Submitted By Jim DeVries, NE MN YES! Coordinator On May 2nd four of the six Northeast regional Youth Energy Summit (YES!) teams competed in the third annual “Spring Judging.” Each team shared a PowerPoint presentation of its accomplishments from this school year, and had time for a Q&A with the judges. The Wrenshall High School YES! Team took the “All Star” and “Goal Setting & Teamwork”
Grants
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City Climate Convening
Submitted By Ali Dahmes, West Central YES! Coordinator The Atwater – Cosmos – Grove City YES! team, made up of four members and one coach, had a very productive year educating elementary students on Arbor Day, educating the public about climate change, retrofitting parking lot light poles to LED, recycling shoes and Christmas lights, and installing a tree trench at their elementary school. On
Youth Energy Summit (YES!) Honored at Character Recognition Awards
Front row - Eric (YES! Student) Shelli-Kae Foster (YES! Program Manager); Mike Sunblad (Glencoe - Silver Lake YES! coach); Michaela (YES! Student); Michelle Isaacson (YES! Coordinator); Wanda Sommers Wall (Synergy & Leadership Exchange executive director) Back row - Cheryl Glaeser & Dave Pederson (YES! Program - Founders) ; Kole (YES! student); Kevin McHenry (MN Dept. of Education Asst.
First Annual YES! State Championship Award Ceremony Held At Target Field on May 21, 2017
The First Annual State Competition Award Ceremony was held at Target Field on May 21st, 2017. This event was attended by over 100 YES! students, coaches, staff, and supporters from 4 Youth Energy Summit (YES!) teams. Teams represented the following communities; Glencoe–Silver Lake, Wrenshall, Westbrook–Walnut Grove, and St. Cloud. YES! works hard to bring opportunities like these to its students
West Central Regional Judging Results
Congratulations to the West Central YES! Teams for yet another amazing year of hardworking students completing complex projects. This year’s West Central Regional Judging took place at Dahmes Stainless Inc. in New London, Minnesota where five judges from the community came together to assess accomplishments of the six West Central YES! Teams. Results: All-Star Award Recipient – Glencoe-Silver
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, Where Does Your Garbage Go?
On a warm Thursday afternoon, 32 students and teachers from the Youth Energy Summit (YES!) team, and three science classes at New Ulm Middle School attended the recent Composting Presentation at New Ulm Middle School on May 4, 2017. This presentation focused on the topic of composting, giving examples of how and why to do it. Betty Winkworth and Jane Dow from Mankato Zero Waste provided a bounty