BP America Awards $1 Million in Grants and Scholarships to Southern California Teachers
02 Junio 2008 - 11:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
BP Funds 90 A+ for Energy Teacher Projects LOS ANGELES, June 2
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BP America, through its successful A+ for
Energy program, will award $1,000,000 in grants and scholarships to
Southern California teachers for creative classroom, after-school,
extra-curricular and summer activities involving energy education
and conservation. In all, 90 projects from Los Angeles, San
Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, San Diego and Kern counties will be
awarded cash grants of $5,000 or $10,000. A complete list of
winners is included at the end of this release. "Teachers are
brimming with ingenious ways to teach students about the importance
of renewable power sources and energy conservation," said Crystal
Ashby, Vice President Government and Public Affairs for BP America.
"It's an honor for BP to provide these A+ for Energy grants so that
teachers have the funds necessary to implement those ideas,
teaching future generations to become responsible environmental
stewards." In addition to the grant award, BP will provide winning
teachers with a scholarship to attend a three-day energy training
conference, sponsored by BP and presented in partnership with the
National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project and the
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The all-inclusive
scholarship will cover the cost of travel, meals, lodging and a kit
of instructional materials (tools and resources for teaching energy
activities) valued at $500. Winning teachers will be honored at a
special ceremony on Thursday, June 26 at the Museum of Latin
American Art in Long Beach. About BP BP, a global energy provider,
plans to invest up to $8 billion over the next ten years in
alternative energy sources. Everyday, BP provides energy solutions
to approximately 13 million customers in more than 100 countries
and is the single, global brand formed by the combination of the
former British Petroleum, Amoco Corporation, Atlantic Richfield
(ARCO) and Burmah Castrol. For more information, visit
http://www.bp.com/. About NEED NEED focuses on teaching students
and teachers about energy. NEED works with the education community
and the energy industry to design and distribute hands-on,
science-based educational materials for grades K-12 that supports
the California curriculum standards for science, English, language
arts, mathematics, history and social science. NEED training
prepares teachers to implement innovative energy programs in their
classrooms. For more information about NEED, visit
http://www.need.org/. About NREL The National Renewable Energy
Laboratory develops renewable energy and energy efficiency
technologies and practices, advances related science and
engineering, and transfers knowledge and innovations to address the
nation's energy and environmental goals. For more information,
please visit http://www.nrel.gov/. Lead Teacher School Name/Project
City Marie Ibsen Park School Alhambra Project Growing Lab Michele
Bennett Journey School Alisa Viejo Energy Outpost Allison Arnold
Sierra Middle School Bakersfield The Green Classroom Harmon Glantz
Brea Olinda High School Brea Follow the Sun Tracy Holbert Elizabeth
Dickerson Buena Park Elementary Junior Solar Chefs Wendy Shaner
Canyon Spring Canyon County Elementary School Nature's Energy at
Work June Honsberger La Costa Canyon High Carlsbad School Saving
Energy through Recycling at LCC Lisa Cottrell-Fulbright Annalee
Avenue Carson Elementary LEARN School Panther Sol Linda Williams
Towne Avenue School Carson Towne Avenue's Solar Energy Project
Xavier Estacio Caroldale LEARNing Carson Community Power to the
People Kelley Bieringer James Workman Middle Cathedral City School
The Great Energy Debate Roy Hayashida 156th Street Gardena Energy,
Camera, Action! Charlie Flint Hawthorne Math and Hawthorne Science
Academy Using Water to Store Solar and Wind Energy Jay Winters
Sultana High School Hesperia Introduction to Alternative Fuels Kim
Allen Eastshore Elementary Irvine School Moving Towards a
Sustainable Future Tom Traeger La Canada High School La Canada
Solar Energy Enlightment Daniel Rupert The Preuss School La Jolla
Sustainability for "Scale Model Solar Heating" Padmini Kishore La
Mirada High School La Mirada Photosynthesis to Photovoltaics -- Got
to GO GREEN Norma Williamson La Mirada High School La Mirada Wave
of the Future Energy Program Judith Holmes La Mirada High School La
Mirada Wave of the Future Energy Program Doris Pippen Thomas Erwin
La Puente Elementary School Energy Alive Maria Busatto Roosevelt
Elementary Long Beach School The Wind Maya Smith Prisk School Long
Beach Our Sun -- The Perfect Star Jamie Vallianos-Healy Tincher
Preparatory Long Beach School NRG -- "News Reporting on Green
Lifestyles and Beyond" Tara Lobis Thomas Edison Long Beach
Elementary School Energy Awareness Overtime and Across the
Curriculum Kenneth Fisher Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Long Beach High
School Solar Energy in Algebra 1 Justin Cutts Del Oro High School
Lomis Alternative Energy PSA's Marvin Martin Vista Del Mar Los
Angeles A Hydrogen Economy; Beyond Hydrocarbons Glenn Bybee Brett
Harte Preparatory Los Angeles Middle School Student-Drive
Exploration of Earth's Precious Energy Resources Judith Ann Wright
St. Brendan School Los Angeles "Be the Light" Energy Conservation
Project Derrick Chau Marc and Eva Stern Math Los Angeles and
Science School The Mysteries of Our Earth's Winds Janet Tran Camino
Nuevo High Los Angeles School Charter Academy The Camino Nuevo
Energy Efficiency Initiative Felicitas Adame-Reyes Alexander
Science Center Los Angeles School Energy Brigade Jennifer Epps
Synergy Charter Los Angeles Academy Energy Educators Manuel
Sandoval Gompers Middle School Los Angeles Gompers Middle School
Renewable Resource Taskforce Elizabeth De Sa The Woolman Semester
Nevada City Solar Panels -- Sustainable Energy Production JaDonne
Gyswyt El Modena High School Orange Using Technology to Teach
Nuclear Energy Anastasia Betts Seven Arrows Elementary Pacific
Palisades School The MASTERS Program: Math and Science Team for
Energy Resource Solutions Graham Robertson Palos Verdes High School
Palos Verdes Estates Renewable Energy Vehicle Technology Sigird
Hillscan Pacific Community Point Arena Charter School
Transportation Resource Energy Education (TREE) Angela Williams
Sacred Heart Academy Redlands Energy Garden: Growing Personal
Awareness Linda Jirsa Arlington High School Riverside "Watts Up?
Solar Power: Applied, Applied, Applied" Ronald Skaggs Norte Vista
High School Riverside A GREEN HOME Sheri Harris Arlington High
School Riverside Change is Blowing in the Wind & on the Water
... Quantitative analysis of Wind and Water Alternative E Denise
Turner Camino Real Elementary Riverside School Energy Use: Ancient
Origins and Future Possibilities Deborah Rezvani Killian Elementary
Rowland Heights Exploring Energy -- Life Cycles of Various Types of
Energy Gay Young Kumeyaay Elementary San Diego School Renewable
Sources of Electricity Michelle Raymond Multimedia and Visual San
Diego Arts School -- Crawford Complex Crawford EmPower Solar
Project Matthew Heller Mission High School San Francisco Energy at
Pie Ranch: Exploring Energy through Environmental Education Franck
Reynaud Lycee International of Santa Ana Los Angeles Trash or
treasure? From waste to compost Ben Balarie Santa Fe High School
Santa Fe Springs Zero-Emission Hydrogen Generation Lori Rutherford
Santa Fe High School Santa Fe Springs The Rise and Fall of
Petroleum in Santa Fe Springs Samuel Estrada Stanford Avenue South
Gate Elementary Energy and Wind Marisol Anaya Stanford Avenue South
Gate Elementary School Energy from the Sun Peter Keuper San Miguel
Elementary South Gate School 10,000 BC to BP Beyond Petroleum from
Fossils to Fuels Without a Footprint Gabriel Rodriguez Stanford
Avenue South Gate Elementary Heat from Below Benjamin Scott West
Ranch High School Stevenson Ranch The Chemistry of Biodiesel
Barbara Heughins Van Deene Elementary Torrance "Robotic Energy" Sue
O'Donovan South High School Torrance Harnessing the Wind at South
High Kathleen Flynn South High School Torrance Exploring Solar
Energy Holly Evans Hickory Elementary Torrance School Think Green
Lorena Woo Halldale Avenue School Torrance Solar Scholar Club
Debbie Park South High School Torrance Energy Conservation Year 2:
Using Media for Public Service Messages David Geller Upland High
School Upland Upland Unplugged David Geller Upland High School
Upland Solar Racers Crandolyn Smith Pioneer Junior High Upland
School Wind Generation Willard Ripley Upland High School Upland
Upland Auto Shop Solar/Wind Vehicle Peter Hansen Guajome Park
Academy Vista "The Answer is Blowin' in the Wind" Peter Hansen
Guajome Park Academy Vista Watts Up, Watts Down! Troy Icenhower La
Colima Elementary Whittier School Making a Difference Again-
"Continuing to Make a Difference" James Gregson Banning High School
Wilmington Student Research Agents In the Community Oscar Salas
Phineas Banning High Wilmington School California Energy Resources
Maps Melissa Harris Ambler Avenue Carson Elementary School Super
Kinders promote energy conservation and learn about biomass! Eric
Antuna Agua Caliente Elementary Cathedral City School Conservation:
What Can We Do? Brianna Rojas Robert Louis Stevenson Los Angeles
Middle School Green City Project Felicia Burt Theodore Roosevelt
High Los Angeles School L.A. River and Pacific Ocean Biomass Angus
MacDonald Santee Education Los Angeles Complex MUSICAL REVUE:
Conserving Resources and Using Energy Wisely Narciso Rodriguez
Stanford Avenue South Gate Elementary School Hydropower: A
Renewable Resource Pam Cap Ambler Avenue & Ambler Carson Magnet
School The Powerful Sun Lillia Torres St. Philomena School Carson
Energy Awareness Ambassadors Kerry-Ann Smith Annalee Avenue Carson
Elementary School Annalee Conserves Donna Taylor Glenn Hammond
Curtiss Carson Middle School Think globally and act locally for the
success of the environment Linda Nutile Andrew Carnegie Middle
Carson School The Biomass Project: Creating the Carnegie "Green
Squad" Sandra Bruesch Gretchen Whitney High Cerritos School The
Green House Project Paul Osuna Rancho Del Rey Middle Chula Vista
School Innovations With Energy Grace Kim Denker Avenue Gardena
Elementary School A multidisciplinary thematic unit on hydropower
Candace Jennings Prisk School Long Beach Alternative Energy -- Our
Future John Jacobson Millikan High School Long Beach Energy
Software Solutions, Inc. Kris Duangnapa Marc and Eva Stern Math Los
Angeles and Science School Powering the Cars of Tomorrow Mark
Powell Santa Margarita Catholic Rancho Santa Margarita High School
Save a Watt A+ for Energy(R) is a registered trademark of the
Atlantic Richfield Company. DATASOURCE: BP CONTACT: Saundra
Halgrimson of Cerrell Associates Inc., +1-323-466-3445, for BP; or
Cindy Wymore of BP, +1-714-228-6780 Web site: http://www.bp.com/
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