St. Christina Students Dazzle Judges With Inventions

CHICAGO, IL -- Dusting fan blades can be a hassle, especially ceiling fans. Keira Cotter, a seventh-grader at St. Christina School, put her ideas and imagination to work and came up with FANtasic FAN blade covers.

Keira took first place honors Feb. 27 at the St. Christina’s Invention Convention for her terrific invention. The seventh-graders were tasked with coming up with inventions designed to “make life better.”

The inventions were judges by educators from local high schools. Other students who placed were:

• 2nd Place—Brush Buddy—Kaitlin Olsen
• 3rd Place—The Chair Ball—Patrick Galeher
• 4th Place—Doggy Door Mat— Morgan O’Malley

The following inventors also received honorable mentions, including:

• Water Clock—Connor Ivers
• Da Ice Ice Buddy—Kylie Brosius
• Twist Time—Kyle Quinn
• Solar Roaster—Paige Bonnett
• The Safe Stair—Francis McGrath
• Portable Pitching Trainer—Emily McDermott
• Type 1 Tag- Along—Colin Crowe
• The Beach Protector—Michael Baniewicz
• The Ice-eze—Nate Kaczynski
• The Water Bright System—Claire McGinty
• The Magnet Stopper—Tom Verran
• The Expand-A-Can—Brendan Cleary

• The Bike Safe—Tommy Giltmier
• Handicap Wedge—Jake Voss
• TB 2.0—Emma Turner
• Sprush—Gianna Granat