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Hampstead Elementary School fourth graders, from left, Vance Mech, Violet Gerkin and Marysa Ziemski prepare to plant a tree, one of 20 their Ecosystem class planted at the school to mark Earth Day, a day late due to cold weather and snow flurries, Friday, April 23, 2021. (Dylan Slagle / Carroll County Times)
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Hampstead Elementary School students, from left, Aiden Burgos, Torin Farver and Karsyn Gardner plant a river birch, on of 20 trees their class planted at the school to mark Earth Day, a day late due to cold weather and snow flurries, Friday, April 23, 2021. (Dylan Slagle / Carroll County Times)
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Hampstead Elementary School fourth graders Vance Mech and Marysa Ziemski carry a river birch, one of 20 trees their Ecosystem class planted at the school to mark Earth Day, a day late due to cold weather and snow flurries, Friday, April 23, 2021. (Dylan Slagle / Carroll County Times)
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Hampstead Elementary School fourth graders Evan Hutchins, left, and Aahid Basnet carry a river birch, one of the 20 trees their Ecosystem class planted at the school to mark Earth Day, a day late due to cold weather and snow flurries, Friday, April 23, 2021. (Dylan Slagle / Carroll County Times)
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Hampstead Elementary School students, from left, Torin Farver, Karsyn Gardner and Aiden Burgos free the roots of a river birch, on of 20 trees their class planted at the school to mark Earth Day, a day late due to cold weather and snow flurries, Friday, April 23, 2021. (Dylan Slagle / Carroll County Times)
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Jessica Todd of Clear Ridge Nursery shows Hampstead Elementary School fourth graders Hunter Thompson, Mason Medina and Matthew Olley how to dig a proper hole to plant their red maple, one of 20 trees their Ecosystem class planted at the school to mark Earth Day, a day late due to cold weather and snow flurries, Friday, April 23, 2021. (Dylan Slagle / Carroll County Times)