Tag: invention

GH Robertson student advances to Invention Convention nationals

COVENTRY — A G.H. Robertson student who participated in the Connecticut Invention Convention has advanced to the U.S. Nationals. G. H. Robertson School fourth and fifth graders prepared for the Connecticut Invention Convention competition this year with the help of the Challenge and Enrichment teacher, Stacey Fortin. Their task was to use the engineering design […]

The invention — and reinvention — of Amy Coney Barrett

Mass adjourned with a rousing processional hymn and a reminder about the bake sale outside, but Amy Coney Barrett wasn’t ready to leave. Her husband, Jesse, dressed in a beige long-sleeved shirt and cream-colored pants, hustled toward the exit, ahead of the other parishioners. Barrett, however, remained in the maroon cushioned pew at St. James […]

Albuquerque teen wins contest for dog toy invention

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A 13-year-old boy from Albuquerque may have just created your new favorite dog toy after he was chosen as a finalist in a national competition. “I think we were all shocked cause we knew that there were like thousands of people in this,” said CTE teacher, Shannyn Pareo. Story continues below A […]

Licking Heights to host ‘Camp Invention’ summer STEM camp

Licking Heights students are lighting the way to innovation. This summer, the district will host a chapter of Camp Invention summer STEM camp, a national day camp where students complete themed hands-on learning activities. This year’s theme is “Illuminate” and will include projects like building a light-up game board, creating a customized glow box, engineering […]

Local students earn their way to national Invention Convention

May 4—Three Lodi Unified School District students are headed to Michigan next month to present inventions they created that make life a little easier for people. John Muir Elementary School fifth-grade students Amira Mohmand, Taylor Sahyoun and Neda Sabanci were the first Lodi Unified students to participate in a program called Invention Convention earlier this […]