Cinnaminson Student's Art Will Be Seen By 40,000 Fourth Graders

CINNAMINSON, NJ — A student at Eleanor Rush Intermediate School was one of two students statewide selected as winners in the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s Design a Fourth Grade Folder contest this year, the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey announced.

Allison Yodis will have her design appear on the folder distributed annually to thousands of fourth graders throughout the state. More than 4,000 fourth grade students from across New Jersey participated.

Yodis was recognized for her technology-themed design titled, “Drugs are not an app to play!” Her artwork will be displayed on 40,000 folders that will be distributed to fourth grade students in September.

Yodis and classmate Olivia Golla were among 32 finalists recognized at the program award ceremony Monday at Jenkinson’s Boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach. In addition to the Eleanor Rush students, three students at Twin Hills Elementary School in Willingboro were also finalists from Burlington County. They were Naomi Harris, Myana McCaskill and Isabella Smith.

“These young students from around the state are setting tremendous examples for their peers to follow,” Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey Executive Director Angelo Valente said. “With their creative artwork, they are delivering strong messages to other students about enjoying healthy, drug-free lives.”

All the finalists received medals for their creative peer-to-peer substance use prevention artwork following the theme “Fun Things to Do Instead Of Doing Drugs.”

“The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey has consistently believed that early prevention programs like the Fourth Grade Folder Contest, are effective ways to actively engage New Jersey’s young people in selecting and maintaining a drug-free, healthy lifestyle,” Valente said.

The attached image was provided by the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey: PDFNJ Executive Director Angelo Valente accompanies Fourth Grade Folder Contest finalists, from left, Olivia Golla and Allison Yodis and their teacher Nicole Kaliamouris of Eleanor Rush Intermediate School in Cinnaminson.