Grade 2 student Lyla Jones of Brandywine Springs Elementary School is the state winner of the Delaware Forest Service’s annual Arbor Day School Poster Contest. This year’s theme was “Trees Are Terrific…In All Shapes and Sizes!” Posters were judged on originality, use of theme, neatness, and artistic expression. Each winner receives a gift card, a tree-themed book, and a tree planting at their school. Twelve winners were selected from each county in four grade categories: kindergarten, grade 1 and 2, grade 3 and 4, and grade 5.
The complete gallery of winners is shown below (click the image to view a full-resolution image of the artwork). The poster contest is designed to increase student knowledge about forests and forest resources. For teachers, the poster contest can be an ideal way for students to learn more about the role of trees in our communities and their direct impact on Delawareans’ health and well-being. The schoolyard is also perfect setting to incorporate the role of trees into your everyday curriculum. Trees not only provide beauty, shade, and habitat and food for wildlife, they also improve air quality, muffle noise, moderate air temperatures, filter runoff into streams and rivers, and reduce energy consumption.
New Castle County
Kindergarten
Susanna Sanford
Brandywine Springs
Grades 1 and 2
Lyla Jones
Brandywine Springs
Grades 3 and 4
Hillary Shen
North Star Elementary
Grade 5
Easton Parker
Heritage Elementary
Kent County
Kindergarten
Zadriyan Marshall
Booker T. Washington Elementary
Grades 1 and 2
Kylie Clark
Smyrna Elementary
Grades 3 and 4
Eliana Oberdick
W. B. Simpson Elementary
Grade 5
Audriana Friday
W. B. Simpson Elementary
Sussex County
Kindergarten
Henry Hearn
St. John’s Preschool
Grades 1 and 2
Julian Spitzer
Lord Baltimore Elementary
Grades 3 and 4
Evelyn Maloney
Epworth Christian
Grade 5
Sage McMahon
Rehoboth Elementary
The poster contest is designed to increase student knowledge about forests and forest resources. For teachers, the poster contest can be an ideal way for students to learn more about the role of trees in our communities and their direct impact on Delawareans’ health and well-being. The schoolyard is a perfect setting to incorporate the role of trees into your everyday curriculum. Trees not only provide beauty, shade, and habitat and food for wildlife, they also improve air quality, muffle noise, moderate air temperatures, filter runoff into streams and rivers, and reduce energy consumption.
2023 THEME
“Trees Are Terrific…In All Shapes and Sizes!”
CRITERIA
Posters will be judged on originality, use of theme, neatness, and artistic expression.
CLASSROOM RESOURCES
Teachers can access the shared google folder for the 2023 Poster Guidelines and Rules, Curriculum Guide and additional resources at the Teacher Resource Shared Google Drive
Teachers should submit winning entries from their school using the Winning Poster Entry Form.
FREE SEEDLINGS
All participating classes will receive free loblolly pine seedlings delivered to their schools, just in time to celebrate Arbor Day!
REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE AND RECEIVE FREE SEEDLINGS
link: 2024 link TBD
IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER
- Deadline to register and reserve free seedlings: 2024 TBD
- Deadline to submit posters for state contest: 2024 TBD
- Arbor Day in Delaware: April 26
- Seedling delivery: early April
Check out the gallery of previous winners:
- View 2022 Arbor Day Contest Winners.
- View 2021 Arbor Day Contest Winners.
- View 2019 Arbor Day Contest Winners.
- View 2018 Arbor Day Contest Winners
- View 2017 Arbor Day Contest Winners
- View 2016 Arbor Day Contest Winners
- View 2015 Arbor Day Contest Winners
- View 2014 Arbor Day Contest Winners
For questions or more information, email: Ashley Melvin