In the February and March 2012, Energy Service Corps education volunteers have taught more than 850 K-12 students from Mountain View Elementary, Diamond Point Elementary, Sumner Elementary, Sycamore Elementary, Chaparral Elementary, and Decker Elementary around Pomona, Claremont, and Ontario.

Students learnt about the energy conservation and efficiency. Volunteers used creative lessons combined with general environmental issues facing us today to make students more aware of the importance of saving energy and using renewable resources.

 Students were also given pre and post - tests in order to determine how much they had actually learnt from our education sessions. About 80% of students improved on the test, which shows that these education sessions are really helpful to encourage students to conserve energy and build up their sense of responsibility for our environment.

 This experience was not only beneficial to students who have been taught, but also for volunteers who have participated in it. As one of the education volunteer Morgan said: “I had a wonderful time teaching the kids and loved hearing their engaged responses to our questions. It is really great to see them really engaged and learning about how to conserve energy”. The education session was a great opportunity for volunteers to give back to the community and enjoy the fun class involvement.

 The next Education Week is from April 2^nd to April 6^th. We hope more volunteers can join us and more students can know the importance of saving energy. 

Student volunteers from the Claremont Colleges chapter of CALPIRG Energy Service Corps had a mission to educate 250 K-12 students in Inland Empire schools and local community groups about energy conservation during Energy Education Week, November 14th to November 18th.  Volunteers ended up teaching 516 kids, more than surpassing the goal of reaching 250 kids in one week. Lessons were taught throughout the week at the Pomona YMCA, Montessori Preschool, Chaparral Elementary, Oakmont Elementary, and at other Inland Empire area schools and after-school programs.
Check out this article about Education Week that was published by a local newspaper!

Our education program is getting started! Volunteers will help educated K-12 students in the Claremont community about energy conservation and efficiency. Interested in volunteering? Contact Liza Baskir at lbaskir@students.pitzer.edu for more information.

Our main focus right now is to generate a list of schools to prepare to start our energy education sessions in October.  Our goal for Friday was to get a list of 100 schools or 100 educational organizations to contact, and we reached about 140! We are looking to contact after school organizations so that the Energy Service Corp chapter of Pomona can partner with them to foster greater awareness of energy efficiency.  If you have time, it would be nice if you could send names and contact information about schools. This week, we will begin calling schools and other organizations during the day on Friday. Meet for phone-banking at the Pit-stop cafe at 3 pm on Friday. Next week we will start training volunteers and making lesson plans!