Aaron Smith talks about his group project, Unstickleizer, as students at Haine Middle School in Cranberry Township present their innovative projects to a panel of judges during “CIRC Tank” on Tuesday, May 23,2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle

CRANBERRY TWP — At Haine Middle School on Tuesday morning, May 23, prospective creators looking to make it big brought their inventions before a panel of discriminating judges.

While this may sound familiar, this wasn’t a filming of the popular ABC television series “Shark Tank.” It was the final day of “CIRC Tank,” a four-day event where groups of middle-school students present their inventions to a panel of Seneca Valley School District teachers and administrators.

It is the culmination of a yearlong project at Haine Middle School where groups of four students devised ways to take existing products and improve them. Each group formed a “mini-company” to put together and present their invention and profess its practicality on the open market.