The President and Laura Bush present environmental award, shake hands and share hugs with 5 Redmond High students.

Jamie Hall, Emily Guo, President Bush, Zachary Doleac, Laura Bush, Joseph Hegge and Laura Wang on the podium in the White House Rose Garden immediately after receiving their plaque for winning EPA Region 10 President's Environmental Youth Awards.

� All these students go to Redmond High School and were part of a project promoting energy savings within the school.

� The project was named Cool Schools. http://coolschoolchallenge.com/

� It has been adopted by the many other schools in the Lake Washington School District and is being taken to the state level next year.

� Community leader and Teacher Mike Town hopes to create a national model for schools in the near future. Mr. Town was present.

View the Rose Garden award ceremony video here ! White House Press Release. 4/17/08