2024 YOUTH AWARD PROJECT SUBMISSIONS

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

Bishop Flaget 8th Grade
2019 Junior OH
Bishop Flaget
Chillicothe, OH

Why We Love Our School!

Student Advisors

Terrina Fahnestock

Awards

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Beloit High School Senior Project
2019 Senior KS
Beloit USD 273
Beloit, KS

Beloit Senior BTU Crew

Project Advisors

Brooke Hemmert

Student Advisors

Jordan Bogner, Sierra Shamburg and Laney Clark

Awards

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Beloit Junior High School
2019 Junior KS
Beloit USD 273
Beloit, KS

Beloit BTU Crew

Project Advisors

Christie Fouts

Student Advisors

Kyan Offutt, Grady Seyfert, Ethan Anderson, Ayden Loomis

Awards

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Environmentally Educating Our Community
2018 Junior IL
Bednarcik Junior High School
Aurora, IL

Environmentally Educating Our Community

Project Advisors

Amy Truemper

Student Advisors

Megan Schwab, Erin Hudson, Sam Mendoza

Awards

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Bednarcik Junior High School
2019 Junior IL
Bednarcik Junior High School
Aurora, IL

Creating a Difference in Our Community

Project Advisors

Amy Truemper

Student Advisors

Trisha Shukla, Saba Ahmed, Manya Srivastava

Awards

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Students Can Make a Difference
2020 Junior IL
Bednarcik Junior High School
Aurora, IL

Students Can Make a Difference

Project Advisors

Amy Truemper

Student Advisors

Manya Srivastava, Jessica Salins, Megan Patterson, Aarin Bothra, Abigail John

Awards

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We Grow Together
2021 Junior IL
Bednarcik Junior High School
Aurora, IL

We Grow Together: Sustainable Foundations

Project Advisors

Amy Truemper

Student Advisors

Abigail John, Denel Phinn, Lydia Gerety, Avika Dua, Leah Uthe

Awards

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Bath High School Light Bulb Project
2019 Senior OH
Bath High School
Lima, OH

Light Bulb Energy Project

Project Advisors

Daniel Grime

Student Advisors

Kaylee Grant, Dylan Grigsby

Awards

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Ballyshannon Middle School
2019 Junior KY
Ballyshannon Middle School
Union, KY

Ballyshannon Middle School’s Energy Team

Project Advisors

Jennifer White

Student Advisors

Isabella Ingram

Awards

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Crazy about Crayons
2019 Elementary KY
Anne Mason Elementary
Georgetown, KY

Crazy About Crayons

Project Advisors

Natasha Conlee

Student Advisors

Claire Stanley, Claire Inabinet, Keegan Bell, Audrey Heithoff

Awards

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Amanda CLearcreek School Energy Project
2020 Junior OH
Amanda Clearcreek Middle School
Amanda, OH

Ohio Energy Project

Project Advisors

Heather Evans

Awards

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Ohio ENergy Project 2020
2020 Elementary OH
Alum Creek Elementary
Lewis Center, OH

Ohio Energy Project: Lighting

Project Advisors

Erin Johnson

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.

FAQs

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

Program Guide

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

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.