The Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the Poster and Essay Contest. Students from various schools throughout Brazoria County along with their parents, grandparents and other family members gathered on February 23 at Brazosport College. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in both categories received a medal and a check from the MLKCC. In addition to the medal and cash awards, the first-place essay winners were also gifted a tablet from BASF. The students created posters and wrote their essays centered around the MLKCC theme “Creating The Change.” Judges for the poster and essay contest were Chantal Jones, Ezra and Brianna Sidney, and Rachael Welsh.
2023 Poster and Essay Winners are:
Poster Winners
Category I:
1st Place – Perry Beverly – Westside Elementary (Angleton)
2nd Place – Joanna Olctade – Westside Elementary (Angleton)
3rd Place – Aliyah Murphy – Southside Elementary (Angleton)
Category II
1st Place – Jayden Murphy – Angleton Junior High School
2nd Place – Whitley Ferry – Brazosport Christian School
3rd Place – Jaren Branch – Angleton Junior High School
Category III
1st Place – Andrew Hillman – Sweeny Junior High School
2nd Place – Brian Armstrong – Angleton Junior High School
3rd Place Carsten Eddlemon-Brazosport Christian School
Category IV
1st Place – Mary Claire Hughes – Glenda Dawson High School (Pearland)
2nd Place – Bryanna Armstrong – Angleton High School
3rd Place – Michael ST Edwards – Brazosport High School
Essay Winners
Category I
1st Place – Peter Hughes – Berry Miller Junior High School (Pearland)
2nd Place – Jayden Murphy – Angleton Junior High School
3rd Place – Brian Armstrong -Angleton High School
Category II
1st Place – Andrew Hillman – Sweeny Junior High School
2nd Place – Jazmin Ocuna – Clute Intermediate School
3rd Place – Maximiliano Reyes – Sweeny High School
Category III
1st Place – Patrick Hughes – Glenda Dawson High School (Pearland)
2nd Place – Michael T. S. Edwards – Brazosport High School
3rd Place – Bryanna Armstrong – Angleton High School