2023 YOUTH AWARDS WINNERS!

NEED is honored to recognize amazing students, teachers, and program leaders for their great work in energy education and community outreach each year. Winning projects reflect energy knowledge gains, energy outreach, community involvement, and student leadership.

 State Award Winner

 National Award Winner

 Outstanding Project Recognition

2023 Junior LA
St. Margaret Catholic School
Lake Charles, LA

Energy Awareness

Project Advisors

Judy Reeves

Student Advisors

Ava Suire, Paige Robertson, Meagan McGee, Sicily Willis

Awards

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2023 Junior LA
Capitol Middle School
Baton Rouge, LA

Voltage Drop

Project Advisors

Donald Esteen

Student Advisors

Selina, Devohn

Awards

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2023 Junior KY
Ockerman Middle School
Florence, KY

Learning, Sharing, and Having Fun with Energy

Project Advisors

Jennifer Davis

Student Advisors

Karma Ferguson, Adi Kenwright, Ava Rogers

Awards

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2023 Junior IL
Winfield Central School
Winfield, IL

Winfield Energy Club 2022-2023

Project Advisors

Cori Nelson

Student Advisors

Dominic Tibble, Will Pereckas

Awards

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2023 Junior GA
Clarke Middle School
Athens, GA

Energized Kids Leading the Way!

Project Advisors

Audrey Hughes

Student Advisors

Dan Bray, Da'Miya Roberts-Taylor, Liam Rocks

Awards

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2023 Junior AL
Rochester School
Bogota, Colombia, AL

Energy, Service, and Action

Project Advisors

Matthew Reis

Student Advisors

Laura Pardo

Awards

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2023 Elementary TX
High Point Academy
Fort Worth, TX

Don’t Throw it Away, Recycle for Another Day

Project Advisors

Ashley Washington

Student Advisors

D'Asia Jones, Sylas Kent, Jonathan Scott

Awards

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2023 Elementary PA
Afton Elementary School
Yardley, PA

Afton Environmental Protector’s Club (EPC)

Project Advisors

Kristin Slota

Student Advisors

Avery Cumberland, Pyper Reid, Ben Revness, Vivienne Gallagher, Lucy Schopfer, Hailey Powell, Luca Incontro, Kai-Li Pine

Awards

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2023 Elementary OK
William R. Teague
Wagoner, OK

Learning About Energy

Project Advisors

Julie Valsaint

Student Advisors

Lily Young, Stone Shaffer, Taya Stanley, Zoey Martin

Awards

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2023 Elementary NC
Reedy Fork Elementary
Greensboro, NC

Power Projects

Project Advisors

Tracee Weathersby

Student Advisors

Hayden Gee, Kavach Patel

Awards

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2023 Junior MA
Mount Alvernia Academy
Chestnut Hill, MA

LED Lights the Way

Project Advisors

Maria Lyons

Student Advisors

Anastasia Alfonkin, Eric Gentile, Caroline McRoskey, Cameron Power

Awards

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2023 Elementary MD
Washington Episcopal School
Bethesda, MD

Energy Savers Plan

Project Advisors

Katherine Owens

Awards

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Youth Awards Resources

Project Guidelines

Information about starting and finishing your project, formatting and presentation, adding a video, and submitting your work.

Project Guidelines

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions about the Youth Awards, project submissions, and participation.

FAQS

Program Guide

Full information about the Youth Awards in convenient e-publication or .pdf download format.

Program Guide
Group of students around a Youth Awards poster

The Youth Awards Program is great for all schools—new to energy education, or veteran. Projects and outreach completed for the program provide opportunity for enrichment and engagement, as well as an opportunity for your students, classroom, and school to shine.

NEED schools have outstanding classroom-based programs in which students learn about energy. Some schools have student leaders who extend these activities into their communities. To recognize outstanding achievement and reward this leadership, The NEED Project conducts the National Youth Awards Program for Energy Achievement. 

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