End-of-School Newsletter

Meet the Winners from our 2025 National Invention Contest

Every year, Inventionland® Education hosts a national invention contest from schools and districts that leverage our applied STEM inventing curriculum. It guides students through an entire course on innovation and invention, following the same industry-proven 9-step method used at Inventionland® headquarters, one of the world’s largest invention factories.

Elementary School Winners:

🏅1st place: “Furry Friends”

Created by Gracie Sypien, Lydia Yerace, Emma Delaney, and Anna Johns from Ehrman Crest Elementary (Seneca Valley School District).

2nd place: “Puck Power House”

Created by Sophia Dorus, Jordan Davison, Maddie Koehler and Maddox Paserba from Ehrman Crest Elementary (Seneca Valley School District).

Product description: This is a practice hockey puck. It will connect to an app and tell you how much force you hit the puck with and how fast the puck moves. It will help you gauge how you are improving or how different techniques work.

3rd place: “Royal Pets”

Created by Lillian Holden, Allison Dubon, Alice Do Couto Rivera, and Lena Cooper from Ehrman Crest Elementary (Seneca Valley School District).

Product description: Hate cleaning up your pets “business”? This is an innovative pooper-scooper that is fully equipped with a sinching bag, a light for nocturnal business, and more.

Middle School Winners:

🏅1st place: “The Untie Not”

Created by Olivia Adams and Samantha Preist from Grove City Middle School (Grove City Area School District).

Product Description: This is a simple solution to shoes coming untied. A small mechanism gets attached to your shoelaces to keep the knot in place.

2nd place: “Need Guard”

Created by Ethan Cooke, Elijah Lawson, and Gavin Purdy from Grove City Middle School (Grove City Area School District).

Product Description: Needle Guard prevents losing the pump needle in a basketball, soccer ball etc, as well as helps prevent it from breaking in the first place.

3rd place: “Crayon Cast”

Created by Abby Borsa, Maggie Paxton, and Kinsley Elkins from Neil Armstrong Middle School (Bethel Park School District).

Product Description: Have you ever had a crayon break while using it? This product is a cast for your crayons designed to give the crayons more durability while using them.

Our ’25 – ’26 School Year Grant Cycle is now open – and We’ve Increased the Awards

In the ’24 – ’25 school year, we’ve awarded 93 Innovation grants! Now we’ve opened the new ’25 – ’26 school year grant cycle with increased grant limits and larger maximum amounts a school or district could be awarded. You may qualify for discounts on our immersive Innovation Labs®, our Professional Learning, and our K12 applied STEM Innovation curriculum. Will you be next? For more information, click the button below.

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Our Television Show “Tomorrow’s World Today” Just Won Four Coveted Telly Awards. And, it’s included With our Course

Tomorrow’s World Today examines science, technology, and sustainability from the perspective of leading innovators. Each episode explores cutting-edge concepts that are changing lives today and making a difference for tomorrow. Just a few of our featured industry leaders include:

Award-winning Innovation Labs® and CTE Spaces? Yes, Please

Our Innovation Labs and CTE space designs are popping up in Districts and Schools across America.

Check out our latest Flip Books from Elementary, Middle and High School installations, and be sure to apply for one of our Innovation Grants to offset the cost here.

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Schedule your Professional Learning with Inventionland Education Today

Join the schools throughout the country that use our Professional Learning to empower teachers to bring out the best in their students in STEM, STEAM, electronics and maker machine environments. Give your teachers the confidence and tools to embrace technology in the classroom. Schedule a summer or beginning of the school year session. Get your educators off to a great start for the new ’25 – ’26 school year.

Our Work at the Madison Kindergarten Academy in Richmond, KY Transformed their Look – at a Fraction of the Cost of a Full Renovation

We recently renovated their foyer, media center and cafeteria to make a huge impact on their 450-student Kindergarten Academy. It looks like a new school. First impressions really matter with parents and young learners since it helps support entry into their 10 elementary schools.

Have an Idea? We’d Love to Hear from You.

Some of our very best ideas come from educators like you. If you have something you’d like to share, or an idea on how we can make our curriculum, projects or professional learning even better, please drop us a line.

CLICK HERE to email Victoria Farrell today!

John Peretz • Inventionland Education
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