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Willie Hutch Jones S.T.E.A.M. Fair returns to Burchfield Penney

This was their largest science fair with 86 submissions. Judges picked winners based on their invention, experiment, and expression.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Willie Hutch Jones S.T.E.A.M. Fair was back in person at the Burchfield Penney Art Center on Saturday.  

This year the free science fair focused on the theme "All Things S.T.E.A.M." This was their largest science fair with 86 submissions and 40 fourth graders alone. Judges picked winners based on their invention, experiment, and expression.

Channel 2 meteorologist Elyse Smith was one of the judges.

Some of the prizes include trips to Detroit and Rochester to see science exhibits.

"They can walk out of this organization building here and just feel better about themselves," founder and CEO Willie Hutch Jones said. "And that's one of our big things, and people say, 'Team Hutch, why do you do it?' It's because we want to raise the intelligence on mankind. That's our whole goal lifting as we climb."

Channel 2's Claudine Ewing served as an emcee.

Here are the 2023 winners: 

Elementary Individual -

1st- Hailey Smith

2nd- Thomas Brennan

3rd- Mia Snell

Middle Individual -

1st Ella Merrick

Middle school group -

1st - Da'Nadiyah Starr, Janae Hollingsworth, Abuk Akuey and

2nd -was Brianna Cook, Serelet Frazier and Shiianne Frazier

High School individual -

1st Poppy Marrano

2nd Vera Vishwanath

3rd Charlotte Colder

High School Group:

1st - Sanzida Nur, Mahmudul Hasan

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