Delaware Forest Service Arbor Day Poster Contest
The Delaware Forest Service’s 2014 Arbor Day Poster Contest is now open to all Delaware students in grades K to 5. Public, private and home schools are encouraged to participate as well as after-school groups and youth organizations. Posters are due by April 4th, 2013. This year’s poster contest theme – “Trees are Terrific…In Cities and Towns!” – is dedicated to the important role that trees play in our communities and schoolyards.
Students Honored at the 12th Annual Delaware Day Fourth Grade Competition Ceremony
Signers’ Awards given at the Delaware Public Archives. Students were given two months to prepare an informative and artistic four panel display on Delaware’s role in its writing and ratifying the U.S. Constitution which may include art work, poetry, songs, or political cartoons. Representatives from the Department of State judged 34 projects focusing on three main areas: accuracy, spelling and creativity.
Smokey Bear takes fire safety message to Delaware’s largest kindergarten program (photos)
535 kindergarten students at McIlvaine Early Childhood Center in Magnolia learned fire safety from Smokey Bear as part of the Delaware Forest Service’s annual education program. Located in the Caesar Rodney School District, McIlvaine is the largest kindergarten program in the First State.
Forest Service and Smokey Bear Spread Fire Safety Message to First-Grade Students
As part of National Fire Prevention Month in October, Smokey Bear will be visiting classrooms with the Delaware Forest Service’s yearly fire prevention education programs targeted to first-grade students in the state’s private, public, and charter schools. Ashley Peebles coordinates the successful effort that reaches around 9,000 students annually.
Forestry for the future: FFA teams compete at Brecknock Park on June 25.
UPDATE: This event will take place at Kent County’s Brecknock Park – all other details are the same. For directions: click here “Forestry for the future” – Students to test forestry skills at Brecknock Park on June 25. Contact: Ashley Peebles, 302-698-4551 ashley.peebles@delaware.gov Who: – Delaware school chapters of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) and […]
