The winning students are pictured with Master Gardener Kathy Taylor from the Riverhead Garden Club and Library/Media Specialist Marge Lawrence, an honorary member of the Riverhead Garden Club. Roanoke Students Excel in Garden Club Competition

(October 2007) The Riverhead Garden Club has adopted the students at the Roanoke Avenue School as part of their educational outreach program. This fall inspired by the theme "Harvest of Arts and Flowers," Pat Carey and Kathy Taylor, master gardeners and co-chairs of the education unit of the Garden Club, helped students create dried flower arrangements with an accompanying watercolor painting of a window scene called "In the Studio" for the Hofstra Flower Show. Competing in the Intermediate (ages 8-12) student competition at the show, Roanoke students brought home a bounty of winning awards:

Room 308: 1st Shannon McAlister, Honorable Mention Kavon Sykes, 1st Angelo Garcia, 3rd Jason Yeung, Honorable Mention Karol Danowski.

Room 309: 3rd Jessica Freeborn, 2nd Aleah Gonzalez, 2nd Brandon Wollney, 1st Kytashia Burgess, Honorable Menntion Andres Martinez.

Room 311: Honorable Mention Nicholas Moreno, Honorable Mention Danielle Ramirez, 2nd Ronald Zuniga, 3rd Jack Buenten, Honorable Mention Helen Ayala.

Congratulations to these young fourth grade artists and flower arrangers and the Riverhead Garden Club!

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