Windsor students from Brooks Elementary and Windsor Christian Academy took home multiple prizes in the Ag Days art contest.
In March, the Sonoma County Farm Bureau was set to host over 4,500 Kindergarten through 6th grade students at the annual Ag Days event, which is an agricultural education experience held at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. Unfortunately, concerns associated with COVID-19 forced Farm Bureau to first postpone and eventually cancel the much-loved event.
Prior to attending Ag Days, students across Sonoma County created and entered works of art in the Ag Days Pre-Event contest. This year’s theme, “Sonoma County Agriculture—From Farm to Table” inspired entries in the bookmark, essay, mural, poster, postcard and recipe contests and gave opportunities for students to learn about agriculture in the classroom.
They received over 1,000 entries and awarded prizes to 110 students and classes.
Sonoma County Farm Bureau Executive Director Tawny Tesconi said that she looks forward to receiving Ag Days contest entries each year and that she was very disappointed that Farm Bureau could not honor award recipients at the annual Ag Days Awards Dinner.
“It is great to see so many Sonoma County students applying what they have learned about agriculture to their many contest creations,” Tesconi said. “I was able to participate in several Zoom classroom meetings to present contest winners with their awards. It really meant a lot to see how excited the students and their classmates were.”
There were winners by grade, and then a grand prize winner in each category.
Ella Travaglini, a fourth grader at Windsor Christian Academy, received the Poster Contest Grand Prize, and Mrs. Peterson’s Special Education Class at Brooks Elementary won the Mural Contest Grand Prize.
Other Windsor winners included:
Murals
3rd Grade
1st Place – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Tembrook
4th Grade
1st Place – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Manoukian
5th Grade
1st Place – Windsor Christian Academy – Ms. Jardine
6th Grade
1st Place – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Greene
Special Education
1st Place – Brooks Elementary School – Ms. Carla Peterson
Postcards
3rd Grade
1st Place – Grace Strode – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Tembrock
2nd Place – Ryan Gonzales – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Tembrock
3rd Place – Camden Vinson – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Tembrock
4th Grade
1st Place – Ellie Morrow – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Manoukian
2nd Place – Elouise Rygiel – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Manoukian
3rd Place – Alan McCormick – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Manoukian
5th Grade
1st Place – Ridley Lyons – Windsor Christian Academy – Ms. Jardine
2nd Place – Alyssa Moya – Windsor Christian Academy – Ms. Jardine
3rd Place – Kiara Cue – Windsor Christian Academy – Ms. Jardine
6th Grade
1st Place – Kendal Chapin – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Greene
Special Education
1st Place – Josh Knudsen – Brooks Elementary School – Ms. Carla Peterson
2nd Place – Yandell Lopez-Castillo – Brooks Elementary School – Ms. Carla Peterson
3rd Place – Misa Poe-Quayle – Brooks Elementary School – Ms. Carla Peterson
Bookmarks
4th Grade
1st Place – Ellie Morrow – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Manoukian
2nd Place – Noelle Schmidt – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Manoukian
3rd Place – Bridgit McElhaney – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Manoukian
5th Grade
1st Place – Jon Rasso – Windsor Christian Academy – Ms. Jardine
2nd Place – Kiara Cue – Windsor Christian Academy – Ms. Jardine
3rd Place – Joshua Maloney – Windsor Christian Academy – Ms. Jardine
6th Grade
2nd Place – Cooper Donoho – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Greene
Special Education
1st Place – Josh Knudsen – Brooks Elementary School – Ms. Carla Peterson
2nd Place – Isaiah Rangel – Brooks Elementary School – Ms. Carla Peterson
3rd Place – Misa Poe-Quayle – Brooks Elementary School – Ms. Carla Peterson
Essays
4th Grade
3rd Place – Lizzy Simon – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Manoukian
6th Grade
1st Place – Ryan Todd – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Greene
2nd Place – Brayden Ganino – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Greene
3rd Place – Nathan Philpott – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Greene
Special Education
1st Place – Miles Moore – Brooks Elementary School – Ms. Carla Peterson
2nd Place – Misaye Poe-Quayle – Brooks Elementary School – Ms. Carla Peterson
3rd Place – Bryant Aparicio Garcia – Brooks Elementary School – Ms. Carla Peterson
Recipes
4th Grade
1st Place – Noelle Schmidt – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Manoukian
Special Education
1st Place – Brooks Elementary School – Ms. Carla Peterson
Posters
3rd Grade
1st Place – Jaden Fiddler – Apple Blossom School – Ms. Lintz
2nd Place – Raiden Bluff – Grant Elementary – Ms. Andersen
3rd Place – Mieron Mengistab – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Tembrock
4th Grade
1st Place – Ella LeeAnn Travaglini – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Manoukian
2nd Place – Kaitlyn Lambert – Apple Blossom School – Mrs. Carrie Miller/Ms. Heather Cafferata
3rd Place – Elouise Rygiel – Windsor Christian Academy – Mrs. Manoukian
5th Grade
1st Place – Jon Rasso – Windsor Christian Academy – Ms. Jardine
2nd Place – Avery Vinson – Windsor Christian Academy – Ms. Jardine
3rd Place – Akira Alvarez – Windsor Christian Academy – Ms. Jardine
Special Education
1st Place – Josh Knudsen – Brooks Elementary School – Ms. Carla Peterson
2nd Place – Miles Moore – Brooks Elementary School – Ms. Carla Peterson
3rd Place – Michael Fernandez-Peterson – Brooks Elementary School – Ms. Carla Peterson
