Enfield Schools Look to Turn Students Into Inventors

Enfield schools are stepping up their science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) curriculum, and their doing so in an historic manner.

Tuesday night, seven Enfield schools will begin participating in Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC) programs — “the largest first year start-up ever in Connecticut schools,” according to CIC, which works to foster students’ interest in STEM during their earliest years in education.

Enfield’s participation will begin Tuesday with a “Parent’s Night” at JFK Middle School, and more than one hundred attendees are expected to be on hand for the occasion.

This is the first year Enfield schools will participate in the program, which involves over 10,000 “young inventors” in Connecticut who will have the opportunity to be featured among a group of statewide finalists at UConn next May.

CIC is celebrating its thirtieth year of operation this year. Students participating in the program are in grades K-8.

CIC’s “Parent’s Night” will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday at JFK.

Enfield’s participation, according to CIC, was made possible by the Enfield Foundation for Educational Excellence.