Local Students Are Competing in 'Destination Imagination' Games

Angie Graver sent along this information about local students who are competing in Destination Imagination, an educational program in which student teams solve open-ended challenges and present their solutions in a tournament situation.

She writes:

Two teams comprising students from Avondale Estates and Decatur have won regional and state tournaments and have advanced to global finals where they will compete against teams world-wide in a creative problem-solving contest, "Destination Imagination."

The high school team consists of Decatur High School student Dylan Byers, Windsor Jones, Shaifer Jones, Graham Schunk and Mirina Garoufalidis and home-schooled students Jack Purdy and Collin Graver.

The middle school team consists of Renfroe Middle School students Kylie Mcarthur, Sydney Marie Jones, Sebrina Shelton and Addie Andrew; Kathryn Barclay of DeKalb School for the Arts; Zoe Webb of Atlanta Girls School; and Naomi Graver, home-schooled.

They will compete May 23-26 in Knoxville, Tenn.

Each team has been working at least weekly towards solving a long-term challenge which is presented at tournament. The teams also are presented with an "instant challenge" in which they must think quickly and solve a problem in about four minutes.