(SPS) - What a night for the little inventors we have across the district.
The students who placed in their elementary schools’ Inventors Showcase advanced to the District competition on Tuesday night.
More than 30 displays were set up in the Washington Administrative Center Gymnasium on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, judges came in and talked to each inventor about his or her design. The students had to discuss their idea by explaining how their innovation would solve a problem in their everyday lives.
There were contraptions such as a doggie door with brushes on each side that would clean off a dog as it passed through. There was a device that covered door handles to make them softer for those times when your hand hit them while playing indoor basketball on a hoop that hangs over the door. There was a device that claimed to help pick up dog poo. And many more.
The judges tallied up their scores and by Tuesday evening they had their winners. In front of the gym packed with parents, these are the students who walked away with the highest scores.
OVERALL WINNER
Taryn Fancher - Holmes Park
THIRD GRADE
1st Place - Ruby Beatty, Liberty STEM
2nd Place - Cori Willson, Freedom Elementary
3rd Place - Ramsey Hurt, Freedom Elementary
FOURTH GRADE
1st Place - Jeremy Sullivan, Freedom Elementary
2nd Place - Addison Riff, Freedom Elementary
3rd Place - Ryan Haught, Jefferson Heights
FIFTH GRADE
1st Place - Noah Davis, Jefferson Heights
2nd Place - Quinn Steenson, Freedom Elementary
3rd Place - Jordyn Pulley, Holmes Park
Congratulations, inventors!