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EDUCATION PROGRAMS
ESSAY CONTEST FOR STUDENTS:
Forest Products Week
Did you know wood is the only natural resource on Earth that is renewable, recyclable and biodegradable?
To celebrate Forest Products Week, the North Carolina Forestry Association (NCFA) — along with its sponsors, the North Carolina Forest Service and the North Carolina Sustainable Forestry
Initiative — is hosting a statewide essay contest to promote the 1,000 companies directly contributing to North Carolina’s forest economy.
Essays will be due on the last day of National Forest Products Week (October 25, 2019).
Top essays will be selected from the elementary, middle and high school categories. All three winners will each receive a $200 Visa gift card. The teacher of each winning essay writer will receive a $100 Visa gift card
for classroom materials and a scholarship to attend the 2020 Sustainable Forestry Teachers Experience.
Visit ncforestry.org/teachers/national-forest-products-week-essay- contest for more information on the contest, including writing prompts, length guidelines, submission requirements and judging criteria.
Above: 2018 Elementary School Essay Contest Winner from Pleasant Gardens Elementary School in Marion, NC.
Right: 2018 Middle School
Essay Contest Winner from
C.W. Stanford Middle School in Hillsborough, NC.
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Left: 2018 High School Essay
Contest Winner from Wheatmore High School in Trinity, NC.
BRANCHING OUT WITH NCFA:
Free Forestry Education Outreach Programs
For the third year, Education Programs Manager Amy Juliana is taking forestry
education directly into the classroom. Branching Out With NCFA is a free outreach program for K-8 students in the central Piedmont counties. Juliana offers four programs that highlight the field of forestry and the wood products industry. During the 2018- 2019 school year, Juliana reached 3,300 students at 32 schools.
“These programs allow students to explore forestry from their classroom and encourage students to understand where everyday wood products come from,” Juliana said. “The NCFA’s Outreach Programs
are a great way to reach students that may not otherwise have
the opportunity to interact with professionals. It relates their school lessons to real-world applications.”
Please help the NCFA spread the word about this unique opportunity. Share our programs with educators in your community, and help us educate the next generation about sustainable forestry. For a list of counties that our organization
serves, curriculum correlations to the classroom, and education programs that the NCFA provides, visit ncforestry.org/teachers.