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

Oakwood High School
2019 Senior OH
Oakwood High School
Oakwood, OH

Improving the World Around Us

Project Advisors

Heidi Edwards

Student Advisors

Will Midtbo, Alex House

Awards

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Oconnell Prep 2019
2019 Senior TX
O'Connell College Preparatory School
Galveston, TX

OC Green Team Full Steam Ahead

Project Advisors

Nina Corley

Student Advisors

Frank Fichera, Michael Simmons, Bianca Lobodin

Awards

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OConnell Prep 2020
2020 Senior TX
O'Connell College Preparatory School
Galveston, TX

Putting the Green Back in Galveston

Project Advisors

Nina Corley

Student Advisors

Walker Albert, Donovan Wilson

Awards

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O'Connell College Prep School
2021 Senior TX
O'Connell College Preparatory School
Galveston, TX

OC Green Team: Putting The Green Back On Galveston Island

Project Advisors

Nina Corley

Awards

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Northern Middle School
2021 Junior KY
Northern Middle School
Somerset, KY

An Energy Efficient Life

Project Advisors

Ashley Parrott

Awards

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North Pointe Elementary School
2019 Elementary KY
North Pointe Elementary School
Hebron, KY

North Pointe Recycling Team

Project Advisors

Casey Voisard

Awards

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North Middle School
2019 Junior KY
North Middle School
Radcliff, KY

Recycling Team

Project Advisors

Jodie Crowder

Student Advisors

Diego Herrada

Awards

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Newton Local Schools
2020 Elementary OH
Newton Local Schools
Pleasant Hill, OH

Newton Schools Energy Learning Project

Student Advisors

Nick Rhoades

Awards

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New Haven Elementary
2019 Elementary KY
New Haven Elementary
Union, KY

Straight to the Source

Project Advisors

Susan Anderson

Student Advisors

Karen Lenihan

Awards

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Myrtle Beach 2019
2019 Junior SC
Myrtle Beach Middle School
Myrtle Beach, SC

The Future is Now

Project Advisors

Katie Forrest

Student Advisors

Malik Gillard, Ja'Niyah Wood, George Sourlis, Vanessa Mujica-Sargent

Awards

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Myrtle Beach Middle School
2020 Junior SC
Myrtle Beach Middle School
Myrtle Beach, SC

Dashboard: Tracking Energy Production and Usage

Project Advisors

Katie Forrest

Student Advisors

George Sourlis, Kaylynn Jamison, Nicholas Timmons

Awards

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Mount Alvernia Academy 2019
2019 Elementary MA
Mount Alvernia Academy
Chestnut Hill, MA

STEM Fun Fair

Project Advisors

Maria Lyons

Student Advisors

Cynthia Francis, Hamilton Tsen

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.