Annual Ridgewood science expo now in Hall of Fame

The executive committee of a popular village event received an award last month from the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame (NJIHoF).

Jim Wallace, founder of Ridgewood’s Super Science Saturday (SSS), and his former pupil, MichaelAaron Flicker, accepted the “Advancement of Invention and Process Award” on behalf of the executive committee, according to committee member Mary Ann Copp.

The well-known science exposition, which has been taking place since 1989, was the brainchild of Wallace, who decided to turn a science project assigned to his class into an entire event at the recommendation of a parent.

“A parent said we should do this for the whole school,” he recalled, “and I said, ‘Why not?'”

While the idea was in place for the event, it still took some planning to get everything running the way it needed to be.

“A bunch of parents volunteered, and it took a few years to get a good committee, but once we did, we were able to expand it,” Wallace said.

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