The North Carolina School Boards Association (NCSBA) announced the winners of three statewide student contests held in conjunction with the NCSBA Annual Conference for Board Member Development: an elementary school poster contest, middle school video contest, and high school video contest. The conference was held in Greensboro November 14-16.
NCSBA’s Elementary Poster Contest recognizes first-, second-, and third-place winners in two grade level groups – K-2 and 3-5. Each winner received a certificate and art kit that will be presented to students during an upcoming local school board meeting. Poster contest winners were as follows:
In the K-2 category
- First Place – Layla Batchelor, Kindergartener, Butner-Stem Elementary, Granville County
- Second Place – Chandler Broussard, 2nd grade, Eastover-Central Elementary, Cumberland County
- Third Place – Sarah Singh, 2nd grade, New Hope Elementary, Wilson County
In the Grades 3-5 category
- First Place – Anthony Cruz, 4th grade, Hubbard Elementary, Nash County
- Second Place – Kinsley Tyson, 4th grade, New Hope Elementary School, Wilson County
- Third Place – Alina Grigoryeva, 5th grade, Vanstory Hills Elementary, Cumberland County
People’s Choice category (voted on by the conference attendees)
- Ke’shi Dew, 1st grade, Vinson-Bynum Elementary, Wilson County



