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Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Host ‘Invention Convention’ for Grades 5, 7

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The cheerful inventors gather for a group photo part way through the event.

OLD LYME — Inventors from Grade 5 (20 inventors) and Grade 7 (14 Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School inventors) participated in the District-Wide Invention Convention last Thursday, Jan. 29, when their inventions were displayed at Old Lyme’s Memorial Town Hall.

Inventors learned about the engineering and design process, created display boards and gave speeches to pitch their invention ideas.
Kylie Grethel stands with her invention “Pedal 4 Prizes,” which now advances to the statewide contest.

Thirteen judges from Lyme and Old Lyme including Mentor Corps for Community Development members, Lyme’s Youth Service Bureau staff, Town Hall employees and Region 18 Board of Education members, volunteered their time to judge the inventions in four different categories:

  • purpose and practicality of the invention
  • attention to detail related to the invention
  • presentation skills of the inventor
  • quality of the display board detailing the invention

We are extremely proud of all the inventors for the time, commitment, and hard work they have put into this project as they have been working on this project since September.

Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Superintendent Ian Neviaser asks Annie Gingras a question about her invention, the “Tangle Tamer 2000.” This entry also advanced to the state competition.
Students advancing to the “virtual” state competition to be hosted by UConn during April and May will be:

From Lyme Consolidated:
Griffin Karpinski with his invention “Hive Alive”
Lillian Reynolds with her invention “Scoli-Cool”
Jack Montmeat with his invention “The Blanketing”

From Mile Creek:
Annie Gingras with her invention “Tangle Tamer 2000”
Victoria Glaras with her invention “Hen He​lper”
Kylie Grethel with her invention “Pedal 4 Prizes”

From Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School:
Lucy Arico with her invention “Sea Cow Saver”
Vinny Pietrowicz with his invention “Flex Tube”
Ainsley Rinoski with her invention “Wrist Guard”