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MAY 29, 2013 • CJN-MMA • A5
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CNE students win Invention Convention awards Wishing someone would invent a solution to your problem? Young inventors took all those wishes to heart when they created their inventions for the third annual Cincinnati Invention Convention. Area students brought their solutions (both individuals and team entries) to everyday problems for a chance to win scholarships and prizes, For the past 20 years, more than one million Ohio kids have participated in The Invention Convention creating useful,
sometimes crazy and always interesting inventions. The Invention Convention inspires students to create and problem solve while developing their inventions. It differs from science fairs becasue the focus of the curriculum is to recognize simple to complex problems that individuals face every day and follow them through the process of creating solutions to them. The grand prize award, a $2,500 college scholarship went to Joey Rodriguez, a sixth-
grader from Batavia Middle School. He invented the “Pedal Buddy.” First-place winners of a $500 college scholarship were: • Grade three, Trey Stuntz from Clermont Northeastern. • Grade four, Matthew Meyer from Ohio Virtual Academy. • Grade five, Kylie Hoerth from Clermont Northeastern • Grade six, Gabe Iker from Batavia Middle School. • Grades seven and eight, Bende McCartney and Jasmine Wendel, a seventh-grade team
Kindergartners learn to measure Presented with the task of measuring the length of arms, legs, faces and hands using connecting cubes, students in Marci Taylor’s kindergarten room at McCormick Elementary School buzzed with activity recently.
A leg can be a tricky part to measure. Kaylee Coffman stretched her leg out with a foot on the table to figure out how long her leg is in connecting cubes. Coffman is in Marci Taylor’s kindergarten class at McCormick Elementary School. MARY PAT HARRIS/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Caitlyn Philhower’s face looks to be about six cubes in length. Kindergartners learned how to measure recently at McCormick Elementary School. MARY PAT HARRIS/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Asa Robinson and Marci Taylor team-up to measure the length of Robinson’s hand. Students learn to begin measuring with the end of a set of cubes adding on as necessary. MARY PAT HARRIS/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Jessica Moses and Landen Meyer used cubes to compare. McCormick Elementary School students were shown two numbers and laid out cubes to equal those amounts. They described them using the words greater than and less than. Seven is less than 12 and 12 is greater than seven. MARY PAT HARRIS/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS
from Batavia Middle School. Other special category awards • Kids Choice Award: Hatoon Badawi, a sixth-grade student at Batavia Middle School. She received a $25 Donatos card and $25 Technology Card. This award is Sponsored by: Donatos & EPICideas • Chairman’s Choice Award: Matthew Meyer, a fourth-grader from Ohio Virtual Academy. Meyer won a $250 scholarship. • Teacher of Excellence Award: Mariemont Elementary
School teacher Sheryl Melvin, received a $1,000 Technology Package, a Donatos pizza party, Lazer Kraze class party and a PT Reptiles Program. The Cincinnati Teacher of Excellence Program is sponsored by: Donatos, PTReptiles & Lazer Kraze. • Out of This World Creativity Award: Natalie Eisenhauer and Sydney Robinson, a sixthgrade team from Mariemont Elementary. The $500 scholarship they will share is sponsored by Lazer Kraze.
HONOR ROLLS BOYD E. SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The following students have earned honors for the third quarter of 2012-2013.
Honors
Fourth grade - Fallon Austin, Conner Brown, Ben Campbell, Logan Clark, Brandon Curran, Mia Dearing, Samantha Ellis, Mitchell Hansbauer, Samantha Hoyas, Ben Ice, Nick Kachulkin, Dylan Martin, Zach Matzen, Matt McQueary, Claire Mills, Joshua Panko, Dylan Pegg, Kylee Thomas, Bri Toadvine, Nate Virgin, Alec Carpenter, Ethan Evans, Madison Flischel, Brandon Glueck, Austin Helsel, Logan Horton, Lisette Johnson, AJ Kaylor, Kami Kirkland, Jackson Lang, Kennedy Robinson, Emily Taylor, Alex Troescher, Breanne Caperton, Will Caton, Brendan Cobain, Sophie Cooper, Brayden Gilmore, Nathan Guntzelman, Mason Heffernan, Taylor Henninger, Reaghan Kaylor, Abigail Mills, Erika Pflanz, Peyton Pflanz and Luke Watkins. Fifth grade - Zaid Abu-Ali, John Balzer, Noah Burnett, Kush Dalal, Cara Gfroerer, Alex Henninger, Michael Smith, Naomie Allen, Brady Bradshaw, Lauren Cope, Cameron Coss, Grace Ertel, Alex Evans, Clayton Harris, Connor Kirkland, Catrionna Manning, Mark McQueary, Abby Skowronek, Devyn Trosper, Byrce Vontsolos, Evan Willis, Kayla Christerson, Halle Fontaine, Aubrey Hakel, Noah Hjelmeng, Klover Lansdale, Emma Miller, Shivani Patel, Andrew Preston, Nathan Taylor, Alex Thomas and Grant White. Sixth grade - Sophie Ellis, Jared Frondorf, Brendan Greshem, Austin Isenhower, Riley Mohler, Angelica Oliveros, Harrison Provard, Zach Treon, Brooke Williams, Erin Williams, Erika Brown, Ethan Bullock, Justin Horn, Ashley Kuykendall, Emily Pray, Alex Price, John
Stromberger, Addie Turner, Rayah Brumley, Shawna Donaldson, Samantha Flynn, Haley Grimmett, Kaiya Kirkland, Samantha Kuykendall, Isaac Meinor, Alexa Morgan and Jacob Panko. High Honors
Fourth grade - Mitchel Boggs, Scotty Campman, Lottie Marshall, Anya Moeller, Will Behimer, Sam Bellonby, Cooper Klodell, Taylor Maglecic, Erin Morgan, Devin Morris, Christopher Paire, Joel Sagraves, Ellie Bach, Katie Bell, Ethan Bunker, Tyler Hewlett, Ethan Hooper, Max Horton, Laynie Metsker, Hunter Pflanz and Karlie Turner. Fifth grade - Maria Acuff, Alexis Brand, Ian Bruns, Kyra Davidson, Jonah Fouts, Savannah Lloyd, Alex McDonald, Josiah McGee, Emma Sullivan, Brooke Van Valkenburgh, Megan West, Ben Gorning, Tim Greenwell, Ethan Howard, Collin Marshall, Drew Richmond, Grant Whitaker, Alyssa Zearbaugh, Will Barker, Tyler Blimline, Klye Boehm, Macy Huntoon, Scott Rider, Emme Thomas, Megan Todys and Seth Williams. Sixth grade - Colin Balzer, Ben Behimer, Emily Bientz, Natalie Blendea, Hannah Everett, Henry Green, Murphy Heffernan, Laney Huber, Natalie Kunes, John Niehaus, Mason Pound, Ashley Turner, Connor Uhlhorn, Elana Zelen, Emma Bryd, Simon Carter, Emily Dominique, Carson Dunham, Sam Greenwell, Cameron Kells, Stephanie Keplinger, Lydia Krage, Blake Laughlin, Kenzie Lutz, Ezra Mobley, Luke Newton, Haley Roedeffer, Jared Shapiro, Will Turner, Jenna Bellonby, Madison Chitwood, Dylon Conner, Jared Engelman, Caleb Farrell, Jack Feds, Kara Freeman, Luke Haberer, Megan LaFrance, David Niehaus, Alexis Pflanz, Lexi Richmond, Bryson Taylor, Jordan Walter and Nathan Chin.
HONOR ROLLS MCCORMICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The following students have earned Honors for the third quarter of 2012-2013. Fourth grade
High Honors - Emily Abas, Franklin Abt, Christian Besecker, Alison Burgess, Alyssa Charlton, Adia Cook, Aaron Coors, Adam Davis, Maia Dunaway, Lilian Fleshour, Sophia Fleshour, Zoe Girty, Maddie Lepper, Malachi List, Emma McManis, Michael Meadors, Carter Morlock, Abby Nehlen, Ethan Owens, Mason Roy, Jacob Salyer, Grace Schneider, Kassi Stooksbury, Brianna Tassiello, Alicia Viola-Prioli, Brynnlee
Walters, Cole Watson and Kirk Will. Honors - Hannah Bates, Kenrick Bebout, Jack Beyer, Tabitha Browning, Joelena Byrd, Sophia Dawson, Kyle Dolby, Seth Eastham, Emma Edwards, Gretchen Feldkamp, Andrew Fielden, Molly Finn, Leah Fleece, Ben Grothaus, Noah Heltzer, Makenna Love, Jeffrey May, Will Meister, Mason Muccino, Collin Murphy, Molly Patel, Alyshia Perry, Carson Rainone, Brett Rininger, Jaxson Sharpe, Natalie Shearman, Keilya Shinkle, Austin Spencer, Meghan Stulz, Emma Valdivia Chavez, Ethan Werner, Pierce Will, Kyle Williams and Isabelle Wright.
FIFTH GRADE
High Honors - Payne Ackermann, Megan Atkins, Kyle Bailey, Tyson Behrens, Lauren Bell, Natalie Burlingham, Lauren Clark, Lilly Copp, Nathan Daly, Stewart Dalziel, Annabelle Edrington, Jessica Ellis, Emily Fox, Jordan Gerwe, Brendan Grimm, Adam Harris, Isaac Hatfield, Olivia Loeffler, Madison Love, Grace Merten, Michaela O'Neill, Mark Ostrander, Dustin Pigg, Javan Pourvakil, Braedon Richter, Luke Schneider, Drew Schweinefus, Marcy Smith, Max Steinmetz, Emma Stevens, Grace Troutner, Alex Wene and Shelbi Willhoite. Honors - Melanie Atkins, Olivia Bailey, Destiny Bronaugh,
Jon Burton, Ross Flick, Cecilia Harvey, Harper Kelly, Madison Key, Madison King, Laura McMullen, Mayra Munoz-Ayala, Caroline Murray, Lukas Niehaus, Dane Prather, Elena Richey, Kayleigh Shay, Nathan Siscoe, Katie Smith, Nathan Ulery and Preston Warman. Sixth grade
High Honors - August Abt, K.C. Bell, Mary Chapman, Olivia Dawson, Mira DeAnthony, Max Dumm, Daniel Garcia, Jacob Gifford, Ilsa Grabenbauer, Ryan Hart, Austin Hendricks, Morgan Hills, Dylan Hughes, Ali Kirk, Samantha Kizer, Catherine Koebel, Ryan Koebel, Evan Kreul, Sam Leatherwood,
Chanz Miller, Hayden Moehring, Katie Prior, Brady Ray, Nicole Robinson, Connor Smith, Emily Versic, Elijah Weaver and Peri Willoughby. Honors - Thomas Begley, Connor Berohn, Lily Beyer, Ruth Bruning, Jacob Byrd, Taylor Davis, Reilly Edwards, Ben Girty, Lauren Hanes, Hailey Harbottle, Ziven Havens, Nathan Hawkins, Stephanie Karan, Deidre Kegley, Megan Krieger, Carson Miller, Rachel Miller, Jonah Nye, Gabriel Richey, Madison Ritchie, Trey Roark, Hayden Rubinstein, Megan Rump, Megan Vance, Ryan Weidenweber and Logan Welker.