Allegro Academy (has fun with science)
Allegro Academy
Rockford Illinois Mayor Lawrence “Larry” Morrissey spoke to the students at Allegro Academy in Rockford, Illinois recently at the school’s solar celebration. He told them how special their school was because it had a solar array on its roof that generated electricity from the sun. Mr. Shu Hong of the Solar Star Foundation was there along with Nick Poplawski of the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation who both helped to fund the project. Illinois Clean Energy provided $8,000 in funding while the Solar Star Foundation provided a $1,000 grant.
Dale McCormack, Mayor Larry Morrissey, Nick Poplawski, and Dave Merrill
Nick Poplawski, Mr Shu Hong, Mayor Larry Morrissey, and Allegro Academy Students
Dale McCormack is in charge of the facility and he and Dave Merrill of Sunair Systems which did the installation were finally able to relax and enjoy the celebration. A group of music students played several songs under the direction of Ms Nanette Felix, principle harpist for the Rockford Symphony Orchestra.
Ms Nanette Felix and the school orchestra
While the kids may have had the most fun in the gym that day, Principal McCormack, seemed to be right behind them.
Principal McCormack
It is a great project and everyone there seemed convinced that the solar electricity system would provide some clean energy with a lot of educational support in the areas of science and math. Take a look at the solar schools website and the data for Allegro.
And for more information about the Solar-celebration ceremony, the school has included a number of pix and some video on the school’s web site.