Students submitted projects to the statewide contest promoting sustainability, energy efficiency, and clean and renewable energy.

Kayla Aroesty. Courtesy photo

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West Hartford students Kayla Aroesty, Sarelka Gopin, Farrah Santopietro, and Julianne Tiu were recently honored as winners in the 18^th Annual eesmarts Student Contest.

Presented by Energize Connecticut Sponsors Eversource and Avangrid, Inc. subsidiaries, United Illuminating, Southern Connecticut Gas and Connecticut Natural Gas, the eesmarts Student Contest invites Connecticut students in grades K-12 to showcase their energy smarts.

Participants were able to choose from a variety of project formats, based on their grade level, including poems, essays, news articles, book reviews, posters, photographs, speeches, public service announcements, community-oriented projects, and more.

Julianne, a first-grader at St. Thomas and St. Timothy School, won first place for her poster that highlighted four ways to save energy.

Farrah Santopietro. Courtesy photo

New England Jewish Academy students Kayla and Farrah also submitted posters for the first-grade category. Kayla’s poster earned second place and Farrah received third place.

A third-grade student at New England Jewish Academy, Sarelka received third place for her energy-saving short story submission.

Students from 18 schools in 15 Connecticut communities submitted their work for consideration. Twenty-five entries were selected as this year’s winners and each finalist received a prize box with a gift card and certificate.

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

Kayla Aroesty’s poster. Courtesy photo

Farrah Santopietro’s poster. Courtesy photo

About Energize Connecticut

Energize Connecticut helps you save money and use clean energy. It 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. Information on energy-saving programs can be found at EnergizeCT.com or by calling 1.877.WISE.USE.

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