Photo: The team named the Potterheads, (team to the left) made up of Isabella Dean, Bridget Duarte, Carter Hudson, Will Knowlton and Mason Young, managed by Kali Carter-Hudson, finished in first place during a Destination Imagination competition in Hillsboro last week to qualify for Global Finals.
Destination Imagination is the largest creative problem solving competition in the world. Every year, Destination Imagination teams from around the state compete in five different challenges for a chance to be invited to compete at Destination Imagination Global Finals in Kansas City, Mo.
This past Saturday, March 16, three teams of KFCS elementary school students went to the Destination Imagination Affiliate Tournament in Hillsboro, Ore.
A team of second graders from Conger Elementary School performed in the non-competitive Rising Stars challenge.
The team members are: Olivia McPherson, Catalina Santiago, Flint Fields and Maximillian Marshall. Their team manager was Raphael Santiago.
A group of six fourth and fifth graders from Roosevelt Elementary School competed in the improvisation challenge for a chance to be invited to Global Finals. The group, named ID a Factory, performed well and finished in third place in the competition.
Team members include: Evelyn Murray, Maya Tibay, Vega Priem, Lea Matchett, Emilia VanCurler and Annabelle Ritzenthaler. The team’s manager is Roosevelt fourth grade instructor, Jay Knodel.
Roosevelt also had a group of five fourth graders which competed in the Technical Challenge.
Roosevelt’s technical challenge team, named the Potterheads, fared the best at the competition and took home first place to earn an invitation to compete at Global Finals May 22-25.
The team making it to the global competition is Isabella Dean, Bridget Duarte, Carter Hudson, Will Knowlton and Mason Young, managed by Kali Carter-Hudson.
“They wowed the appraisers with their solutions,” 21st Century Community Learning Centers Director, Bill Patterson, said. “All the teams did great at the competition.”
The technical team is now trying to raise money to be able to compete in Kansas City.
There will be up to 10,000 students competing at globals from grades 3-12.
Each challenge has three levels. Typically, over 70 teams from around the world compete in every level of each challenge.