Tucson middle school students win design contest

May 13, 2009 5:04 PM

From The Tucson Citizen: Students from Imago Dei Middle School in Tucson, Ariz., have won a $2,000 national first-place award in the School of the Future Design Competition. Imago Dei's vision of a school complex incorporated solar energy, shade sails, water harvesting and greenhouses for urban agriculture. There also was a community resource center to bring the neighborhood into the school community.

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