Fourteen elementary school students, including three from Lynnfield, were recently honored at a ceremony at Reading Municipal Light Department for their prize-winning entries in the Annual RMLD T-shirt Art Contest.

A first, second and third place winner from each town and two honorable mentions from the Town of Reading were selected in the contest that encourages third and fourth graders to be more energy conscious, to be aware of their own impact on the environment and to be safe around electricity.

The annual contest coincides with RMLD’s annual Public Power Week/Energy Awareness Month activities.

Reading third graders and fourth graders from North Reading, Wilmington and Lynnfield submitted entries in this year’s contest. The winners were selected based on the message and the artwork on the T-shirts.

The winning entries were displayed at RMLD’s Reading Business Office and on a calendar presented to the students and their families at the ceremony. Each elementary school in the RMLD service area has also received calendars for its classrooms. RMLD General Manager Vin Cameron and members of the RMLD Board of Light Commissioners recognized the following students at the awards ceremony:

Lynnfield: 

1^st place – Ravyn Everett, Huckleberry Hill School

2^nd place –Monet LoPilato, Huckleberry Hill School

3^rd place –Kaleigh Gibbons, Huckleberry Hill School

Reading:

1^st place –Kate Simpson, Barrows School

2^nd place –Andrew Daley, Joshua Eaton School

3^rd place –Rose Piazza, Killam School

Honorable Mention – Lindsay VanderZouwen, Wood End School.

Honorable Mention – Matthew Mejail, Birch Meadow School;

North Reading:

1^st place –Alexis Demetri, JT Hood School

2^nd place –Elizabeth Barrett, E.E. Little School

3^rd place – Sarah Potter, Batchelder School

Wilmington:

1^st place –Brandon Moy, North Intermediate School

2^nd place –Vincent Scalfani, North Intermediate School

3^rd place –Evelyn Miller- Nuzzo, West Intermediate School

In addition to their individual recognition, the first place winners, Kate Simpson, Barrows School; Alexis Demetri, JT Hood School; Brandon Moy, North Intermediate School; and Ravyn Everett, Huckleberry Hill School al so won a $200 art gift certificate from RMLD for their schools.