Machias third-grader wins SAD 47 art contest

MACHIAS ? Alex Foster, a third-grade pupil at the Bayridge School, has been named the overall winner of the SAD 47 Celebrate Literacy art contest.

Foster’s winning drawing will be featured on T-shirts that will be given away on the evening of June 5 at the SAD 77 after-school program. Prizes will be awarded that evening as well, and the artwork of all who participated in the contest will be displayed.

Other contest winners are: Ashley Cook, Fort O’Brien, kindergarten; Brandon Moores, Whiting Village, first grade; Madison Barker, Whiting Village, second grade; Chris Graham and Matthew Cote, Elm Street, fourth grade; Julie McKinney, Elm Street, fifth grade; Katrina McCormick, Elm Street, sixth grade; Lindsay Nevala, Fort O’Brien, seventh grade; and Doug Strout, Fort O’Brien, eighth grade.