The Hemlock Huskies school color-blue continues to grow a shade of green. The Hemlock Public School District received a grant from the Department of Environmental Quality to educate and promote recycling on campus and in the community.
Board of Education President, Dr. Ellison said, “This grant affords Hemlock the opportunity to take better care of our environment for future generations and creates a wonderful occasion for students to learn why this is important.”
The school district sponsored a recycling promotion campaign to encourage students to share their ideas, thoughts, and have their voice include in the recycling efforts.
At the regular May Board of Education meeting award recipients were recognized. The award recipients for the 2018 Recycling Competition are as follows:
| Grade K-3: Coloring Contest 1st Place-Tucker Suppes 2nd Place- Emma Jaremba Honorable Mention, Cole Romain Grade 4-6: Recycling Logo 1st Place-Kiley Brady 2nd Place-Sophia Hauffe Honorable Mention, Lyndsey Lyscas Grade 7-12: Recycling Poster 1st Place-Brooke Matthias 2nd Place-Rebecca Willour Honorable Mention, Page Walle and Haylee Bauer |
| Grade 7-12: Recycling Poem 1st Place-Andrew Knoll 2nd Place-Ann Piotrowski Honorable Mention, Nicole Camp
Grade 7-12: Recycling Essay 1st Place-Hannah Near 2nd Place-Seth Byrne
Grade 7-12: Recycling Video 1st Place-Chris Kaufmann 2nd Place-Alexander Twigg Honorable Mention-Emiliano Flores |
The district continues to be a leader in innovation, collaboration, and education. The school district is advocating to reduce waste, reuse materials whenever possible, and to recycle.
Superintendent Killingbeck said, “This a wonderful opportunity for our students and staff. It helps cultivate stewardship of the environment and community.”
