Each year, the Cuyahoga Solid Waste Management Department
sponsors an Earth Day Poster Contest. The contest is open to
all 1st-8th grade students in Cuyahoga County Schools. The
goal is for students to honor Earth Day through artwork; students
create an original poster that displays a specified theme. This
year’s theme was “We all help the Earth by recycling.” Winners
and runners-up are chosen from each grade. Their artwork is
printed in the Earth Day calendar; they each receive several
copies of the calendar along with an Earth Day T-shirt and other
Earth Day prizes. This year, four Birchwood students’ artwork
was chosen: 1st place second grade winner: Dharma N, second
grade runner up: Shruthi R, 1st place seventh grade winner:
Joan C, and 1st place eighth grade winner: Brad S.
