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Two Clover Street Students To Represent School at Connecticut Invention Convention

Connecticut Invention Convention​ Takes Place Saturday, April 30th at Gampel Pavilion on the Storrs campus

The C​lover Street School ​Invention Convention ​took place on ​​Thursday, March 31, 2016​ and the ​​​​winners are ​​Rafid Choudhury​ (Grade 4)​ ​and ​​Jordan Roche​​ (Grade 5)​. ​​​

​This was Rafid's first time participating. ​Rafid​ ​invented the "Dashed Dish: The All In One Glove​." ​His invention is a pair of all-in-one dish washing gloves designed to make hand washing of dishes more efficient and comfortable.

​​​This will be Jordan's second trip to ​​the Connecticut Invention Convention.​ ​Jordan ​invented the​ ​"The Hurricane Shower.​" His invention is a method of filtering the "grey water" from showering so that it can be re-used for several more showers, thus conserving precious water resources.

​​These ​students will ​now ​represent the school at the ​​Connecticut Invention Convention​ taking place Saturday, April 30th, at Gampel Pavilion on the Storrs campus. The public is invited to attend to vie​w​ the hundreds of inventions. Hours are 12 noon - 1:30 and there is no admission charge.

Other ​Clover ​inventors include:

Tianna Morris: Tianna's Bird Observer
Joseph Artuc: Boredom Buster Backpack
Morgan Jennings: Snack Hat
Amelie August: Shark Deterring Surfboard
Angelica Fabian: Human Powered Washing Machine
Jade McKissick: Jade's Fantastic Pencil Sharpener
Sophia Louison: "The Appreciation Game

About Windsor Public Schools:
Windsor Public Schools serves nearly 4,000 students in the community of Windsor, Connecticut, a town located in north central Connecticut between Hartford and Springfield, Massachusetts. Windsor Public Schools is comprised of six schools: Oliver Ellsworth School, Poquonock School, Clover Street School, John F. Kennedy School, Sage Park Middle School, and Windsor High School. The mission of Windsor Public Schools is to develop the genius in every child and to create life-long learners. For more information about the Windsor Board of Education and any of its schools, please visitwww.windsorct.org.

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