Farmington Pupils Show Sustainability Prowess In State Contest

Energize Connecticut

FARMINGTON, CT – Showing off their sustainability tendencies, Farmington students Anaya Arora, Aarshvi Naik, and Amrya Nath were recently honored in the 20th Annual eesmarts Student Contest.

Presented by Energize Connecticut in partnership with Eversource and Avangrid subsidiaries, United Illuminating, Southern Connecticut Gas, and Connecticut Natural Gas, the eesmarts Student Contest invited Connecticut students in grades K-12 to showcase their energy smarts.

Participants chose from a variety of project formats based on their grade level, including poems, essays, posters, billboard advertisements, comic strips, short videos, persuasive images, and more.

Additionally, to celebrate the 20-year milestone, a teacher prompt was introduced, inviting educators to gather their students and friends and create a song or video about saving energy in their own classrooms.

West Woods Upper Elementary School students, Aarshvi, Amrya, and Anaya competed in the fifth-grade category and created "Energy-Saving Superhero" posters.

Aarshvi and Amrya both received second place for their superhero posters – “Breeza: The Wind Girl” and “Katie the Waterbender.”

These superheroes use renewable energy sources to generate electricity for their communities.

Anaya received third place for her “Energy Girl” poster.

Energy Girl helps her community by reminding people to do energy-saving tasks such as turning off lights and using sunlight, riding a bike, and using less water.

More than 500 students throughout Connecticut submitted projects for consideration and 35 entries from 26 schools in 25 Connecticut communities were selected as this year’s finalists.

Finalists attended an awards ceremony on May 13, at the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford and received their prizes and certificates.

For more information on the student contest and the EESmart program, visit www.EnergizeCT.com/eesmarts.