Florence School District 3’s annual observance of Arbor Day culminated Thursday with an awards ceremony at the Bean Market for winners of the literacy and art contests.
Each school participated in project-based learning activities to learn more about the importance of Arbor Day. Students engaged in both literacy and art design. The theme for this year’s Arbor Day observance was “Treemendous Possibilities.”
The program included the presentation of an Arbor Day proclamation by Lake City Mayor Yamekia Robinson, a musical selection by Taylor McKenzie of Main Street Elementary School and a dance performance by J. Paul Truluck Magnet School’s Dance Troupe.
Katie Ford, education coordinator at Moore Farms Botanical Garden, was the guest speaker.
Winners received certificates and prizes for their entries. District-level winners of the grade-level literacy contest were:
4K/5K Class Category
Literacy
Debbie McAllister’s 5K class (SESA), first place; Rita Holt’s 5K class (LCECC), second place; and Kathleen Williams’s 5K class (JCL).
5K-2nd Category
Literacy 1st-2nd
Cherish Eaddy (LCECC), first place; London Cooper (LCECC), second place; and Masyn Rodgers (SESA), third place.
Art 5K-2nd
Mary Alice Floyd (JCL), first place; Robert Brinkley (OMS), second place; and Tristan Richey (SESA), third place).
3rd-4th Category
Literacy
Jase Kirby (JCL), first place; Londyn Carson (SESA), second place; and Tyler Robinson (MSE), third place.
Art
Matiaz Rodriguez-Arciga (JCL), first place; Urban Caulder (SESA), second place; and JayCeon Burgess (OMS), third place.
5th-6th Category
Literacy
Madyson Eaddy (JCL), first place; Lola Peters, Aaden Thomas and Kaylen Goodman (MSE), second place; and Fredrick Richey (SESA), third place.
Art
Asia Davis (SESA), first place; Lailah Fulton (SESA), second place; and Luke Dennis (JCL), third place.
7th-12th Category
Literacy 9-12
Ja’Vonia Duffie Jamal Singleton, Aiden Gaskins, Carolyn Mordaunt, Kelsey Dotts, Jesus Lopez- Rivera (DREM), first place; Faris Welch, Mia Madero-Morales, Alyssa Sharp (JPTMS), second place; and Courtney Watford, Victoria Driggers, Heaven Myers and John Goodman (JPTMS), third place.
Art – 7-8 Mixed Media
Yanyla Cameron (DREM), first place; Jamal Singleton (DREM), second place; and Madison Lintvedt (JPTMS), third place.
Art – 7-8 Photography
Cayden Culick (JPTMS), first place.
Art – 9-12 Mixed Media
Kinley Miles (LCHS), first place; Payton Velazquez (JPTMS), second place; and Zyerah Session (LCHS), third place.
Art – 9-12 Photography
Trinity Skverek and Caitlyn McKenzie (JPTMS), first place; Sierra McFadden (JPTMS), second place; and Violet (Ryan) Hendricks (JPTMS), third place.
Art – 7-12 Original Music Composition Performance
Taylor Fulmore, Keneila Green, Tyler Green and Savanna Mack (JPTMS), first place.
