Congratulations to these Madison City 5th graders who were honored last night at the City Council for winning places in the State Arbor Day Poster contest. MCS even had Alabama's 1st place winner, Jessa Clough of Heritage Elementary, out of 824 entries.

Local 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners at each school are as follows:

Columbia Elementary: Logan Deutschendorf, Lilly Meisenheimer, Allie Knepper.

Heritage Elementary: Jessa Clough, Edith Brooke Hardiman, Meena Swarna.

Horizon Elementary: Yuqi (Amy) Fang, Grace Nguyen, Analiah Navarro-Gonzalez.

Madison Elementary: Grace Vaughn, Elias Shields, Madelyn Ottander.

Midtown Elementary: Reyan Hamied, Elliot Echeverria, Aditya Khandu.

Mill Creek Elementary: Ahana Singhal, John Hammond Penley, Ivy Maelhlmann.

Rainbow Elementary: Robynn Cole, Cambria Langiewicz, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jordan.