Maize Solar Initiative News

March 22, 2018

Earth Day 2018

Join us at Pumphouse on Earth Day, April 22, 2018 at 2 pm. A fundraiser for the Maize Solar Initiative. There will be a raffle, silent auction, and a live auction with over 40 items! Music will be played by the J Antone Quartet! Some…

March 9, 2018

Maize High School teacher looks to start energy saving movement

Stan Bergkamp, 1990 Kansas State graduate, was on his 24th year of teaching at Maize High School when he went to the superintendent of the school district with an idea that might have made him fall out of his chair.

February 15, 2018

On Our Way

We’ve officially launched our Maize Solar Initiative program. The program could save $30,000 in electricity costs for the school each year. When the See Beyond Campaign is complete the amount of energy the solar panels would produce is equivalent of Maize High School being “off…

February 15, 2018

Solar Initiative Underway At Maize School District

A Maize High School teacher is working on a plan to use solar energy to help power the school. Physics teacher Stan Bergkamp received approval from the USD 266 Board of Education to raise money for a rooftop array of 740 solar panels — a…

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Grand Plan

Raise $385,000 to install solar panels on Maize High School.
The approximate savings of $3000/month will be placed in a solar savings account with the cumulative account balance on the website.
Once sufficient savings have reached a threshold, Maize South High School will be outfitted with solar panels and those savings added to the solar savings account.
Continue to add more schools as the savings become exponential.
Once all of the schools have solar panels, then all of the savings will then be available for enhanced curriculum, technology, reduced class size, etc.
The 240 kW system at Maize High School will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 270 tons per year.