Princess Margaret School celebrates Arbor Day

Arbor Day celebrations have been marked at the Princess Margaret Secondary School in a special way.

Yesterday, select students accompanied by members of the Eastern Orators Toastmasters Club planted a tree in observance of the occasion at the St. Philip school.

Public Relations Officer of the Club, Alicia Chandler, explained that the tree which was planted, was one of nine trees donated to the educational institution by the Club.

“We would have reached out to NCC [National Conservation Commission] to donate the trees to the school all for the Day, which is celebrated today, [Friday] September 22nd.”

She continued, “We decided that it was a token of appreciation to the school for allowing us to use the facility and allowing us to build our future leaders here at Princess Margaret.”

Expressing appreciation on behalf of the school, Principal Jonathan Corbin said it was a “wonderful way” to observe the day. He also spoke about why he asked for particular types of trees.

“We requested both shade and fruit trees because we want students to understand the importance of trees and also the benefits of trees, and both types of trees have their individual benefits. So we will be planting those today. We have already started the process and the students will be encouraged to take good care of them, to benefit from them as much as they can now, and I am sure that in the future some of them will be returning probably with their children to say … ‘That tree that you are seeing there was one that I planted’, to have that good feeling.”

Corbin added that mainly agriculture science students of the school will be responsible for planting the remaining eight trees around the school. (MG)