National Invention Convention will feature Lake Elsinore students

Kingsley Reyes is taking his invention to Michigan as part of a national competition, after advancing from the California National Convention. Valley News/Courtesy photo
Three young inventors who attend the Julia Lee Performing Arts Academy in Lake Elsinore will be sharing their creativity on a national stage when they head to The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn, Michigan for the National Invention Convention, June 7-9. They are Chloe Barraza, Sofia Flores and Kingsley Reyes.April Watkins, site coordinator for the charter school’s Rising Stars after school enrichment program, said the students began working on their inventions in October. “We started with lessons on entrepreneurs and past inventions. They learned about who made things we use today and about patents,” she said. “Then the students were asked to invent something to solve a real-world problem in their lives.”After a schoolwide competition, six teams were
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