1st Annual Contest Winners

The subject for this year's contest was "What I do in my town to save energy and lessen global climate change". From over 90 contest submissions covering three towns and five schools here are the winners:


Bethany Community School

• 1st Prize, Ella Halpine, Grade 5 - poster
• 2nd Prize, Ms Sinclair's Class, Grade 1 - poster
• Honorable Mention, Betsy Frieden, Grade 2 - poem
• Honorable Mention, Evan Gentile, Grade 6 - poster

Bethany Middle School

• 1st Prize, Miles Halpine, Grade 8 - poster
• 2nd Prize, Eddie Walsh, Grade 8 - poster
• Honorable Mention, Rashmi Pashankar, Grade 7 - essay

Beecher Road School

• 1st Prize, Isabella Buda, Grade 6 - essay
• 2nd Prize, Howard Ding, Grade 2 - poster
• Honorable Mention, Kadan Lattick, Grade 4 - poster

Orange Middle School

• 1st Prize, Zelun Wang, Grade 8 - video
• 2nd Prize, Jared Loewenthal, Grade 7 - essay

Amity High School

• 1st Prize, Lauren Fox, Grade 10 - video
• 2nd Prize, Daniel Provenzano and Vinnie Adinolfi, Grades 11 and 12 - video
• Honorable Mention, Jake Honig and Michaela Papa, Grade 12 - video
• Honorable Mention, Margaux Farrell, Grade 12 - video

The official award ceremony will take place on May 17th at "Bethany Earth Day 2008". Prizes include Apple iPods, Barnes and Noble gift cards, a Savings Bond, and special awards for honorable mentions.

Photos of the posters, PDF versions of the essays, and the full videos will be available for viewing soon. Check back soon to see them!