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Classroom
Programs
In the fall of 2022, Director of Education Jessica Ireland, Communications Intern Kat Peters, and Education Intern Abigail Ridge taught a “Who Lives in the Woods” program
to seven 1st-grade classes (94 students) at South Lakes Elementary School and five 4th-grade classes (108 students) in Fuquay- Varina. The students participated in an interactive story to learn about a forest community and how all organisms are connected. They also had the opportunity to learn about some of the animals that live in North Carolina’s forests. ■
Forest Products Week Essay Contest
To celebrate Forest Products Week in 2022, the NCFA, along with the North Carolina Forest Service and the North Carolina Sustainable Forestry Initiative State Implementation
Committee, hosts a statewide essay contest to help students draw the connection between our forests and our everyday products.
Congratulations to the 2022 Essay Contest Winners!
• ELEMENTARY: Kristabel Mondragon Escobar, 5th Grade, Fuller Elementary School, Raleigh, NC
• MIDDLE SCHOOL: Melissa Hernandez Rojas, 8th Grade, Hobbton Middle School, Newton Grove, NC
• HIGH SCHOOL: Noah Kastner,
9th Grade, Clover Garden School, Burlington, NC ■
Sustainable Forestry Teachers Experience
The North Carolina Forestry Association Education Committee has begun planning the 2023 Sustainable Forestry Teachers Experience (SFTE) workshops. We are
excited to engage the North Carolina Forest Service and North Carolina Project Learning Tree as partners for 2023, and we look forward to hosting the best SFTEs yet.
There will be three SFTEs in 2023:
• JUNE 19-22, Greenville, NC
• JUNE 26-29, Aberdeen, NC
• JULY 10-13, Asheville, NC ■
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READ THE
WINNING ESSAYS HERE
2023
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