Philip Simmons Middle fifth grader Nina Nassyrov was named the overall state winner in the 2025 Governor’s Art Contest on Litter Prevention!
Nassyrov’s artwork, done in colored pencil, features a coastal bird – resembling an egret – standing in the marsh, facing a pile of litter that wound up in the bird’s habitat. Hovering above the marsh reeds are the words “Keep SC Clean! We’re in this together.”
Nassyrov was joined by her science teacher, Cheri Champ, and her family at the State House in Columbia last week, when she and the four regional winners of the contest were all recognized for their artwork.
This is part of a larger story on the district website about this year's BCSD winners in the contest; READ MORE.
