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Students become Fourth-Grade Foresters
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Students in Jan Zorman's fourth-grade class showed off the trees they received during the Fourth-Grade Foresters presentation by the Boardman Lions Club on April 29 for Arbor Day.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Pictured are, from left, Morgan Russo, Jackson Detchon and Alexis Smith held up different items the Boardman Lions Club brought for their Arbor Day presentation on April 29 at Robinwood Lane Elementary.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Students in the fourth grade at Robinwood Lane Elementary participated in the Boardman Lion's Fourth-Grade Foresters program for Arbor Day on April 29.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The students in fourth grade received Norway spruce trees as part of the Fourth-Grade Foresters program the Boardman Lions Club does every year for Arbor Day.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
The Boardman Lions Club visited all of the fourth-grade classes in the Boardman School District on April 29 as part of their Fourth-Grade Foresters program.
Two representatives from the Boardman Lions Club, Kathy Collins and Kristen Dailey, came to Robinwood Lane Elementary to give the students a lesson about Arbor Day and to give them a special gift at the end of the presentation. Collins started out her presentation by talking about the Boardman Lions Club and the Fourth-Grade Foresters program.
“One of the things we pride ourselves on is the Fourth-Grade Foresters project,” said Collins.
Collins, who previously taught at Robinwood, told the students a little bit of history about Arbor Day.
Arbor Day started in 1872 - 144 years ago - in the state of Nebraska. The Secretary of Agriculture, Grover Cleveland, was approached by a journalist who noticed the trees were becoming scarce. Nebraska then decided they were going to plant one million trees.
Each person, by the time they reach the end of their lives, uses four full trees worth of supplies that are made from that material. Looking at this statistic helps encourage people to plant more trees.
Collins read the book “The Lorax,” by Dr. Seuss to show the students the importance of trees in everyday life.
The fourth-graders received Norway Spruce trees from the Lions Club to take home and plant in their yard. The tree came with instructions on how to plant the tree and take care of it.
“They love it, they’re excited. They look forward to this,” said Collins about the students.
This is an annual event that the Boardman Lions Club puts on for the fourth-graders in Boardman and has been going on for six years. The Fourth-Grade Foresters project is not just part of the Boardman Lions, but part of the International Lions Club which continues to be a growing success.