On Friday, April 24, Mountain View Elementary celebrated Arbor Day with a school-wide event that highlighted hands-on student learning and community collaboration. The day began with an all-school assembly, where student council members performed skits centered on environmental responsibility, followed by a unified musical performance. Shortly after, students moved outdoors for a tree planting ceremony recognizing the school’s participation in the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Campus K-12 program, a national initiative that supports meaningful, sustainable environmental efforts.
Mountain View earned its Tree Campus designation by meeting four core goals: establishing a student- and staff-led Tree Campus team, implementing a school-wide education plan, providing hands-on learning opportunities, and hosting an Arbor Day observance. First grade classrooms played a central role in the effort, connecting tree-focused learning to grade-level standards through field experiences at Boulder Community Gardens, literacy activities centered on plant life cycles, and student writing projects.
Students also engaged in stewardship through hands-on experiences, including contributing to a tree inventory in which they identified and recorded all the trees on the Mountain View campus. The celebration extended beyond campus, with Mountain View’s student council distributing wildflower seeds for students to plant at home, reinforcing the importance of environmental care within the broader community.
The tree planting at Mountain View was made possible through coordination led by the district’s Building Services Department in partnership with Blue River Forestry and Tree Care, who provided the tree to plant. St. Vrain’s Groundskeeping Department also played a key role in planning and carrying out the planting on the north side of the campus.
