CRANBERRY TWP - With temperatures this week ranging in the 90s, few people are probably thinking of winter and snow.

However, students at the Rowan and Haine schools were thinking of snow this spring. They were given the task before the end of the school year to paint the front of the snow plows on the trucks of the township's public works department.

Public works director Duane McKee went to the schools suggesting the children get involved. He lobbied for the help of the art departments at the Seneca Valley School District schools in the township's area.

The snow plows were sent to the schools in April and students had about five weeks to paint them. Three plows were sent to Rowan and four to Haine.Those snow plows and the students' artwork will be unveiled during the annual Fourth of July Community Day celebration Monday at the Cranberry Community Park off Route 19.The themes of the artworks consisted of school spirit and love for the county, state or community.Rowan teacher Mary Jane Hadley said the school's seven fourth grades, which have about 170 students, did their own designs, and the best three were chosen by a panel of teachers.At Haine, students of Haine Middle School art teacher Noele Reynolds got their hand in creating the designs for the snow plows. The designs were drawn on the plows, and the students painted them."The kids were really thrilled and excited to take part in the project," said Hadley, who said every student in the fourth grade had an opportunity to paint on the plows.Once the plows were finished, the public works employees picked them up and sprayed them with a clear finish to protect the artwork.Although the paintings were coated, people should enjoy them while they can, as salt will likely eat away the images."I believe they will last until we use them in the fall," said Walt Beighey, manager of streets and properties for the township. "What they (the kids) did came out really nice."Eagle Staff Writer Karen Baier contributed to this story.