On Friday, April 28, the fourth grade class at Brooklyn Elementary School joined representatives from the Village of Brooklyn and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to celebrate Arbor Day.
The group planted a new tree in Legion Park, which will be the site of a plaque commemorating Curt Golz for 23 years of service to the community.
See photos from the festivities here:
From left to right, Deputy Merrick Grumke, Brandon Hollis, Curt Golz, Leif Spilde and Brian Roberts honor Golz for 23 years of service to the Village of Brooklyn in the Public Works Department. A plaque commemorating him will be affixed to the tree that Brooklyn Elementary School students helped plant for Arbor Day on Friday, April 28.
Fourth graders from Brooklyn Elementary School guess whether or not toothpaste comes from a tree with Brian Wahl, a forestry specialist from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, as part of their Arbor Day celebrations on Friday, April 28.
Brooklyn Elementary School students and teachers join members of the Brooklyn Public Works Department for Arbor Day Festivities on Friday, April 28, which included a presentation from forestry specialist Brian Wahl and a tree planting at Legion Park.
Brooklyn Arbor Day Celebrations
From left to right, Deputy Merrick Grumke, Brandon Hollis, Curt Golz, Leif Spilde and Brian Roberts honor Golz for 23 years of service to the Village of Brooklyn in the Public Works Department. A plaque commemorating him will be affixed to the tree that Brooklyn Elementary School students helped plant for Arbor Day on Friday, April 28.
Fourth graders from Brooklyn Elementary School guess whether or not toothpaste comes from a tree with Brian Wahl, a forestry specialist from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, as part of their Arbor Day celebrations on Friday, April 28.
Forestry specialist Brian Wahl asks the Brooklyn Elementary School fourth grade class what they know about planting and caring for trees at an Arbor Day celebration on Friday, April 28.
Brooklyn is one of only 3,652 communities in the country recognized as a Tree City, an Arbor Day Foundation initiative that provides a framework and funding for expanding and maintaining tree growth.
Brooklyn Elementary School fourth graders help plant a tree at Legion Park in honor of Arbor Day on Friday, April 28.
Fourth graders assist the Brooklyn Public Works Department with filling in the earth around a new tree for Arbor Day.
Brooklyn Elementary School students patiently wait for their turn to contribute to the tree planting at Legion Park on Friday, April 28.
Brooklyn Elementary School fourth graders are allowed to return to the back of the line if they want a second turn at shoveling.
Brooklyn Elementary School students and teachers join members of the Brooklyn Public Works Department for Arbor Day Festivities on Friday, April 28, which included a presentation from forestry specialist Brian Wahl and a tree planting at Legion Park.
