PARSIPPANY — At a morning celebration held inside at Liquid Church, 299 Webro Road, Township Officials, Board of Education members, members of Parsippany-Troy Hills Environmental Committee, Employees of Parsippany Parks and Forestry Department celebrated Arbor Day with second grade students from Troy Hills Elementary School, Lake Hiawatha Elementary School and Northvail Elementary School.
Jack Shuart, Tree City USA, presented Mayor Soriano with a banner celebrating Parsippany being named Tree City USA for 42 years.
Second grade students form Troy Hills Elementary School read a poem “What Do We Get When We Plant a Tree” by Julie Vickery Smith and then sung a song “I’m a Tree, I Have Four Needs” written by Julie Vickery Smith.
Second grade students from Northvail Elementary School read a poem “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein.
Second grade students from Lake Hiawatha School read a poem by Aileen Fisher, “Let’s Plant a Tree” and song, sung to the tune of Mulberry Bush, “This is the Way We Plant A Tree.”
