Hall-Kent student wins countywide poster competition

Mika Marriott, a fourth grader at Hall-Kent Elementary School, recently won the countywide Farm/City Poster Contest. Homewood is fairly new to the competition, said Dale Gilmore, Farm/City Chairman of the Jefferson County Farmers Association, and Marriott is the first winner from the Homewood School System.

The contest was a part of Jefferson County’s National Farm/City Week, which is observed the week before Thanksgiving. This year’s theme was “Agriculture: Sustaining Future Generations,” which aimed to call attention to the sustainability of farming and how its reach goes past farms through modern environmental practices and economic stimulus.

The Jefferson County Farmers Federation sponsored the poster contest, which encourages elementary students to consider their ties to agriculture. Marriott was the fourth to sixth grade winner, and Oak Grove Elementary student Emma Swiney won in the younger group.

A dinner to honor the winners was held at the Hyatt Recency in Hoover, and the students received $100. Their teachers also received $100 to be used in their classrooms.

Marriott’s poster will be sent to Montgomery and entered in a state competition.

-Submitted by Dale Gilmore