘98/99
- Polk County Video Academy Award-Best In categories ‘96/97, ‘97/98, ‘98/99
- Presidential Scholar-3 nominees, 2 semi-finalists, 1 finalist-2001
- Rotary Scholar of the Year
- State Science & Engineering Competition-1st place ‘97/98, ‘98/99
- US Achievement Academy All American Scholar
- US Achievement Academy Nat’l Mathematics Award
- Voice of Democracy Essay-1st & 3rd place ‘97/98, ‘98/99
- West Central Florida Playwright Process Award-(play accepted)
- Westinghouse Science & Technology Competition-semi finalist ‘98/99
- Woodsmen of the Year for American History-’96/97, ‘97/98, ‘99/00
- 100% of classes of 1999 through 2005 received Florida’s Bright Future Scholarships
- Florida Foreign Language Scholarship Recipient
- Florida’s Mandy Stoll Scholar-Athlete Award Scholarship
- Florida’s Eleanore Billy Gronlund Hymn Playing Award Scholarship ‘98/99
- Florida’s 1999 Casy Fish Advanced Piano
- Solo Award
- National Achievement Scholarship Recipients
- Polk Education Foundation Scholarship Recipient
- Polk Education Foundation Merit Textbook Scholarship
- Florida’s Vi Kinsman Concerto Memorial Award Scholarship-’98/99
- Polk Education Foundation Scholarship (Douglas Smith Memorial)
- Presidential Scholar, Stetson University
- Ruth Eckerd Hall 1999 Classical Piano Scholarship
- Scholarship FFMC State Scholarship Winner’s Concert-’97,’98,’99,’00
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