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Congratulations to the Winners of the 2011 Arbor Day Essay Contest
see the Arbor Day Press Release
View Pictures from the
Celebration
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Fairfield
County
Student –
Rachel Hagani
Poem:
‘Pine Tree Poem’
Teacher –
Miss Lisa Capozzi
Tashua Elementary School
401 Stonehouse Raod
Trumbull, CT 06611
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Hartford
County
Student
– Andrew Basso
Essay: ‘The Tree I Like
Best’
Teacher – Mrs. Barratt
Highland Park
School
397 Porter Street
Manchester, CT 06040
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Litchfield
County
Student – Kayla
Williams
Essay: ‘Cherry Blossoms’
Teacher – Mrs. Deborah A. Mainstruck
St. Peter / S. Francis School
360 Prospect Street
Torrington, CT 06790
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Middlesex
County
Student –
Meagan Gephart
Essay: ‘My Climbing Tree'
Teacher – Mrs. Lippincott
Chester Elementary School
23 Ridge Road
Chester, CT 06412
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New Haven
County
Student
– Liam Cotter
Essay:
‘Weeping Willow’
Teacher – Mrs. Axtell
Francis Walsh Intermediate School
185 Damascus Road
Branford, CT
06405
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Windham
County
Student
– Isabel Barrett
Essay
–‘My Favorite Trees’
Teacher
– Candice Mead
Eastford Elementary School
12 Westford Road
Eastford, CT 06242
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On Friday, April 29 - Arbor Day - an American Elm, Jefferson cultivar, was planted in Bushnell Park adjacent to the State Capitol. Each of the Arbor Day Essay Contest Winners read his or her poem or essay
to a very supportive audience. This is always a great occassion!
| Pictures
from the Arbor Day Event - April 29, 2011 |
The Seven 2011 Arbor Day Essay Contest Winners:
Meagan Gephart, Andrew Basso, Liam Cotter, Kolleen Feagan,
Isabel Barrett, Rachel Hagani and Kayla Williams |
Rachel reads her "Pine Tree Poem" |
Andrew reads his essay "The Tree I Like the Best" |
Meagan reads her essay "My Climbing Tree" |
Liam reads his essay "Weeping Willow" |
Kolleen reads her essay "The Wishing Tree" |
Isabel reads her essay "My Favorite Tree" |
The Eastford fifth-graders show off their seedlings |
Rachel gets some help from Representative Hwang |
| Some Views From Behind the Scenes |
Prepping the Site around the Tree |
Bagging the Seedlings for Distribution |
Allan Fenner, as MC, addresses the group |
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