School Contest Grades K-6

Teachers can submit their class for the School Contest for grades K-6. To enter, students must explain why saving energy is important and demonstrate what they can do to conserve. Entries should be a classroom effort. Individual classes must design an entry that is creative, informative and fun. A class can film a short video, write a book, record a song, design a poster or create an entry using another creative medium.

Deadline to Enter: February 28, 2025 by 4:00 PM

See official contest rules and regulations.

Prizes

There will be two Grand Prizes of Chapters gift cards valued at $2,500 and three Second Prizes of Chapters gift cards valued at $1,500 for each of the Sponsors’ service territories. (The “Sponsors” are Newfoundland Power Inc. and Newfoundland & Labrador Hydro.)

Eligibility

  • The contest is open to all grades k-6 classes in Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Each class may enter only once
  • Via the online submission form or mail to the school’s electricity service provider
  • Entries must be submitted by the teacher
  • Please include the school name and location, along with the teacher’s name, grade level and the number of students in the class
  • Video submissions should be a maximum of 5 minutes in length and uploaded to YouTube to share via web link. See instructions on how to make a YouTube video unlisted.

Criteria For Judging

  • Appearance and creativity
  • Accuracy of the message
  • Effectiveness (interesting and appealing to the audience)

Submit Entries to Your Utility

Via the online submission form or mail to your utility

School Contest:
Newfoundland Power c/o takeCHARGE
P.O. Box 8910
St. John’s NL, A1B 3P6
SchoolProgram@TakeChargeNL.ca
(709) 737-5500 Ext. 6136
School Contest:
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro c/o Elaine Cole
P.O. Box 12400
St. John’s NL, A1B 4K7
elainecole@nlh.nl.ca
(709) 737-4648

No entries will be returned. takeCHARGE retains all entries and reserves the right to select entries to be displayed, published and otherwise used to promote public awareness.

School Contest K-6
School Contest K-6

Submission Form

Please enter your information below to submit your entry to the School Contest

Maximum file size: 128MB

If you are experiencing trouble uploading or completing your submission, please contact us at SchoolProgram@TakeChargeNL.ca

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