2008 Poetry Contest
This year, in conjunction with year-end awards ceremonies at five participating Riverside schools, the Olmsted Society awarded prizes of cash, Aunt Diana’s homemade chocolate fudge and over fifty Certificates of Merit. The 2008 winners, by school, are:
| L.J. Hauser Jr. High School | |
| 1st place: | Stephanie Wolff, Sidealong River | 2nd place: | Rachel Sammons, The Green Bridge |
| Ames Elementary | |
| 1st place: | Bella McGuire, Spring in the Sun |
| 2nd place: | Andrew Salij, Island of Green |
| Blythe Park Elementary | |
| 1st place: | Molly Stamm, Butterfly Garden |
| 2nd place: | Kaitlin Gaynor, Beautiful Gardens |
| Central Elementary | |
| 1st place: | Peter Pribyl-Pierdinok, The Woods |
| 2nd place: | Stuart Marciniak, The Days of Dawn |
| St. Mary School | |
| 1st place: | Becky Warner, Nature’s Home |
| 2nd place: | Amelia Reggi, Flowing Slowly |