West Elementary third-graders planted 15 trees on their north playground on Thursday. Students shoveling dirt onto a Toba Hawthorne tree are, from left, Katie Beagley, Lacy King, Tiana Porter and Max Offutt. Northwestern Energy donated $5,000 in trees to the school and provided hands-on planting guidance. NorthWestern's Trees Together program will participate in 12 locations across its service territory this spring. West student Joey Wall took first place statewide in a coloring contest to win the $5,000 tree donations for his school, said teacher Maria Biastoch.