Students were also judged in a poster design contest and the winners are first place Ellie Marek, second place Jose Gonzalez and third place Jordan Ortega Netro.

D.A.R.E. grads were required to write an essay, which were reviewed by staff at the Liberty County District Attorney’s Office. The winners of the contest were first place Mercedes Kirkland, second place Zury Martinez and third place Cody Ojeda.

D.A.R.E. poem contest winners are first place Xavier Perez, second place Jett Janak and third place Timothy Hale.

Liberty Elementary fifth grader Ellie Marek shows off her first-place poster at the D.A.R.E. graduation.

D.A.R.E. Officer Michelle St Julian, Officer Martin Trahan and Liberty County District Attorney Chief Investigator Ivan Pearce.