The national and
state levels of the Arbor Day Poster Contest originally sponsored by the
National Arbor Day Foundation were discontinued. Keep Allen Beautiful
(KAB) continues the poster contest tradition in honor of Allen as a "Tree
City USA," to raise awareness in Allen of the importance of trees, and in
recognition of the national and local Arbor Day Celebration.
Keep Allen
Beautiful coordinates the local Arbor Day Poster Contest in the Allen
Independent School District (AISD), which aims to foster a love for trees in
the fourth and fifth graders who participate. This year's theme was
"Trees are Terrific…and forests are too!" Eight AISD elementary
schools participated in the contest forwarding twenty-four (24) posters to the
City for consideration. Keep Allen Beautiful Board Members and KAB
Support Staff provide the final judging.
Local winners are:
Chloe Cunningham,
First Place, student at Cheatham Elementary;
Lilly Reeves,
Second Place, student at Boon Elementary; and
Sebastian Reyes,
Third Place, student at Cheatham Elementary.
Later
this month, Keep Allen Beautiful will plant a tree at Cheatham Elementary in
honor of the first place winner.