Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center played host to the City of Garden City’s Arbor Day event on Friday, April 25. Fifth-grader Lucia Zetino was recognized for designing the best poster in the school and city in the annual Kansas Arbor Day Poster Contest.
Caleb Jawdah a fifth-grader at St. Dominic Catholic School received second place in the city and Isabella Rose Nunez a fifth-grader at St. Dominic Catholic School took third place in the city.
Arbor Day is a holiday on the last Friday of April in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant and care for trees. Garden City is celebrating its 47th year as being a Tree City USA.
Personnel from the Garden City Parks and Recreation Department demonstrated how to properly plant a tree at the school, which the winning student helped to plant.
Roy Cessna, Mayor of Garden City, read a proclamation that detailed the importance of trees to Garden City before naming April 25, 2025, as Arbor Day in Garden City.