Students Honor Earth Day

 

May 10, 2023

Eighth grader Avery Fox relaxes with an orange flavored Otter Pop after walking for an hour around town to collect trash in Turner.

Every year on April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement. In honor of Earth Day, the student body at Turner Public Schools went out as a group and picked up litter on May 4.

School Librarian and Kindergarten Teacher, Mrs. Shelly Harmon organized the students into grade band groups and assigned each to an area in Turner-from the train depot to the park to Hogeland Road.

Wearing gloves and carrying their trash bags, the crew collected debris, not only to beautify the town but as an investment in the planet. Student Body President Charlie Calvert r...



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