Area schools honored for energy curricula.BOSTON - Several area schools were honored for excellence in teaching about energy and the environment at a Statehouse state·house also state house n. A building in which a state legislature holds sessions; a state capitol. statehouse Noun NZ a rented house built by the government Noun 1. ceremony Friday. Environmental Undersecretary Phillip Griffiths Phillip Griffiths (born 1938) is an American mathematician, known for his work in the field of geometry, and in particular for the complex manifold approach to algebraic geometry. presented awards to 34 schools and three school districts at the 15th annual Secretary's Awards for Excellence in Energy and Environmental Education. The awards honored such programs and projects as wind feasibility studies, alternative fuel vehicles and river ecology. District awards went to Andover and Framingham public schools, and Berkshire Hills Berkshire Hills (bûrk`shər, –shĭr), mountainous region of wooded hills with many small lakes and streams, W Mass. The Berkshires are a southern extension of the Green Mts. Regional. Two Holden schools, Dawson Elementary School elementary school: see school. and Dr. Leroy E. Mayo Elementary School, were honored. Also honored were the John R. Briggs Elementary School in Ashburnham, Narragansett Regional High School in Baldwinville, Tahanto Regional High School in Boylston, Center for Technical Education in Leominster, Millville Elementary School, the Carrick-McCullogh Family (a home school), and Worcester Technical High School Worcester Technical High School (WTHS), is a vocational-technical high school in Worcester, Massachusetts. It opened on August 28, 2006 replacing the old Worcester Vocational High School (formerly Worcester Boys Trade School) in the middle of downtown Worcester. . Top winners were awarded $200 or $300 prizes through the Massachusetts Environmental Trust. |
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