RED RIBBON FIFTH GRADE RALLIES POSTER, POETRY & ESSAY CONTESTS – WINTER HAVEN AREA WINNERS

RED RIBBON FIFTH GRADE RALLIES 

POSTER, POETRY and ESSAY CONTESTS – WINTER HAVEN AREA WINNERS 

Polk County, 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 Winter Haven/Haines City area schools. Contest participants were recognized during the Red Ribbon Rally on Thursday morning, May 12, at 10:00 a.m. at Polk State College Gym in Winter Haven.

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 were awarded cash prizes of $100 (first place), $50 (second place), and $25 (third place).

Winter Haven Area Rallies Contest Overall Prize Winners

Poster Contest
1^st Place $100.00 - Kariann Martinez from Loughman Oaks

2^nd Place $ 50.00 - Glenisse Bruno Vazquez from Loughman Oaks 

3^rd Place $ 25.00 - Andrew Tysarczyk from Davenport School of the Arts

                                   

Poetry Contest
1^st Place $100.00 - Jaida Graham from Dundee Ridge Middle Academy

2^nd Place $ 50.00 - Alison Bergeron from Auburndale      

3^rd Place $ 25.00 - Aidan Copeland from Lena Vista

Essay Contest
1^st Place $100.00 - Kaylee Stoudemire from Elbert
2^nd Place $ 50.00 - Meaghan Knowles from Lake Alfred  

3^rd Place $ 25.00 - Ciara Folk from Davenport School of the Arts

School with the Most Contest Participants Overall – Berkley

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.”

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.