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February 2019
Caldwell Student and Teacher Win Big at Invent Idaho Competition
Left to right back row: Erik Blair, Josh Dunham, Zach Baggerly, Dallin Vollmer, Ian Capell, Justin Allcott, Carleigh Newton, Alexandria HarroldLeft to right front row: Kaelyn Rippy, Makindra Green, Paige Busmann, Colter Jorgensen, Breanna Green, Morgan Bingha, Dayna Chirinos, Jolie MartinNot pictured: Xavier McDougall, Ty Collins, Kaitlyn Hansen, Sunnie Wykert
Five 6th graders and 5 teams of Vision Charter School juniors and seniors will be moving on to the State Invent Idaho competition,
March 1st and 2nd at the University of Idaho in Moscow. The prizes were announced at the end of the Southwestern Regional Competition last
Saturday, January 26th, held at JUMP in downtown Boise. Additionally, Mrs. Kara Evans was recognized as the Favorite Teacher, chosen by student voting. Vision’s State participants will join those from Southeastern and Northern Idaho for a chance to attend the National Invention Convention. According to their website, Invent Idaho is the premier student invention program in the Northwest, having provided a forum for thousands of young inventors in grades one through eight since its inception in 1989. The award winners: Best of Category for Adaptation: Breanna Green 1st in Grades 5-6 Nonworking Model: Morgan Bingham and Danya Chirinos 2nd in Grades 5-6 Nonworking Model: Colter Jorgensen 2nd in Grades 5-6 Working Model: Jolie Martin
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Kaitlyn Hansen 2nd in HS Non-working Model: Justin Allcott, Dallin Vollmer, and Ian Capell 3rd in HS Non-working Model: Paige Busmann, Sunnie Wykert, and Josh Dunham
1st in HS Adaptation: Erik Blair, Kaelyn Rippy, and Zach Baggerly 1st in HS Working Model: Carleigh Newton, Alex Harrold, Ty Collins, and Xavier McDougall 1st in HS Non-working
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