Sponsored by: Dungeness Kids Company
Teacher: Mrs. Burr & Mrs. Little, Greywolf Elementary
Age: 9
Greyson is 9 years old and is in Mrs. Burr and Mrs. Little’s 3rd grade class at Greywolf Elementary. He is the son of Jason and Michelle Rhodes and has an older sister Emma who is 13. His favorite subject in school is ELA. Greyson’s hobbies include reading, building with Legos, playing video games, stargazing, and traveling with his family. He also loves swimming at the YMCA. When he grows up, he wants to be an Astrophysicist and study space. His favorite color is lime green, and has three cats and a dog.
Essay:
Water is important for us to live because it is the thing that supports life. It is important for Sequim, because it used to be a desert, and we need water to grow our crops. We also need it for bathing. We also make food with it.
Water is also important for entertainment. You can swim, dive, play Marco Polo, tag, and sharks and minnows in the water at the pool, in lakes, in the Dungeness River or at Port Williams Beach.
Also, scientists are figuring out how to harness energy from the water. This will allow us to power homes, cities, basically the whole world. This is a clean energy that will save the Earth.
Water is important for growing Lavender, that supports the Lavender Festival. Which makes people from all over come to the festival. Then makes us money to support our community.
But the Irrigation Festival is the BEST festival in Sequim. The Irrigation Festival celebrates the opening of the head gates and the water rushing out to the ditches. The water then waters our crops. There are big parties at the Irrigation Festival. Also, parades, floats, and dancers are celebrating the Irrigation Festival. My two favorite parts of the Irrigation Festival is the carnival and the logging show.
Water is important to me and Sequim because it gives us life, energy, crops, and the Irrigation Festival!