Fifth Grader Wins Award for Energy Saving Idea

Fifth Grader Wins Award for Energy Saving Idea


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(KSL News) -- A Kaysville fifth grader's innovative idea to save energy earned her a national honor.

National Energy Foundation officials surprised Cassandra Collard at Heritage Elementary. The organization held a contest for students to find ways to save energy. Cassandra wrote an "I Spy" book to show off her ideas.

Fifth Grader Wins Award for Energy Saving Idea

Cassandra Collard, Energy Contest Winner: "In a real I Spy book you try to find the ways, and so that's what I did."

She's one of three national winners.

Cassandra and one of her parents will go on a free trip to Hawaii later this month. Then in June, she'll go on another trip to Washington, DC.

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