The Official Newspaper for Foster County
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Carrington first graders, their teachers and paras, and the SCD Manager pose with the tree the children planted on the school grounds.
Carrington first graders each took a turn helping to plant their trees, including this flowering crabapple at the city park.
Foster County Soil Conservation District held its 19th annual First Grade Tree Planting at 12:45 PM on May 16. This event is part of the City of Carrington's official Arbor Day celebration.
Teachers Tressa Van Ray and April Berntsen, aided by paras Ben Foster and Maya Mosolf, brought their students to learn about Arbor Day and planting trees from SCD District Manager Dionn Schaaf, SCD Supervisors Curtiss Klein and Cody Montgomery, and Foster County Extension Agent Jeff Gale. The city of Carrington was represented by Public Works Director Jason Wolsky. Staff at the park and the school aided by doing site preparation.
The Carrington Tree Board provided two trees for the Class of 2035 to plant. The students all pitched in to plant a "Hot Wings" Tatarian maple at the grade school grounds and a "Starlite" flowering crabapple tree at the city park.
Finlee Hagen, Broc Helseth, Emma Koll, and Max McConnell won the drawing to take home the four kid-sized shovels provided by the SCD, and the students each received a conservation T-shirt and a Black Hills spruce tree seedling.
The SCD also provided educational materials for use in the classroom.
The SCD provided tree seedlings and educational materials to first grade classes at the Midkota and Kensal grade schools as well, and the Kensal class enjoyed a brief presentation and story time.
