Students celebrate Arbor Day
Laurel Hill Elementary School students partnered with the village of Hanover Park for a special Arbor Day celebration April 25.
Principal Luis Fernando De León welcomed more than 500 students and staff members, as well as Hanover Park Mayor Rodney S. Craig, who presented an Arbor Day proclamation.
Joe Creadon, Elgin Area School District U-46 supervisor of grounds, provided a presentation on the importance of Arbor Day and trees and the environment. The fourth-grade Foresters assisted with planting of the Accolade elm tree.
The ceremony ended with a standing ovation for Nylea Castillo a second-grader from Joan O'Mara's class as she stated "Arbor Day is about new trees growing so the Earth can be a better place."
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