Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

GPS Instituted DEARS Program

Gurdon Primary School has developed a new club called DEARS Club, which stands for Develop Enthusiastic and Responsible Students.

GPS has developed this club in order to teach students the skill of responsibility.

To be eligible for DEARS, a student must have no detentions, completed and returned all homework, use good manners during lunch, return all library books on time and have no tardies.

The students in DEARS are selected to lead the Pledge of Allegiance on the intercom and do jobs in the school in order to show responsibility.

The students pictured are for the first semester. The students are listed below by grade.

Kindergarten: Kayla Sanford, Hayley Cooper, Delano Henry, Amanda Shults, Ariel Russell, Chelsea Prince, Brianna Harper, Le Ann Giles, Destiny Blake, Tamara Sims, Corben Manzella, Troy Hooks, Lacy Hill, Wes Boulden, Rachel Pierce, Hosea Walker, Brittany Lindsey, J.D. Malcom, Presley Pennington, Jennifer Pope, Emily Blanton, Brian Hanson, Stephen Collins, Jeffrey King, Cierra Marks, Dustin Howell, Kerbi Key, J.L. Lockwood, Kasey Norman, Yanira Rios, Maci Blanton, Chassidy Buford, Syketa Johnson and Zack Randall.

First grade: Ruby Ollinger, Thom Ross White, C.J. Calley, Adam Clark, Kellie Cooper, Asher Griffin, Gus Zuniga, Kerra Crawford, Drew Griffin, Samantha Beals, Brittany Dickerson, Shaquenda Walker, Railey Williams, Lauren Vandiver, Haley Harris, Candice Giles, Nia Giles, Sharmonique Gulley, Mark May, Devin Smithpeters, Stacy Trevino, Marleigh Williams, Kaitlynn Wilson, Kayla Caldwell, Luke Escalante, Ryan Hooks, Jenna Hurst, John Meeks, Aushja Mitchell, Jessi Prince and Regan Renfro.

Second Grade: Abbey Smith, Diana Bautista, Brady King, Melanie Cottingham, Timothy Williams, Preanna Hunter, Myriah Albert, Brucilla Buford, Tony Adams, Lalah Hendrix, Kelli Pennington, Alyssa Watson, Spencer Kizer, Corenzia Wilkerson, Jesi Woolf, Lindsey Smith, Codie Golden, Marquette Govan, Blair Kuhn, Pierce Lowery, Kyle Purifoy, Marena Smithpeters, Mindi Jester and Haley Drake.

Third grade: Caitlin Randall, Jessica Meeks, Derek Prince, Krystal Baxter, Ashlyn Escalante, Caedena Kesterson, Ashley McClure, Andre Bell, Sara Boyce, Candace Cooper, Blake Daniels, Hilda Cruz, Chris Kizer, Tori Morehead, Rae Shawn Stevens and Kendall Young.

Fourth grade: Stephanie Bell, Cody Caldwell, Daniel Francis, Christian Hopson, LaDonna Lasker, Shunta Mitchell, Autumn Prince, Porcha Anderson, Dadrian Glenn, Sheba Gulley, Rachel Reeves, Krista Crawley, Morgan Dillard, Cadee Miller, Yolanda Penny, Kaylea Harper, Jasmine Ware, Kendra Young, Josh Lockwood and Sydney Jester.