Several groups of Springfield City School District students observed Earth Day by participating in community beautification projects at their respective schools.
The Springfield High School National Honor Society, consisting of over 40 juniors and seniors, filled up several garbage bags after they collected litter around the SHS campus, including the stretches of Kensington Drive and High School Place to Home Road.
Additionally, Snyder Park Elementary held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the school’s new community garden on Monday afternoon as part of an Earth Day Celebration.
The community garden will provide an appealing entrance to the school, while also benefiting the environment. Volunteers from the Clark County Master Gardeners helped the Snyder Park ‘Cat Council’ student group plant native pollinators in the garden earlier this month.
Roosevelt Middle School students and staff members worked to give the school's flower beds a refreshed look by pulling weeds and adding plants.
Earth Day was officially recognized on April 22, 2024.