Pleasant Grove High Senior Wins $20,000 for Perfect Attendance

By Elk Grove Unified School District

Krystal Prasad of Pleasant Grove High School had the lucky key, starting a Scion and winning the $20,000 grand prize in the Elk Grove Auto Mall 2011/2012 Graduating Seniors Attendance Drive on Friday, May 11.

For the sixth year in a row, the Elk Grove Auto Mall provided a grand prize of $20,000 to be used towards the purchase of a vehicle from any dealership at the Elk Grove Auto Mall through the Elk Grove Auto Mall Graduating Seniors Attendance Drive.  This year, nine finalists representing nine EGUSD high schools who achieved at least five months of perfect attendance and at least a 2.0 GPA vied for the $20,000 grand prize.

The Graduating Seniors Attendance Drive is a part of EGUSD’s No Excuses – Go to School Attendance Campaign.  The campaign promotes regular school attendance with incentives and outreach to parents and students through school newsletter articles, press releases, letters home, posters, calendars and flyers.  The No Excuses – Go to School Attendance Campaign has played a large role in increasing attendance for Elk Grove Unified.  Overall average daily attendance increased by .31 percent between the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 school years, which equates to approximately $950,000 in funding.

Graduating seniors who attended all class periods of all school days within a calendar month for at least five months in August, September, October, November and December 2011 and January, February, March, and April 2012 and have at least a 2.0 GPA were qualified to enter the contest.  The contest concluded on Friday, May 4 with a drawing to select the finalists for the Grand Finale Event. 

The eight runners-up each received a $100 VISA gift card.  The runners-up were as follows:

Student

     School

Kelsey Orr

     Cosumnes Oaks High School

Joshua Pearson

     Elk Grove High School

Timothy Sou

     Florin High School

Sophia Yan

     Franklin High School

Jacob Seatris

     Laguna Creek High School

Karen Tran

     Monterey Trail High School

Michaela Zuber

     Sheldon High School

Maichoua Thao

     Valley High School