Caywood Elementary's Energy WISE team hosted an energy awareness night for parents and staff.

1. Welcome to Energy Night at Caywood Elementary Sponsored by Caywood Elementary’s Energy WISE Team Wisdom Is Saving Energy

2. Caywood students welcome you! All visitors received a punch card to be punched at each learning station redeemable later for pizza and a soft drink!!

3. Did you know? Students use a lightboard to show how CFLs use less electricity than incandescent bulbs.

4. Hot…Hot…Hot! Students used solar panels to demonstrate how solar energy works

5. Easy Breezy…Wind Energy Wind Energy has been the fastest growing renewable energy source for the last decade and is the least expensive. It is clean, cost competitive at less than 5 cents a kilowatt and plentiful. Energy team students show off their wind mills to visitors

6. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Caywood students are active in their school recycling program by collecting paper for recycling from each classroom. The students also reminded everyone to recycle their empty soda cans at the end of the night.

7. Tips for Home The students offered these GREEN tips and more at Energy Night…

8. The Pledge It was a great night of energy efficient presentations from the Caywood Elementary Energy WISE team. Parents were asked to make a pledge to become energy efficient. All pledges were put in a drawing for some fabulous energy-wise gifts!!

9. Energy Night Wrap Up What a successful night for the Caywood Energy team. Many families came out for a great night of energy education, cool prizes and free pizza and soft drinks! ***Recycle those cans!***

10. Make Your Own Pledge Just visit http://www.menards.com/energystarPledgeFrame.do to make your very own pledge to be more energy efficient. Caywood Energy WISE team says Thank You!