RED RIBBON FIFTH GRADE RALLIES POSTER, POETRY & ESSAY CONTESTS - LAKELAND AREA WINNERS

 RED RIBBON FIFTH GRADE RALLIES
POSTER, POETRY & ESSAY CONTESTS - LAKELAND AREA WINNERS

Lakeland, FL – InnerAct Alliance is proud to announce the winners of its Fifth Grade Rally for the Facts Poster, Poetry, and Essay Contest for Fifth Grade Students in the greater Lakeland area schools. Contest participants will be recognized during the Red Ribbon Fifth Grade Rallies, which take place on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. at The Lakeland Center.

The prevention rallies focus on reinforcing critical substance abuse resistance skills before students enter middle school in the fall. Students were challenged to compose essays, write poems, or draw posters to illustrate how they live their lives drug free and show the truth about how most young people do not use drugs or alcohol. Overall winners in each category will be awarded cash prizes of $100 (first place), $50 (second place), and $25 (third place).

Congratulations to Lakeland Area Rallies Contest Overall Prize Winners

Lakeland Area Rallies Contest Overall Prize Winners for 9:30 AM RALLY

Poster Category           
1^st Place $100.00 - Naline Pierre from Highlands Grove                

2^nd Place $ 50.00 - Ava Wilke from Wendell Watson
3^rd Place $ 25.00 - Katie Marie Jarvis from Kathleen

Poetry Category

1^st Place $100.00 - Leah Nipper from Dr. N.E. Roberts
2^nd Place $ 50.00 - Julie Hollingsworth from Churchwell

3^rd Place $ 25.00 - Taleah Brinson from Crystal Lake

Essay Category

1^st Place $100.00 - Gwendolyn Olson from Wendell Watson

2^nd Place $ 50.00 - Madison Fletcher from Padgett

3^rd Place $ 25.00 - Ashtyn Hallman from Highlands Grove  

School with the Most Contest Participants Overall – Kingsford

Lakeland Area Rallies Contest Overall Prize Winners for 11:30 AM RALLY

Poster Category
1^st Place $100.00 - Jonathan McCree from McKeel Academy Central

2^nd Place $ 50.00 - Alicia Prevost from South McKeel 
3^rd Place $ 25.00 - Susannah Braswell from Lincoln Academy

Poetry Category
1^st Place $100.00 - Tanya Pizarro from Southwest

2^nd Place $ 50.00 - Alyssa Taylor from St. Paul Lutheran                   

3^rd Place $ 25.00 - Kylie Spurlock from Lincoln Academy

Essay Category           
1^st Place $100.00 - Celeste Ramirez from Blake Academy

2^nd Place $ 50.00 - Malaisha Jones from Cleveland Court

3^rd Place $ 25.00 - Liam Goff from St. Anthony

School with the Most Contest Participants Overall – South McKeel

Guest speaker for the Rallies is Patrick T. Grady, a former middle and high school educator who travels throughout North America encouraging students to do their best in all of their endeavors. Grady is the author of “Who Packs the Parachute,” and co-author of “Teen Power Too,” and “Teen Power and Beyond.”

Another rally for Winter Haven and Haines City area schools will be held on May 12 at 10:00 a.m. in the Polk State College Gym. Contest winners for those schools will be announced next week.

InnerAct Alliance is proud to have provided substance abuse prevention to the Hardee, Highlands and Polk County communities since 1985 with services including science-based education in elementary and middle schools, teen-driven social marketing, and awareness events that touch the lives of youth, parents, families, businesses, faith-based organizations, community groups and others with an important substance abuse prevention message.

For further information on the Fifth Grade Rallies, please call InnerAct Alliance at (863) 802-0777.