St. Thomas More School, Salisbury Township, is among five area schools recently awarded grants from PPL Corporation to conduct in-school science, technology, math and engineering projects.

St. Thomas More School received $2,000 for projects in which students will design and conduct experiments on energy efficiency and cost savings in the school's new project-based learning center and science lab.

A team of PPL employees, environmental professionals and educators chose the winning projects. PPL sponsors the grants program as part of an initiative to educate the public about energy resources and the environment.

PPL awarded $10,000 in grants to the schools through the program titled "Empowering Educators."

Since the program's inception in 2003, PPL has awarded more than $153,000 for projects in 81 schools near PPL facilities.