Below are the State Farm grant recipients for 2009-10.

Arizona
Round Valley High School in Eagar
Project: Students will provide the high school with an alternative source of energy. The goal of this project is to provide the electrical power for the high school technology center by alternative means. The first phase of this project will be a 26-kilowatt photovoltaic array, which will provide the electricity for the technology center’s computers and lighting. Tours will be held at the school and a website will be set up to teach communities and other schools about the implication of alternative energy.

California
Edward C. Merlo Institute of Environmental Technology in Stockton 
Project: Students will turn an old vegetable garden into a sustainable living laboratory for the Science and Environmental Technology courses. They will incorporate a system to compost appropriate waste products from the school, such as shredded paper and cafeteria waste, and use the compost to improve the structure and fertility of the soil. The redesigned garden will also feature a solar powered water feature. This small pond will provide students in the biology class with a water-based ecosystem for analysis and study. Additionally the garden will provide the science class with soil, compost, and plant based organisms for study. 

Florida
Pinellas Technical Education Center in St. Petersburg
Project: Students will purchase a 2 KW photovoltaic system for an outdoor instructional laboratory teaching students about Green Jobs. As students install the system, they will learn their technical skills. In addition the system will enable the school to apply for a Florida energy rebate. Students will learn not just installation, but theory, testing and trouble shooting and the concept of Green Job Career Training.

Georgia
R. L. Osborne High School in Marietta
Project: Students will conduct “green renovations” for the school’s older buildings to make the school more energy efficient. The students created a plan to educate and convert the school to a healthy environment for students to learn, nurture, and grow. This project will increase the awareness and importance of the benefits of sustainable environmental design. It will create exposure and interest in “green careers” to the students.

Indiana
Heartland Career Center in Wabash
Project: Students will convert a gasoline-powered vehicle to a totally electric powered vehicle. The vehicle will be licensed and used by the school for local transportation and demonstration.

Maryland
Washington County Technical High School in Hagerstown
Project: Students will design, build and engineer a sustainable demonstration green classroom. This demonstration classroom will use a variety of environmentally green products, such as fifteen 220-Watt monocrystalline silicon photovoltaic solar panels, solar sun tubes, eco-friendly green construction, energy saving windows, and possibly geo-thermal wells/plumbing for heating/cooling.

Missouri
Current River Career Center in Doniphan
Project: Students will build two enclosed recycling trailers for community use to expand the recycling program. Currently the 17-year-old recycling trailer is in the community only one weekend a month and in need of repair and replacement. New trailers would be available round the clock, every day for the community. Student plans to also purchase and provide recycling containers in their schools and the community.

New Jersey
Hunterdon County Polytech Career Academy in Flemington
Project: Using an Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Educational Lab students will explore and understand of renewable energies and efficiency. Then, students will demonstrate how to use the lab and professional energy kit to ten local elementary schools.

Ohio
Fort Hayes Career Center in Columbus
Project: Students will make the collision repair program the first “green” educational setting in the central Ohio area by introducing and using waterborne products to reduce pollutants.

Texas
Lufkin High School in Lufkin
Project: Students will design and build a home to be donated to a local family or individual through Habitat for Humanity. Energy efficiency is paramount and will be used in the design and construction.

Washington
Bothell High School in Bothell
Project: Students will reduce the green house gas emissions emitted from vehicles waiting in lines at their school district elementary and middle school student drop off zones by collecting necessary data then working with the Washington State Department of Ecology to tabulate that data and extrapolate the amount of harmful emissions produced by those vehicles.  Students will then work with the Superintendent and School Board to install anti-idling signs and conduct a public awareness/education campaign.  

Wisconsin
Appleton East High School in Appleton
Project: Students will build a high mileage Bio-Diesel powered vehicle that is similar to a locomotive drive system. Students plans are to use a 2-cylinder diesel engine to power a generator, which in turn maintains the battery charge to power an electric motor, which drives the car. This project will be a joint effort, involving multiple disciplines.

Questions
Please direct all questions on the program Heidi Ambrose by calling 703-737-0615 or by e-mail at hambrose@skillsusa.org.