Youth Notes

Inventerprise 2016, sponsored by Bend Research, challenged students to make their schools better by inventing new building designs, classrooms, furnishings, athletic fields, or technologies that will improve their education experience.

The following local students are Inventerprise 2016 winners:

Kindergarten

Cole Ruff of Buckingham Elementary; Brennon Holcomb, Jack Ridolf, and Joannie Walsh, of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School; Brooklyn Ball and Kole Marino, of St. Thomas Academy; and Nathan Parsons and Ruby Bluhm, of Westside Village Magnet School.

Grade 1

Connall McMullen and Landon Martin, of Buckingham Elementary; Waylon Mullins and Hazel Eckhoff, of Cascades Academy; Connor Wall and Magnolia Wickwire, of Elk Meadow Elementary; Miles Richards, of High Lakes Elementary; Graham Finley, homeschooled; Jasper Lovejoy, Maliah Michael, Isaac Westfall, Mateo Manguiat, Jettis Markell and Skylar Purcell, of Morning Star Christian School; and Marika Sowerby, Jaden Mason and Ira Cook, of Westside Village Magnet School.

Grade 2

Skye Knox, of Bear Creek Elementary; Rhianwen Hornsby, of Buckingham Elementary; Finn Stancliff and Will Stancliff, of John Tuck Elementary; Kannon Whiting, of Madras Elementary; Scotty Anderson, Christian Dorman and Devon Schwarz, of Morning Star Christian School; Liam Brannin, of R. E. Jewell Elementary; Emilin Gray, Cole Hartfield, Noah Cory, Drew Muilenburg, Colt Pupo and Ryder Faulhaber, of St. Thomas Academy; and James Heinly, Dante Anthony, Anne Bell and Maya Fieldhouse, of Westside Village Magnet School.

Grade 3

Kianea Bearman and Ava Leach, of Metolius Elementary; Wyatt Nickell, of Sage Elementary; Zachary Hollibaugh, Sam Kasmeyer, Colton Crye, Logan Forrester and Omani Spalding, of Silver Rail Elementary; Alyson Ware, Colton Andrews, Daria Martin, Kaylee Pex, Landon Mabus, Jayden Mata, Jayce Evans, Lily Hardy, Wesley Borden, Kyndell Goodman, Kaden Aernie and Mason Stewart, of Tom McCall Elementary; and Cedar Yasord and Kevin Walder, of Westside Village Magnet School.

Grade 4

Julian Duran, of Buckingham Elementary; Taylor Arata, Elia Roseborrough, Aspen Barndollar, Isiah Ball, Hunter Groundwater, Simone Alexander, Ryan Hansen, Owen Clark, Allison Patron and Kylan Cathcart, of Juniper Elementary; Liam Keel, of Lava Ridge Elementary; Addy Adams, of Metolius Elementary; Baylee Hayes, Shaeli McLain, Ayla Stewart, Rowan Kamp, Creig Smith, Blayton Apker, Rhy Sigfrid, Adriana Lammers, Ukiah Monson and McKenzie Kirk, of Tom McCall Elementary; and Olivia Thom, of Westside Village Magnet School.

Grade 5

Ainsley Knox, of Bear Creek Elementary; Tyler Llewellyn, Landon Mitcheldl, Tanner Varcoe, Emma Robey and Kelcee Robey, of Buckingham Elementary; Lucy Mullins, of Cascades Academy; Andrew Pineda, Avery Jepson, Pippa Souza, Nate Miller, Jacob Heron and Maxwell Taylor, of High Lakes Elementary; Katarina Cedolin, Olivia Casellini, Marley Foster-Wexler, Shea Miller, Annikka Nissen, Malia Barnes, Jake Sechler and Bridger Cole, of Juniper Elementary; Cameron Collins, of Ponderosa Elementary; Elexus May, Jillian Bremont, Zaida Burk, Trisha Johnson, Noah Eisbach, Trey Irwin and Grace Maggio, of Tom McCall Elementary School; Neve Gerard, of Tumalo Community School; Kathy Chen, Kayleen Galvan and Helena Greene, of Vern Patrick Elementary; and Ocean Kezer, Maggie Spampinato, Miranda Kajikawa and Emily Krehbiel, of Westside Village Magnet School.

Middle School

Maddy Beck, Clair McDonald, Hayden Knight, Ashlynn Bowles, Hannah Jadzak, Nathaniel Rubenstein, Jasper Fievet, Luke Williams, Jacob Ashby, Harper Justema and Wren Miller, of Cascade Middle School; Sasha Schotthofer, Audrey Wallace, Manhattan Wood, Fiona Young Fenstermacher, Cassidy Vandall and Elorey Vather, of Cascades Academy; Julia Williams, Jenna Dicintio, Marjorie Heath, Hannah Miller, Samantha Nieto, Lindsey Lamb and Taleah Villafan, of Culver Middle School; Addison Dorning, of Elton Gregory Middle School; Piper Brannin, of High Desert Middle School; Teaghan Knox, Homeschool; Delaney Tol and Lucy Veis, of Pacific Crest Middle School; Holiday Barnes, of Rimrock Expeditionary Middle School; Oliver Colvin, Riley Curtis and Aaron Maloney, of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School; and Sophie Flanagan, Cooper Anderson, Wynter Barlow and Ranginui Sowerby, of Westside Village Magnet School.

• Sophia Gonzalez and Hannah Tranby, of Pilot Butte Middle School, created “Safer Quaker Bleachers” to win the grand prize of the middle school Inventerprise contest. They designed reinforced bleachers in case of an earthquake.

Teen Feats

• Five students from Redmond Proficiency Academy won prizes in the high school division of the Inventerprise contest. David Novotny invented a working model of his pedal desk with a hand crank that lights up a beacon or sounds an alarm, which enables students to burn off some energy while powering their school. Sam Gilbertson and Lyn Trail modeled a classroom after fish hatcheries. Arely Aguilar and Lily Harrang analyzed the would-be energy savings from making their school meat-free and concluded this was the easiest way to conserve energy on a large scale.