Thirty four Danbury students will compete in the state-wide 31st annual Connecticut Invention Convention hosted by the University of Connecticut’s School of Engineering. The students were selected March 20 from more than 350 Danbury elementary and middle school students at the local Invention Convention.
More than 600 competitors will take place on May 3 at the Gampel Pavilion on the Storrs campus.
The students selected are: from Broadview Middle School: Anna Spalding “Zip Clip”; from Rogers Park Middle School: DeAvia Bishop “Mail Rider,” Aidan Castricone “Butter Pump,” Jaden Cazorla “Amazing Awakening,” C.J. Cianflone “The Cool Helmet,” Clarissa Lugo-Commons “Mobile-Change,” Alex Meys “Automatic Dog Washer,” Jesse Patton “Push ‘N’ Brush,” Jack Pompilio “Easy Carrier 3000,” Joe Stefanelli “Medi Sip and Smile,” Nicholas Taylor “Ladder Caddy,” Rebecca Benedetti “Don’t Forget,” Ashley Corrie “T-Toy,” Sophia Folino “The Guardian,” Nathaniel Hornik “The Yard Net,” Christopher Hwang “The Gym Bag Air Circulator,” Madison Iomazzo “Lash Lens,” Jacob Laham “Keep ‘Em In Tune,” Lauren Pudelka “All in One Trip” and Justin Solimine “Baseball Dryer” ; from AIS Magnet School: Maggie Breault “Vextbook”; from Great Plain Elementary School: Lorenzo DeLuca “Cane Helper”; from Hayestown Avenue Elementary School: Sarah Bekkali “The Use-It-All” and Kanchan Suresh “Pencil Problem Solver”; from Pembroke Elementary School: Grace Carey “Snowy Boot Cozy,” Liam Clark “Police Direction Gloves,” Sakura Claudio “The Spray Comb,” Jennifer Grant “Dog Dryer,” Eddy Jimenez “Stuffed Backpack” and Gianna Taft “Face Protector”; from South Street Elementary School: Surraya Poham “Magni-eye Bookmark”; from Shelter Rock Elementary School: Audrey Hinh “Thin Heat” and Natalia Ruiz Loera “Stuffles”; and from Stadley Rough Elementary School: Anne Marie Hickey “That’s Cold.”