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SCD supervisor Curtiss Klein (left) and helper Baylee Lura look on as first graders help plant tree at the city park.
First graders planted a tree on Carrington Public School grounds. Pictured with students in back row are first grader teacher, April Berntson, Mrs. Hoff, Mayor Tom Erdmann and first grade teacher, Tressa VanRay.
Foster County Soil Conservation District held its 18th annual First Grade Tree Planting on May 12. It was originally scheduled for the afternoon but was moved up to the morning due to rain in the weather forecast. This event is part of the City of Carrington's official Arbor Day celebration.
Teachers Tressa VanRay and April Berntson, aided by Mrs. Hoff and Baylee Lura, brought their students to learn about Arbor Day and planting trees from SCD Supervisors Curtiss Klein and Cody Montgomery and SCD District Manager Dionn Schaaf.
The City of Carrington was represented by Mayor Tom Erdmann, who also helped with the planting. Staff at the park and the school aided by doing site preparation.
The Carrington Tree Board provided two trees for the Class of 2034 to plant. The students all pitched in to plant a "Dropmore" hybrid linden at the grade school grounds and a "Spring Snow" flowering crabapple tree at the city park.
Darreon Carter, Lydia Cook, Reegan Ingebretson, and Artem Bondarenko received the four kid-sized shovels provided by the SCD. The students each received a conservation T-shirt and a Scotch pine tree seedling.
The SCD also provided tree seedlings to first graders at Midkota and Kensal grade schools.
