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May 15, 2006
Ossining Student Wins
2006 DWI Poster Contest
Other winners in
poster and essay contests from Harrison, Yonkers, Yorktown, New
Rochelle, Pelham, Cross River and Somers
See all the posters
Ask Westchester students to use their creative powers to draw or write
about the perils of alcohol and you get an extraordinary heart-felt
response of posters and essays.
The grand prize winner is Caroline Torres, a 10th-grader at Ossining
High School. She will be given a $500 U.S. Savings Bond and her poster
will duplicated and used as the official STOP-DWI poster for Westchester
County this year. It will be displayed throughout the county and
featured on the countys website: www.westchestergov.com/stopdwi. It was
selected from 616 entries.
Grand Prize winner: Caroline Torres
Other winning students in the poster contest are from West Harrison,
Yonkers, Yorktown Heights, New Rochelle and Pelham.
This year, once again the Office of STOP-DWI and Drug Prevention in
conjunction with the Elks Association also sponsored an essay contest
that addressed the same issues of alcohol and drugs. More than 115
middle and high school students participated and the winners were from
Yonkers, Cross River, Ossining and Somers.
I continue to be amazed at the incredible talent of so many of our
students, said County Executive Andy Spano. But more important, I
respect everyone who submitted a poster or an essay for his or her
dedication to the effort to prevent alcohol use by their peers and
alcohol abuse by adults.
The prizes are Savings Bonds ranging from $500 for the overall grand
prize to $50, depending on the place in the various age categories: high
school, middle school and elementary school. All those who entered
either contest have been sent certificates of merit.
The posters and essays showed the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse.
They were judged on their originality, clarity, presentation and message
against DWI and drugs.
The 2006 STOP-DWI & Drug Prevention Poster and Essay contests were open
to all Westchester students, grades K-12 and highlighted the theme of
staying safe by refusing drugs and alcohol, and particularly showcasing
the repercussions of drunk driving. Five judges from the Westchester
community chose the winning posters from entries throughout the county.
2006 STOP-DWI POSTER CONTEST
WINNERS
GRAND PRIZE WINNER: Caroline Torres
Ossining High School
Ossining, New York
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Kindergarten
FIRST PRIZE: Andrea Alverca
St. Anthony of Padua School West Harrison, New York
SECOND PRIZE: Gregory Desroches
St. Anthony of Padua School West Harrison, New York
1-2 Grades
FIRST PRIZE: Cristina Guzman
St. Anthony of Padua School West Harrison, New York
SECOND PRIZE: Mariela Martinez
Robert C. Dodson School Yonkers, New York
3-4 Grades
FIRST PRIZE: Shayan Porooshasp
Robert C. Dodson School Yonkers, New York
SECOND PRIZE: Mariah Reneau
Public School #29 Yonkers, New York
MIDDLE SCHOOL
5-8th Grades
FIRST PRIZE: Christina Rose
Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School
Yorktown Heights, New York
SECOND PRIZE: Marco Medina
Albert Leonard Middle School New Rochelle, New York
THIRD PRIZE: Allison Hays
Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School
Yorktown Heights, New York
HIGH SCHOOL
9-12th Grades
FIRST PRIZE: Andrew Morejon
New Rochelle High School - New Rochelle, New York
SECOND PRIZE: Daisy Chong
Pelham Memorial High School - Pelham, New York
THIRD PRIZE: Kaitlin Clark
Pelham Memorial High School - Pelham, New York
2006 STOP-DWI ESSAY CONTEST
WINNERS
MIDDLE SCHOOL
5-6 Grades
FIRST PRIZE: Christian Escobar
Sacred Heart Grade School
Yonkers, New York
SECOND PLACE: Hennesie Soto
Sacred Heart Grade School
Yonkers, New York
7-8th Grades
FIRST PRIZE: Caroline Weston
John Jay Middle School
Cross River, New York
SECOND PRIZE: Mary Elaine Gibbo
St. Augustine School
Ossining, New York
HIGH SCHOOL
9-12th Grades
FIRST PRIZE: Ellen Ring
John F. Kennedy High School
Somers, New York
SECOND PRIZE: Brian Coughlin
John F. Kennedy High School
Somers, New York
THIRD PRIZE: Emily Novak
John F. Kennedy High School
Somers, New Yo
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