Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Elementary News

Red Ribbon poster contest finalists in the kindergarten class at Prescott Elementary School were, l-r, front row: Kelsey Wren (overall winner), Jordan Holland, Hannah McLelland, Jessica Haney, Ashley Beck and Taylor Key; second row: Amber Roy, Sara Purtle and Deborah Leisure; and back row: Daron Purifoy, Cass Martin, Jeremy Witherspoon, Caley Pennington, Nicola Hall and Jason Mulholland. Not pictured were Shelby Vanderveer, Sara Booker and Jazmine Franklin.

Red Ribbon poster contest finalists in the first grade class at Prescott Elementary School were, l-r, front row: Sasha McClanahan (overall winner), Charlena Austin, Dylan Ghormley, Udreinna Goshen and David Hopkins; second row: Bradley Watkins, Dustin Ghormley, Shelley Dougan and Jaretta Purifoy; and back row: Drew Loe, Samantha Stovall, Tamara Strickland, Michael Crowder, Kayli Birdsong and Billy Mitchell.

Red Ribbon poster contest finalists in the second grade class at Prescott Elementary School were, l-r, front row: Afton Bryant, Jordan Schmitt and Jacob Glass; second row, Kayla Ammons; back row: Brittany Cason, Chris Marcum, Andy Thompson, Colbe Christopher, Ben Smith (overall winner), and Jeremy Holland; and not pictured were Katie Burke and Daron Burks.

Red Ribbon poster contest finalists in the third grade class at Prescott Elementary School were, l-r, front row: Megan Martin, Ashley Jackson and Holly Smith (overall winner); and back row: Brandon Goodwin, Brandon Sanders, Jessie James, Amber Pickett, Sean Hart, Matthew Haynie and Dontario Gill; and not pictured were Chris Phillips, Joshua Parrish and Charlie Sanford.

Red Ribbon poster contest finalists in the fourth grade class at Prescott Elementary School were, l-r, front row: Kavonjalia Brown, Jorge Delgado, Katy Cox, Ben Hale (overall winner), Caleb McClure and Shay Smillie; and back row: Maria Garcia, Samantha Gordon, Roserio Herrera, Brandon Reese and Cody Thompson; and not pictured is Kenneth Cox.

Prescott Elementary School Ambassadors place second with their unusually handpainted bird baths during the recent Nevada County Fair. Ambassadors in the photo are, l-r, front: Daniel Holley and Matthew Rusher; and back row: Carime Ferguson, Larry Cottingham, Jasmine Vanhook, Brandon Sanders and Amber Pickett. Robin Wiley was not present when photo was taken.

These fourth grade Ambassador painters are pictured with their second place winning bird bath entered in the Nevada County Fair. They are, l-r, front row: Lasonya Hopson and B.J. Daniel; and back row: Roserio Herrera and Robbie Haynie.