December 7, 2020
A NM Christmas: Harrison Schmitt students decorate DC Christmas tree Written by Makayla Grijalva on December 7, 2020
(Press Staff Photo by Aaron Rogers)
Harrison Schmitt Elementary School art teacher Trish Doherty hands a goody bag filled with popcorn and hot chocolate to fourth grader Audriana Placencia ahead of a virtual viewing party for the National Christmas Tree lighting. Placencia was one of 12 students from the school who decorated an ornament to be hung on one of the 56 trees surrounding the National Christmas Tree.
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Students from Harrison Schmitt Elementary School in Silver City represented the state of New Mexico this holiday season by decorating ornaments to adorn one of the 56 trees surrounding the National Christmas Tree at President’s Park in Washington, D.C.
Silver City students ornaments decorate White House Christmas tree Miranda Cyr, Silver City Sun-News
SILVER CITY Harrison Schmitt Elementary in Silver Consolidated Schools was chosen to represent New Mexico in the annual America Creates ornament display that invites students to make ornaments to be hung on a Christmas tree in the White House in Washington, D.C.
Twelve Harrison Schmitt students designs were selected to be sent to the nation s capital. When I saw that it might go to Washington, D.C., and the president could see and stuff, it was like really exciting, said Tatum Schertz, a third-grader and one of the students whose design was displayed at the White House.