Beautify Your School Contest
Since 1990, Memphis City Beautiful has partnered with WREG News Channel 3 and Landers Ford on the annual Beautify Your School Contest, open to all schools and grades Pre-K-12.
Beautify Your School is a cleanup and beautification competition that rewards schools for improving their surroundings and engaging their students in environmental programs. A panel of judges reviews the contest submissions featuring projects completed during the school year. Cash prizes and trophies are awarded and representatives from the first-place winning schools of each category are featured on WREG’s Live at 9. Showcase your gardens, outdoor classrooms, sustainability efforts, murals, and more!
Please enter your project(s) online below and contact city.beautiful@memphistn.gov with any questions.
Categories
Campus Beautification
Improve the appearance of the school grounds with long-lasting enhancements. Examples include:
- Landscaping around your entrance or school sign
- Adding infrastructure like benches, picnic tables, or an outdoor classroom
- Painting a mural, trash cans, or adding other art to enhance the campus
Litter Prevention & Cleanup
Engage students in keeping the campus clean and green. Examples include:
- A litter cleanup on the school grounds and neighborhood streets
- A lesson on how litter affects our environment, economy, safety, and well-being
- Activities like litter bingo and waste-sorting games
Learning & Growing
Highlight how your students are learning to garden, in the classroom and outside! Examples include:
- Grow vegetables or flowers to attract and feed pollinators
- Create seed tape to plant at school or home
- Invite an experienced grower to teach a special lesson or demonstration
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Highlight the creative ways students to reduce or repurpose waste! Examples includes:
- Host a recycling drive
- Create art from materials that would otherwise be thrown away
- Start a composting program or brainstorm other waste-saving solutions on campus
