Stonington Student Wins 'Energy Smarts' Award

STONINGTON, CT — Stonington student Zoe Turcotte was recently honored as a winner in the 20th Annual eesmarts Student Contest, according to a statement from the organization.

Zoe, a fifth-grade student at Dean Mills School, won 1st place for her Energy-Saving Superhero, Nature Nelly. Nature Nelly, along with her helpers, turns off lights and reminds their community of ways to save energy.

The contest invited students from across the state 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.

The contest is presented by Energize Connecticut in partnership with Eversource and Avangrid subsidiaries, United Illuminating, Southern Connecticut Gas and Connecticut Natural Gas.

More than 500 students across the state 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.

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