We invited schools across our footprint to submit their ideas for reducing energy – giving the teachers and students creative freedom in their submissions. We received videos, drawings, essays, even a comic book, that touched upon energy reducing ideas such as motion sensor lights, school bike racks, and even painting a black roof white to reflect heat rather than absorb it. Two winning entries were selected at random: the Community Prep School in Providence, RI, and the Innovation Academy Charter School in Tyngsboro, MA. Both schools submitted short videos to the contest and won the grand prizes: $2,500 and a visit to their school by Andrew Ference. Sixteen other Massachusetts and Rhode Island schools also won $1,000 prizes.

Grand prize winners

Innovation Academy Charter School
Tyngsboro, MA
Community Prep School
Providence, RI

Winners

Stetson School – Barre, MA
McKinley Elementary School – Revere, MA
Dexter Park Elementary School – Orange, MA
Quincy Jr/Sr High School – Quincy, MA
Oxford Middle School – Oxford, MA
Samoset Middle School - Leominster, MA
Placentino and Miller Schools, Holliston, MA
Reay E. Sterling Middle School – Quincy, MA
Hopedale Jr/Sr High School – Hopedale, MA
Whitin Elementary School – Uxbridge, MA
St. Monica School – Metheun, MA
Nathan Hale School – Roxbury, MA
Woodlawn Catholic Regional School – Pawtucket, RI
George West Elementary School – Providence, RI
St. Peter School – Warwick, RI
Wilbur and McMahon Schools – Little Compton, RI