[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 85 (Thursday, June 29, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1144]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  IN RECOGNITION OF THE EXCELLENCE OF ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL'S NATIONAL 
               ENERGY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TEAM

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                            HON. ROB PORTMAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 28, 2000

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Anderson High 
School's NEED (National Energy Education Development) Project Team. 
Anderson High School is in Ohio's Second Congressional District, and 
its team was recognized as the Senior Level School of the Year by the 
NEED Project at the 2000 Youth Awards Program for Energy Achievement. 
The NEED Project is a nonprofit education association dedicated to 
developing and distributing comprehensive, hands-on energy education 
programs to schools nationwide. NEED encourages and rewards student 
leadership by sponsoring a Youth Awards Program for Energy Achievement.
  Anderson High School's NEED Project Team was chosen as the Senior 
Level School of the Year for its outstanding work to promote energy 
awareness through the design and delivery of objective, multi-sided 
energy education programs. The team participants are Jayne Everson, 
Steve Grindle, Matt Radcliffe, David Drabousky, Mike Jurek, and David 
Zitt. Also fundamental to the team's success are student webmasters 
William Hawkins III and Martine Lamy and student game designer Brian 
Huneke. The team, led by its dedicated faculty advisor, Jeff Rodriguez, 
traveled to Washington, D.C. to receive its award on June 26, 2000.
  The work of Anderson High School's NEED Project Team includes: 
evaluation of energy conservation improvements at its school; research 
of scientific applications for solar energy; and the presentation of 
energy education workshops and carnivals at local elementary schools, 
middle schools, high schools, and colleges and universities.
  The team also developed and implemented an outstanding website 
(www.LeamAboutEnergy.org) to raise energy awareness to thousands of 
students, educators, and others around the world in classrooms ranging 
from Australia to Switzerland. The material on its website focuses on 
objective energy related education for students in middle school. It 
features games that teach the fundamentals of energy, including 
``Energy Jeopardy'' and ``What's My Name?''; an energy fact of the day; 
energy discussion boards; greeting cards about energy; and Internet 
broadcasts.
  The website also provides valuable tools for teachers. It offers 
links to online energy facts and information on how to conserve energy 
at home; an online textbook; energy lesson plans; quizzes to test 
students' knowledge of different types of energy; PowerPoint 
presentations about energy; and contact information for additional 
teaching resources.
  We are very proud of the accomplishments of Anderson High School's 
NEED Project Team. All of us in the Cincinnati area congratulate these 
students and their advisor on receiving the Senior Level School of the 
Year award.

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