| Educators Honored for Implementing Innovative Classroom Activities that Promote Energy Education and Conservation WARRENVILLE, Ill., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- BP, through its successful A+ for Energy(R) program, will award $750,000 in grants and scholarships to Chicagoland teachers for creative classroom, after-school, extra-curricular or summer activities involving energy education and conservation. In all, 70 projects from Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will counties will be awarded cash grants of $5,000 or $10,000. These projects will engage 152 educators and benefit more than 30,000 students during the 2008-2009 school year. "We are extremely pleased to recognize some of Chicagoland's top teachers, whose creativity in the classroom inspires and encourages students to be good energy consumers," said Doris Salomon, BP Community Affairs Director - Midwest US. "Thanks to the winning teachers, thousands of students will learn about energy conservation and the importance of diverse energy sources." 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 (list attached) will be honored at a special ceremony on Wednesday, June 18 at 6 p.m. at the Symphony Center in Chicago. About BP
BP is one of the world's largest oil and gas companies, serving millions of customers every day in more than 100 countries across six continents. BP's business activities are in exploration and production, refining and marketing, and its low-carbon BP Alternative Energy division. Through these businesses, BP provides fuel for transportation, energy for heat and light, retail services, and petrochemical products. For more information, please visit http://www.bp.com/us . COOK COUNTY LEAD TEACHER SCHOOL NAME/PROJECT CITY Cynthia House Olive-Mary Stitt School Arlington Heights Energy Explorations at Olive-Mary Stitt School Amy Andrews Abraham Lincoln Elementary School Chicago How Cool is School? Living Green: What does it Mean? Melissa Fleming Bronzeville Academic Center Chicago Energy, Community, and Me Jose Contreras- Carson Elementary School Chicago Espinoza Mi Casa es tu Casa Ophelia Lee- D.S. Wentworth Elementary School Chicago Doyle Let's Go Hydro Todd Bittorf Donald L. 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