This year Gerlach K-12 school was selected to make an ornament for the 2018 National Christmas Tree.Â
The 56 ornaments representing every state and territory will decorate 56 trees that will surround the National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C.Â
The America Celebrates display is one of the highlights of the National Christmas Tree experience, which will begin on November 28 with the 96th Annual National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony.
Through a partnership with the National Park Service, the U.S. Department of Education worked with state art and education agencies to identify middle and high schools whose students would create the ornaments. The project is funded by the National Park Foundation.
The 2018 National Christmas Tree display will come from:
- Alabama - Hewitt-Trussville Middle School
- Alaska - Tanana Middle School
- American Samoa - Fagaitua High School
- Arizona - Isaac Middle School
- Arkansas - Ardis Ann Middle School
- California - Gabrielino High School
- Colorado - Chappelow K-8 Arts Magnet School
- Connecticut - Carmen Arace Intermediate School
- Delaware - Dover Air Force Base Middle School
- District of Columbia - SEED Public Charter School
- Florida - Lecanto High School
- Georgia - Riverwood High School
- Guam - Agueda I. Johnston Middle School
- Hawaii - Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School
- Idaho - Central Academy
- Illinois - Dwight Township High School
- Indiana - Our Lady of Grace Catholic School
- Iowa - Starmont Middle School
- Kansas - Colby Middle School
- Kentucky - Kentucky School for the Deaf and Kentucky School for the Blind
- Louisiana - Wossman High School
- Maine - Lawrence High School
- Maryland - Leonardtown High School
- Massachusetts - St. Charles School
- Michigan - Carman-Ainsworth High School
- Minnesota - MACCRAY High School
- Mississippi - Forest Hill High School
- Missouri - Hazelwood West Middle School
- Montana - Roundup Jr.-Sr. High School
- Nebraska - St. Mary's School Bellevue
- Nevada - Gerlach K-12
- New Hampshire - Contoocook Valley Regional High School
- New Jersey - Ocean City High School
- New Mexico - El Dorado Community School
- New York - Dryden Senior High School
- North Carolina - Needham B. Broughton High School
- North Dakota - Beulah High School
- Northern Mariana Islands - Saipan Southern High School
- Ohio - Milford Junior High School
- Oklahoma - Middle School of Piedmont
- Oregon - Howard St. Charter School
- Pennsylvania - Middletown Area Middle School
- Puerto Rico - Escuela Especializada de Bellas Artes Ernesto Ramos Antonini
- Rhode Island - Paul W. Crowley East Bay Met School
- South Carolina - John W. Moore Intermediate School
- South Dakota - Roosevelt High School
- Tennessee - Fairview Middle School
- Texas - Knippa School, Knippa ISD
- Utah - Evergreen Junior High School
- Vermont - Randolph Elementary and Middle School
- US Virgin Islands - St. Croix Educational Complex
- Virginia - Governor's School for the Arts
- Washington - Graham-Kapowsin High School
- West Virginia - Washington High School
- Wisconsin - DeLong Middle School
- Wyoming -Â Lingle-Fort Laramie High School
