POSTER CONTEST: 5th Grade Poster Wins 1st Place at Regionals!

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From Sheila... Great News for Wake!!


5th GRADE POSTER is 1ST PLACE WINNER x 2 !!

Fifth grader Elliott Essic's "Water: The Cycle of Life" poster has won 1st
Place in Area IV regional competition between 11 counties.

Elliott originally entered the poster contest with his classmates in Deming
McDowell's class at A.B. Combs Elementary in Raleigh.

Winning $100 from local contest sponsors Wake Soil and Water Conservation
District and Novozymes North America Inc., Elliott's poster was also
spotlighted on prime time TV after Meteorologist Mike Maze's weather
forecast on WRAL-TV 5.

Winning another $100 cash prize from the Area IV Association of Soil and
Water Conservation Districts, Elliott's poster now advances to the state
level to represent Wake County and compete against the best 5th grade
conservation posters in North Carolina.

Good luck Elliott!

PHOTO
(See attached file: Poster 1.jpg)

Elliott’s #1 poster tells the tale of two cities on Blue Lake. The city of
Grayville cuts down trees to pave miles of roads and build many houses.
Their rainwater cannot soak into the soil and runs off the hard surfaces,
carrying eroded sediment and pollutants into Blue Lake. In contrast, the
city of Greenville embraces "low impact development" where permeable
pavement allows water to soak into soil, and where green plants in rain
gardens and those used as streambank buffers filter polluted stormwater
runoff. Together, these best management practices work to keep Blue Lake
sparkling clean!


Sheila B. Jones
Environmental Education Specialist
Wake Soil & Water Conservation District
4001-D Carya Drive, Raleigh, NC 27610
Office: 919.250.1065; Fax: 919.250.1058
E-mail: sbj...@wakegov.com
E-mail correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Act and may be disclosed to third parties unless made confidential under applicable law.

[G Lawrence]

Congratulations to Weston and his school.  And to the great program led by Sheila Jones!!

Grace Lawrence

919-518-6463

www.linkedin.com/in/gracelawrence/

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