DK English Invention Essay Winners Winter 2023!

Learners were invited to submit a short essay providing an argument in response to one of the following prompts:

1) Write a personal narrative describing how an invention helped you cope with the pandemic or with feelings of isolation during quarantine.

2) Write a personal narrative describing how an invention has played an important role in your life.

3) Write a story about an invention you have created (for fun or to solve a problem).

We received many excellent essays.  We are pleased to announce the following winners at the elementary, middle, and high school levels: 

Elementary School Division (Grades 3 to 5)

●1st Place: Kimbra Hernandez-Alvarez, “The Catapult”

●2nd Place: Sainishita Chandula, “Googly Sweeper!”

●3rd Place: Gabriela Zambrana, “Light Inspiration”

●Honorable Mention: Naia Huerga, “Splash”

●Honorable Mention: Angela Lu, “The Face Mask in COVID Times”

●Honorable Mention: Ryan Cui, “What It’s Like Going Through COVID-19”

Middle School Division (Grades 6 to 8)

●1st Place: Lehansa Marambage, “For a Fish to Smile”

●2nd Place: Liam Enlow, “Coping with COVID Creations”

●3rd Place: Iraj Shroff, “The Smart Trash Can”

●Honorable Mention: Alex Cao, “Journey of Cubing”

High School Division (Grades 9 to 12)

●1st Place: Grace Hu, “Snakes”

●2nd Place: Kate North, “There is Something to Pencil”

●3rd Place: Cassidy Dailly, “The Magic of Rice Maker”

●Honorable Mention: Diya Kumar, “Familiar Sounds"

●Honorable Mention: Gemma Yin, “Grooving with the Grooves”

●Honorable Mention: Shean Yusu, “Fear and Inspiration”

●Honorable Mention: Augustina Shen, “Bad Invention”

Lemelson-MIT and DK English School thank all students who participated in the second Invention Writing Contest!

If you have been selected as a winner and have not yet received your certificate, or are looking to coordinate the collecting of your prize,
please contact Deoksoon Kim (kimcph@bc.edu).