By: Abby Chou and Emme Pitts
The regional competition for Destination Imagination was held last weekend. Wood Hill’s two teams did very well. Team Mega V took first place and are heading on to the statewide competition. Team Defying Gravity’s--a team combined with seventh and eighth grade students--place is currently unknown. Congratulations guys, and good luck to the teams heading to the statewide competition!
Destination Imagination is an international program to allow kids to be creative and think critically. A team of two to seven people chose a special challenge that is based off of your team’s interests and skills. The categories include the technical, scientific, improvisational, fine arts, service learning, structural, and for kids in grades two and under, a rising stars challenge. These challenges are specifically designed to challenge kids’ creativity and ability to think quickly on the spot.
The team’s final performance is judged by a team of duct tape and creativity-loving judges wearing some of the craziest looking hats you’ll ever see to help you laugh and loosen up when you are feeling nervous about your performance. Whoever succeeds in impressing the judges and making a rock solid yet creative performance gets first place in the regional competition moves on to the state competition. If you come out on top in the state competition, you move onto globals, the biggest competition between the best Destination Imagination teams in the world. It’s an amazing experience with some of the most creative new products being shown.
“It’s an awesome program that gives kids a chance to show their creativity,” says Katie Budinger, a former Destination Imagination participant on 7 West. Her team participated for two years together, during one year they went to Globals. A new season is coming around in September, and if you have any interest in joining next year, make sure to ask Mrs. Murray about her Wood Hill teams!
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