News Release

Arbor Day Poster Contest Winners Announced

2019 Arbor Day poster contest winners

Photo by Josh Scheffler

News Release Date: April 20, 2019

Contact: Christy Fleming, 307-548-5406

Lovell, WY: “Trees Please… for You and Me” was this year’s theme for the Wyoming State Arbor Day Poster Contest which is sponsored by the Wyoming State Forestry Division and Wyoming Project Learning Tree. Lovell’s fifth grade students designed and submitted original posters that were judged by Tree Committee members and representatives from the Town of Lovell and the National Park Service. Before pen met paper, National Park Service Interpreter, Justin Langlois, and Town of Lovell Park Manager, Gary Emmett, spoke to each class about the Arbor Day and why trees are important in our communities.
 
With this information each student created a poster to depict what they learned based on the theme. The posters were then judged and a 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place winners were chosen in each classroom. A grand prize was selected. Minerals Technologies American Colloid generously donated funds for prizes that were presented to the winners at the Arbor Day Celebration at Centennial Park on April 24.   

This Year’s Winners:
Grand Prize Winner from Mrs. Croft’s Class: Myken McArthur.

From Mrs. Croft’s Class:
1st place – Becca Nichols
2nd place – Elana Schilithuis
3rd place – Serenity Hernandez

From Mrs. Sammon’s Class:
1st place – Lauryn Marchant
2nd place – Jay Mayes
3rd place – Charlotte Bair

The grand prize drawing by Myken McArthur was sent to represent Lovell and compete against more than 300 posters from students across the state for the State Arbor Day Poster Contest.  Myken’s drawing was selected as the First Place Winner for the State Poster Contest. Myken is the fifth Lovell 5^th grader since 2013 to be selected as a State Arbor Day Poster winner.

In addition to this year’s Arbor Day tree planting tradition, the Town of Lovell will be participating in the new Abor Day initiative, “Time for Trees.” The initiative is to inspire planting of 100 million trees by 2022. This year instead of planning two or three trees, the Town of Lovell in conjunction with the State Forestry Grant will plant twenty-three trees and over two hundred shrubs and bushes.