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News Release
Grandview school to celebrate Arbor Day with tree planting ceremony - 04/24/18

With National Arbor Day fast approaching, the more than 600 students who attend McClure Elementary School are stepping up to help make a difference.

On Friday, April 27, the students, along with their teachers and other school staff members, will celebrate Arbor Day by planting 11 trees around the school playground. Students chose to scatter the trees throughout the playground to help bring more shade to the area as the trees grow.

Principal Elyse Walker has been working hard to ensure the students understand the importance of what they are doing and the impact they can have on their school and their community.

On Friday, April 13, students, staff and school supporters were asked to bring a one-dollar donation to go toward the purchase of the trees. That event helped raise nearly $700, which helped buy several flowering pear trees and three different types of maple trees. The fundraising push also helped give students ownership of the project. They know the money they raised helped purchase the trees they are helping plant.

The school’s Arbor Day celebration will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, April 27, in the McClure Elementary School gym with a presentation by Grandview Mayor Norm Childress and Parks and Recreation Director Mike Carpenter.

Then at 10 a.m., all of the students, teachers and staff will move outside where students will be divided into smaller groups to help plant the new trees. Walker said during the planting the students will learn how to plant trees and role trees play in our environment.

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