Limestone County Groundwater Festival

Today is Earth Day! Water is a finite, limited resource. Let's all do our part by conserving and keeping it clean!

Check out the photos that were added to the 2016 Groundwater Festival album. Thank you so much to our wonderful sponsors and volunteers! Without you all, we wouldn't be able to make the festival an annual success! Thank you to the Limestone County School Board, Athens City Schools, ABS, and LLCA for continuing to join us each year. We always look forward to it! Feel free to share and tag yourselves in the photos!

Tomorrow is the day! We're excited about seeing everyone for the Groundwater Festival at Athens State. We've got just a few reminders for you all:

~Please be sure that the signs identifying your group are clearly displayed in the bus window. Also, it is going to be cold-if you arrive too early for your session, you may have to wait outside until we are able to take you into the rooms. Encourage your students to bring a jacket.

~Because it is going to be chilly outside, we are sure many of you in the 2nd session will be eating lunch in the rooms. Please be sure to clean up after you eat. Athens State graciously allows us to use their facilities each year, and we want to be sure that we leave them in the same neat manner that we found them.

~Last, HAVE FUN!!!

We're just over one week away from the 2016 Groundwater Festival! T-shirts are being delivered to the schools this week along with a packet of instructions for the day of the Festival. We are looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Congratulations once again to Laurel Latham in Ms. Lann's class! Laurel's class got a visit from the H2O Man today for a pizza party to celebrate her winning the Groundwater Festival t-shirt design contest!

Good morning! We are one month away from the groundwater festival, and the committee is making its final preparations. At this time, we are in need of 4 people to help teach the sessions that the children will attend. Those sessions are Water Bracelets (which teaches about the water cycle), Filtration (how we filter pollutants from the water), and Edible Aquifers (how we draw water from an aquifer and more on the water cycle). If you, or anyone you know, is interested in helping out the Committee, please contact Tammy Smith at (256) 233-6444 ext 219 or [email protected]. We greatly appreciate all the help we receive each year from our volunteers to make the Festival a success!

Congratulations to Laurel Latham from Brookhill Elementary for being chosen as the 1st place winner of the Groundwater Festival t-shirt design contest! Laurel is the winner of a $100 VISA gift card and a pizza party for her classroom. Laurel's design will be printed on all of the t-shirts that students receive this year.

Yadriana DelValle from Tanner High School won 2nd place and will receive a $50 VISA gift card. Jayla Garrett, also from Tanner High School, was our 3rd place winner and will receive a $25 VISA card.

Congratulations to all three of our winners! We had some great designs this year. We appreciate everyone's participation. Stay posted to our page for more updates as we near the date of the Festival.

Hello again! It's December 1st, and you know what that means...it's almost time for Christmas break! Don't forget that submissions for the t-shirt design contest are due by Friday, December 18th. Get those entries in before school is closed for the holidays!

Good morning! By now all area fourth grade teachers should have received packets with details about the 2016 Groundwater Festival and t-shirt logo design contest. The 2016 festival will be held on Friday, April 8th at Athens State University. The theme is "Slow the flow...Save H2O!" Remember, the winner of the design contest wins a $100 Visa card and a pizza party for their class! The teacher who has the most class submissions will receive a $50 Visa card also. The deadline for the logo contest is Friday, December 18th, 2015.

Thank you to everyone that helped make the 2015 Groundwater Festival a success! We couldn't do it without our sponsors and volunteers. Most of all, thank you to Limestone County Schools, Athens City Schools, ABS, and LLCA for your continued participation. We look forward to this event each year, and we hope you all enjoy it as much as we do!

Here's a write-up from this week's News Courier on the festival and this year's t-shirt design contest winner, Macee Bentley, from Piney Chapel Elementary!

REMINDER: The Groundwater Festival is this Friday!!! We are looking forward to seeing all the students this year! Teachers, you should all have your t-shirts and packets for your classes. Please be aware that ASU will be in session during the festival. We hope this will not cause any conflicts.

Looking forward to another great year!!!

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