Each year the Polk Soil and Water Conservation District sponsors a poster contest for students throughout Polk County. Students are given the theme for their poster as well as a classroom presentation related to the theme. This year the theme was entitled “Water the cycle of life.”

Winning poster contestants from the county are awarded cash prizes and their posters are sent to the Area I contest, which consists of 16 counties throughout western North Carolina. The teachers of the winning posters are also awarded cash prizes to be used for classroom needs.

This year’s winning students and teachers are as follows:

Fourth grade student – Itzel Avellaneda-Cruz

Fourth grade teacher – Leann Wilson – Polk Central School

Fifth grade student – Aalyiah Miller

Fifth grade teacher – Andrea Walter – Polk Central

Sixth grade student – Alex Pearson

Sixth grade teacher – John Ruth – Polk County Middle School

– article submitted by Sandra Reid