South Windsor Student Wins Recognition In Energy Smarts Contest

SOUTH WINDSOR, CT — William Chan, a sixth-grade student at Timothy Edwards Middle School, was recently honored as a winner 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 for the first time, inviting educators to gather their students and friends and create a song or video about saving energy in their own classrooms.

Chan took second place for his persuasive letter to his dad explaining how being more energy efficient can help their family save money.

In the letter, he outlined several energy efficiency tips, such as unplugging appliances and electronics when they’re not being used, using less hot water, and opening windows instead of using the air conditioner.

More than 500 students throughout Connecticut submitted projects for consideration. Thirty-five 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 and received their prizes and certificates.