{"678017":{"#nid":"678017","#data":{"type":"news","title":"K-12 InVenture Prize Team Grocery Eyes Honored by Resolution from State Representative Kimberly New","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E2024 K-12 InVenture Prize Team Grocery Eyes\u2019 Nellie Klodner and Anna Borsh were presented with an official resolution praising their accomplishments by Georgia House Representative Kimberly New of district 64 at a special celebration at their school, Panter Elementary, on October 3 attended by family, friends and school and community supporters.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrently in 5th grade, the team invented Grocery Eyes during their 4th grade year, an app that makes shopping for food easier for visually-impaired people. The team won the Diversity and Inclusion Award at the K-12 InVenture Prize State Finals in March. In June, they also won the Inclusion Award and a prize of $1,000 each at the RTX Invention Convention U.S. Nationals competition in Michigan. In July they competed in the RTX Americas Invention Convention.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt was an honor to be a part of Anna and Nellie\u0027s celebration and present them with a Resolution from the state,\u201d said Representative New. \u201cWe must actively encourage and highlight the positive achievements of our youth, especially when they are creating a brighter tomorrow for everyone. Their accomplishments are transformative, impacting the lives of many underserved individuals, and it was my pleasure to be a small part of their momentous day.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EK-12 InVenture Prize Founding Director Roxanne Moore also spoke at the event about the importance of invention education in schools to broaden students\u2019 opportunities. \u201cI want to thank the teachers, administrators, and parents who supported these students on their journey\u2014sometimes, inventing can be quite messy,\u201d said Moore.\u0026nbsp; She went on to address Kolodner and Borsh, \u201cYour ideas are valuable. Thank you for dreaming of a brighter future for everyone and taking steps to make that vision a reality.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe K-12 InVenture Prize, based in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ceismc.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECenter for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC\u003C\/a\u003E), challenges kindergarten through high school students to identify real-world problems and design novel solutions through analysis, creativity, and the engineering design process.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on the K-12 InVenture Prize curriculum and competition, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/k12inventure.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/k12inventure.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.k12inventure.org\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.k12inventure.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u2014Randy Trammell, CEISMC Communications\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E2024 K-12 InVenture Prize Team Grocery Eyes\u2019 Nellie Klodner and Anna Borsh were presented with an official resolution praising their accomplishments by Georgia House Representative Kimberly New of district 64 at a special celebration at their school, Panter Elementary, on October 3 attended by family, friends and school and community supporters.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"2024 K-12 Inventure Prize Team Grocery Eyes\u2019 Nellie Klodner and Anna Borsh were presented with an official resolution praising their accomplishments by Georgia House Representative Kimberly New of district 64."}],"uid":"34907","created_gmt":"2024-10-30 19:52:52","changed_gmt":"2024-11-06 15:18:41","author":"James-Addis Hill","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-10-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-10-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675516":{"id":"675516","type":"image","title":"K-12 InVenture Team Grocery Eyes ","body":null,"created":"1730724231","gmt_created":"2024-11-04 12:43:51","changed":"1730912150","gmt_changed":"2024-11-06 16:55:50","alt":"Team Grocery Eyes with Dr. Roxanne Moore","file":{"fid":"259148","name":"IMG_4015.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/11\/04\/IMG_4015.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/11\/04\/IMG_4015.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":6670539,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/11\/04\/IMG_4015.JPG?itok=KeVi23hk"}},"675517":{"id":"675517","type":"image","title":"State Representative Kimberly New.JPG","body":null,"created":"1730724370","gmt_created":"2024-11-04 12:46:10","changed":"1730725621","gmt_changed":"2024-11-04 13:07:01","alt":"State Representative Kimberly New","file":{"fid":"259149","name":"IMG_3990.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/11\/04\/IMG_3990.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/11\/04\/IMG_3990.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":992873,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/11\/04\/IMG_3990.JPG?itok=WisyAIUI"}}},"media_ids":["675516","675517"],"groups":[{"id":"615552","name":"CEISMC - Savannah Campus"},{"id":"361651","name":"Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC)"},{"id":"592706","name":"K-12 InVenture Challenge"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"}],"keywords":[{"id":"177613","name":"K-12 InVenture Prize"},{"id":"176787","name":"K-12 InVenture Prize @ Georgia Tech"},{"id":"178283","name":"K12 InVenture Prize"},{"id":"411","name":"CEISMC"},{"id":"180212","name":"CEISMC - Savannah Campus"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}