Jodie Day’s third-grade class was selected once again as a winner for an outstanding poetry entry for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection’s 37th annual Water Resources Art and Poetry Contest.
The contest received more than 1,700 artwork and poetry pieces from watershed and New York City students.
The class was honored as part of a virtual ceremony on April 28.
The poem was titled “Protecting and Sharing Water.”
Drip, drip, drip
What's that sound?
I think it’s water
Hitting the ground
Forming in the clouds
Falling from the sky
Collecting all around
Until it says goodbye
Sharing water is nice
Each person doing their part
Being a good friend
Comes straight from the heart
I need to protect it
Do you know why?
Because NYC needs it
It's their only supply
So, I'll keep it clean
By doing good deeds
Because dirty water
Is the last thing they need
The Catskill reservoirs
Hold water each day
Then off to the city it goes
Finally, goodbye I will say
You can see a video of the students singing their poem on our Facebook page!