Arbor Day Videos
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!!
Who's starring?...Village students and Village trees! For the Arbor Day 2017 celebration, production crews from the Ridgefield Park public schools created spectacular videos to celebrate the trees. The videos which range from educational to entertaining to comedic were on view at the Arbor Day program held April 29, 2017 in the high school courtyard. Not to be missed, watch the students' creative and thought provoking work below.
Credit for the work:
Ridgefield Park Junior-Senior High School Principal James Donohue.
Students Justin Donohue, Chandler Oliveri, Dorian Capurso, Maria Giuliano, Stephanie Vela, Dante Capurso, Allison Pasechnick, Samir Elsharkawy, Madison O'Brien, Ana Pena, and Jodi Puri created an informative and humorous video on the importance of trees.
Grant School Principal Angela Bender with Carol Alberque, producer and director; Bob Morris, film editor.
In recognition of Arbor Day, all Grant School students acted out the process of photosynthesis.
Lincoln School Principal Joseph Neubert. Students Askar Mirza, Rohan Modi, and Anthony Denino created an informative video about the importance of trees.
Roosevelt School Principal Mike Alberque. Students Sebastian Barerra and Nicholas Schneider created an informative video about the importance of trees.
The celebration also included "God Bless America" sung by Connie Campbell Sheehan; and a poetry reading of "Trees of the Fragrant Forest" by Gianna Terrarosa, a sixth grader at Lincoln School.