NJ Arbor Day Poster Contest

New Jersey Arbor Day Poster Contest 2000 2002!!
April 17, 2000

New Jersey STATE Winner in Arbor Day Poster Contest ANNOUNCED
DAYTON, NJ --

Sasha Fung-Wiener, a fifth grade student from Robinson Elementary School in Hamilton Township has been named the New Jersey state winner in the 2000 Arbor Day National Poster Contest. The contest is sponsored by Delta Education, Assistance & Resources Integrating Science Education and the Council of Elementary Science - NJ.

Judging took place at the 12th Annual Council of Elementary Science - New Jersey, CES-NJ, Conference at Mercer County Community College on Wednesday, March 15. The winning poster illustrates this year’s theme, Trees are Terrific...In All Shapes and Sizes! The poster may be viewed at http://www.edusite.com

Miss Fung-Wiener will receive a $100 US savings bond from the Council of Elementary Science - NJ. Her teacher, Ms. A. Gruska, will receive the FOSS, Full Option Science System, Environments Module compliments of Delta Education (suppliers of materials for science education) valued at $399.00.

The poster will continue on to the national competition sponsored by Keebler Company and The National Arbor Day Foundation. The national winner will be announced on April 28.

The National Arbor Day Foundation, a nonprofit, membership organization dedicated to tree planting and environmental stewardship.
Arbor Day is celebrated in New Jersey on the last Friday in April.
Our state tree is the Northern Red Oak.

For more information about the New Jersey contest, contact Nina Visconti-Phillips, Assistance & Resources Integrating Science Education, Box A, Cranbury, NJ 08512 609-409-8501 ArborDay@edusite.com

Ms. Sasha of Robinson Elementary School in Hamilton, created this year’s winning poster for NJ.

The 2001 New Jersey Arbor Day Poster Contest Theme has not been announced yet.
Announcement Guidelines Letter to Teachers Receive Information

Pick up a copy of the National Arbor Day Guidelines and Curriculum at Super Science Weekend at the NJSTA tables or at The New Jersey Science Conference . Posters should be postmarked the first Friday in March.

Let us support NJ education together!