WeHa First-Grader Wins First-Place In Pro-Energy Art Contest

Energize CT

WEST HARTFORD, CT — West Hartford student Elizabeth Johnson 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 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.

Elizabeth, a third-grader at Bugbee Elementary School, won first place for her limericks that provided tips on how you can save energy at home and at school.

For energy-saving home tips, Elizabeth suggests taking short showers, turning off the lights and lowering the heat.

She also encourages her readers to “be cool and help our school” by walking and turning off screens and lights.

More than 600 students throughout Connecticut submitted projects for consideration amd 29 entries from 19 schools in 16 Connecticut communities were selected as this year’s finalists.

Finalists attended an awards ceremony on May 7 at the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford and received a prize and certificate.

Energize Connecticut is an initiative of the Energy Efficiency Fund, the Connecticut Green Bank, the State, Eversource, UI, SCG, and CNG with funding from a charge on customer energy bills.

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