Awarded Best of Show honors on the local level, the poster of JWMS seventh-grader Makenzie Metzer, left, is now in the state-level contest. The poster of Baya Wyss, center, was second in the seventh-grade category. Harper Lee, right, received honorable mention in the sixth-grade category. (Contributed photograph)
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JWMS students shine in land & water conservation poster contest
Metzer’s Best of Show entry advances to March 4 state competition
James Williams Middle School (JWMS) art students did themselves proud when they competed recently in the annual Oneida County Land & Water Conservation Poster Contest. The students of JWMS 6th-8th grade art teacher Brian Carpenter were encouraged to create ideas for their posters using this year’s contest theme, “Soil. Where it all Begins.”