Courtney Stoops, an education program specialist who works with the Georgia Department of Education and the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, shared details about the postcard contest. “The postcard contest happens every year. It’s been going on for about 15 years, and it’s something that honors President Carter every year and the peanut festival, so every year the theme involves President Carter and peanuts in some way. So this year’s theme was happy 100th birthday President Carter, and students made postcards from across the country. We had winners from New Jersey and Washington, DC, and we had over 4800 postcards that were entered into the contest this year.”

She listed the organizations that sponsor the contest. “The Friends of Jimmy Carter and the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, and then the Georgia Department of Education are the sponsors of the peanut contest.”

First place winners are as follows: For pre-K, Ruairi Meleshevich from Franklin Montressori, for kindergarten, Trinity Nguyen from Matt Arthur Primary, for 1rst grade, Theodore Schlemmer from Hilltop Elementary, for 2nd grade, Evelyn Wood, from GMC Prep School, for 3rd grade, Emily B. Blake, from Parsons Elementary, for 4th grade, Richa Bavdhankar, from Golden Door Charter School, for 5th grade, James Rosier from Thomas County MS, for 6th grade, Lailah Woolfolk from Perry Middle School, for 7th grade, Khloe Heath, from Furlow Charter School, for 8th grade, Camille Matricciani from Lost Mount MS, for 9th grade, Evelyn Salley from Savannah Arts Academy, for 10th grade, Luna Engle from Dekalb School of the Arts, for 11th grade, Emme Reger from Walton Highschool, and for 12th grade, Sophia Ocfemia from Dekalb School of the Arts.