By Zack Martino

For the fourth straight year, students of Warren County schools participated in the “Follow Me, I Choose To Be Alcohol Free” poster contest. The contest, sponsored by the Warren County PTA Council and the Coalition for Healthy and Safe Communities (a program of the Family Guidance Center), drew over 150 entries.   

The posters were featured at the Washington Arts Festival in April, with those in attendance voting on the winners by grade and the overall People’s Choice winner.

For this contest, students, grades 4 through 12, created original art work to reflect a peer inspired message to make healthy decisions when it comes to alcohol. All the winners were recognized at a special event at Warren County Community College in mid-May.  

The winners included: 

4th Grade: 

1st- Meghan Maslonka, Greenwich/Giovanni Schipani, Greenwich 

2nd- Ryan Evans, Greenwich 

3rd- Bennett Torres, Greenwich/Wayne Maresch, Greenwich 

Honorable Mention- Ellie Zechman, Greenwich 

Honorable Mention- Carter Crowe, White Township 

5th Grade: 

1st- Colton Kotinsky, Oxford 

2nd- Gia Tailor, Oxford 

3rd- Alex Acevedo, Brass Castle 

Honorable Mention- Alyssa Marques, Brass Castle 

Honorable Mention- Brooke Rooney, Greenwich 

Honorable Mention- Alexis Sherlaw, Greenwich 

6th-8th Grade: 

1st- Kayla Beam, Oxford 

2nd- Mia Murray, Knowlton 

3rd- Jacob Daubert, Oxford 

Honorable Mention- Bridget McGrath, Oxford 

Honorable Mention- Will Tagliareni, Great Meadows 

Honorable Mention- Harrison Russo, Great Meadows 

9th-12th Grade: 

1st- Justin Quigley, Project Teach 

2nd- Ashley Crider, Project Teach 

People’s Choice- Abby Savage, Oxford