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Regional Notebook: March 5, 2021
Published: 3/4/2021 2:37:16 PM
Fifth-graders encouraged to enter Arbor Day Poster Contest
BOSTON State Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Commissioner Jim Montgomery is encouraging Massachusetts fifth-graders to participate in the agency’s 2021 Arbor Day Poster Contest.
Fifth-graders from across the state who are currently enrolled in both public and private schools, or who are home-schooled, can participate in the contest by creating posters that illustrate this year’s theme, “The Trees Out Our Window.” According to a DCR press release, posters must be submitted by March 15.
“Every tree is unique with an important role in keeping our environment healthy, and I’m pleased that each year fifth-graders capture this importance by participating in the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s annual Arbor Day Poster Contest,” Montgomery said. “I look forward to 2021’s inspiring entries from students throughout th
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Now the school just needs the vaccine nearly 2,000 doses.
“That’s what we’re waiting for,” school Superintendent Roger Forget said Wednesday afternoon.
The plan is to dispense 1,997 first shots in a single day possibly March 19 to pre-K through grade 12 staff in the Bourne, Sandwich, Falmouth, Mashpee and Upper Cape Tech school districts, he said.
“It’s not just teachers. It’s everyone. It’s the bus drivers. It’s the custodians,” said Forget, who worked with state Rep. Steven G. Xiarhos, Sandwich Selectman David J. Sampson and Sandwich fire Chief John Burke to get the state Department of Public Health to approve the school as a vaccination site.
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