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Student Project Wins ACAMIS Award
Grady Singleton ( Communications )
For three BCIS Grade 10 students – John , Angus and Jia Rong – a seemingly normal science class last year turned into something extraordinary . When studying sustainability and renewable energy , their teacher , Dina , brought up a solar panel project started at the school by two BCIS alumni , Tom and Hower ( Class of 2022 ). This small spark of inspiration would turn into a blazing ball of light as bright as the sun , as the five BCISers would begin to collaborate on a project that is now helping power part of the school with renewable energy . Now fully installed and operational , the solar panels are being used by the Secondary School ( SS ) Circular Gardening Club to power heaters that will keep the plants in their greenhouse warm all winter . This solar panel project is one shining example of how student and alumni efforts upheld the BCIS mission of sustainability and made a positive impact on our school .
The inspiration didn ’ t stop at BCIS , as members of the Circular Garden Club – Jia Rong , Anna , Kathy , Amelia , Charlotte and Susie – would go on to win the 2022 Jim Kerschen Award for Innovation in Schools from ACAMIS for their amazing work towards sustainable energy . Although the final product was amazing enough to win the award , the solar panel project started from humble beginnings . Alumni Tom and Hower started out making their own small-scale solar panels , that could be used for tasks around the home such as charging mobile phones .
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