Students place in ADAC’s substance abuse poster contest

Several Goshen Intermediate School students placed in the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council’s (ADAC) 31st Annual Substance Abuse Prevention Poster Design Contest.

The students created their posters during art class with Art Teacher Robert Hoover. More than 900 entries were submitted from students throughout Orange County.

Third graders Madison Hunter and Melanie Bonito took first and third place, respectively, in the grades 1-3 category.

Fifth graders Lefa Brown and Kayla Glebocki placed first and second, respectively, in the grades 4-6 category.

In addition to the top three finishers, several students received honorable mention:

Grades 1-3

Fiorello La Bruna
Giovanna Citriniti
Ava Edwards
Sion Siljkovic
Brianna Manuelpillai
Sophia Kurochitskaya
Briella Cebollero
Ella Dennehy
Sophia Guido
Molly English
Leilani Romulo
Emily Schmidt
Sebastian Morko
Madison Fox

Grades 4-6

Valentina Santoro
Leo Liu
Michael Ryan
Mark McKenna
Natalie Staab
Samuel Salte
Mackenzie Cipriani
Jake Sacco
William Salerno
Briana Mahoney
Ryann Gomulka
Zoey Escalante
Liam White
Joseph Rettberg
Michael Pagliocca
Yesenia Huerta
Eric Schmidt

Two female students stand next to teacher on steps of school — Madison Hunter and Melanie Bonito won first and third place in the grades 1-3 category of the ADAC substance abuse prevention poster contest. They are pictured with Art Teacher Robert Hoover.

Two female students standing with teacher on steps of school. — Lefa Brown and Kayla Glebocki won first and second place in the grades 4-6 category of the ADAC substance abuse prevention poster contest. They are pictured with Art Teacher Robert Hoover.

Group of students smiling. — Third grade Honorable Mention winners in the grades 1-3 category in the substance abuse prevention poster contest.

Group of smiling students. — Honorable Mention winners in the grades 4-6 category of the substance abuse prevention poster contest.