NASHVILLE The Department of Economic and Community Developments Tennessee Energy Education Network (TEEN) held their annual Energy Education Awards Luncheon on May 13, 2010 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Nashville. More than 100 students and teachers statewide attended the event which recognizes winners in TEENs Energy Art Project and the National Energy Education Development (NEED) Youth Awards for Energy Achievement Competition. TEEN, in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority and Tennessee Department of Education, sponsored an Energy Art Project for students in second and seventh grades earlier this year. The contest, Think Clean, Think Green, Its in the Bag!, asked students to create a design for a reusable shopping bag. First place winners received $500, second place winners received $300, and third place winners received $200, while the six winning teachers-sponsors received $200 for the classroom. Energy Art Project Winners: – Jessica Brady, Spring Hill Elementary School, Spring Hill 1st Place, Second Grade – Caley Harris, Huntingdon Primary School, Huntingdon 2nd Place, Second Grade – Alaina Francel, Jack Anderson Elementary School, Hendersonville 3rd Place, Second Grade – Tate Butler, Bethel Springs Elementary School, Bethel Springs 1st Place, Seventh Grade – Lauren Whiteman, Freedom Middle School, Franklin 2nd Place, Seventh Grade – Boyoung Nam, West Valley Middle School, Knoxville 3rd Place, Seventh Grade Their artwork will be reproduced on reusable …
