NEVC students participate in pop tab collection challenge
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
The Northeast Vernon County (NEVC) elementary Student Council challenged each class (preschool through sixth grade) to collect pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House. The classes met the challenge head on and collected a total of 93.6 pounds of pop tabs. The fifth grade class were the winners by collecting a total of 35.4 pounds, and were the ones who won a popcorn party. Second place went to the fourth grade for collecting 23.4 pounds; and third place went to the third grade class for collecting 18 pounds. Kindergarten and second grades (each) collected 5.4 pounds; sixth grade collected 2.6 pounds; first grade collected 1.8 pounds; and preschool collected 1.6 pounds.