Past Winners

2022 Winners

Thank you to all of the students who participated in this contest. Over 26 entries were received.

The $1,000 first place prize was awarded to Herdon Elementary School from Herndon, VA for their proposal called, “Purple Martin Bird Towers.”

Final Place Award Teacher Proposal Name School
1 $1,000 Mark Mosely Purple Martin Towers Herndon Elementary School
2 $900 Sheri Sharwarko Creating Shade for Our Creek Jamestown Elementary School
3 $800 Faiza Alam Make the Most Out of Compost Katherine Johnson Middle School
4 $700 Kirk Treakle Native Trees Rachel Carson Middle School
5 $600 Kirk Treakle Bird Garden Rachel Carson Middle School
6 $500 Kirk Treakle Leveling up Our Rain Garden Rachel Carson Middle School
7 $450 Mary Breslin Potomac Protectors Operation Clean-Up George Washington Middle School
8 $400 Teresa Dobler Runoff Education Washington Latin Public Charter School
9 $350 Kelly Haisfield Clean Up Angel Park George Washington Middle School
10 $300 Kirk Treakle Plastic Reduction Rachel Carson Middle School

2021 Winners

Proposal Name School Teacher
Turbidity Terminators Bel Air Middle School Kristie Smith
Adopt-A-Drain YEAS Elise Trelegen
Restoring the Serene Ravine Broadneck High School Limbacher
RCMS Garden Project Rachel Carson Middle School Kirk Treakle
Plastic Reduction at our School Rachel Carson Middle School Kirk Treakle
No-Mow Zone Reservoir High School Jessica Kohout
The Future for Green Energy in Public Places Rachel Carson Middle School Kirk Treakle
Our Watershed – Composted Based Action Plan Reservoir High School Jessica Kohout
Ridding the Hague of Pollution The Hague School Michaela Ednie
Wi High Rain Garden YEAS Elise Trelegen

2020 Winners

School Name Teacher Advisor Project Name
Robert Frost Middle School Sue Murphy Let it grow
Langley High School Suzanne Chinn DIVVY
George Washington Middle School Kelly Haisfield Reducing Waste by Recycling
Eastern Middle School Tanya Rowe Eastern Cutlery Organization
George Washington Middle School Jessica Owens Lead in Water
Rachel Carson Middle School Kirk Treakle The Bluebird Boxes
Lanier Middle School Faiza Alum A Fast, Classed, Unsurpassed Filter
George Washington Middle School Jessica Owens Erosion and Water Pollution
Marriotts Ridge High School Karen Luniewski Eradicating Invasive Species and Introducing Native Plants in Garden
Kenmore Middle School Dottie Lydon Seed Vending Machine

2019 Winners

First Place Finalists Lanier Middle School
First Place Finalists Lanier Middle School
Final Place Award Project School Name
1 $1,000 Revitalizing Our Bioretention Cell Lanier Middle School
2 $900 Bioswale Kent Island Middle School
3 $800 Rain Garden Rachel Carson
4 $700 Utensil-Packet-Replacement Kenmore Middle School
5 $600 Alternative to Rock Salt Frost Middle School
6 $500 The Invasion of the Koi at Lake Anne Dogwood Elementary School
7 $450 Students Water Conservation Society George Washington Middle School
8 $400 Life Saver Solutions School Without Walls at Francis Stevens
9 $350 Project Nature Berlin Intermediate School
10 $300 Recycling Electronics and Batteries Kenmore Middle School