Milford Student Wins 'Energy Smarts' Competition

Information via eesmarts

MILFORD, CT – Milford student Eleanor Apicella was recently honored as a winner in the 19th 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.

Eleanor, a Kindergarten student at Pumpkin Delight Elementary School, was awarded 2nd place for her poster that shows someone turning the lights off as a way to save energy.

More than 600 students throughout Connecticut submitted projects for consideration. Twenty-nine entries from 19 schools in 16 Connecticut communities were selected as this year’s finalists.

Finalists attended an awards ceremony on May 7, 2024 at the Connecticut Science Center and received their prize and certificate.

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