2,000 Students Ready for Destination Imagination NH Regionals

Imagine a competition where small student teams have to blend school subjects with massive creativity without any help – and are judged on the outcome.

Welcome to Destination Imagination, featuring some 2,000 Granite State students who are heading for regional tournaments, beginning on March 16 in Nashua and Littleton. This is the first of two weeks that will see student teams compete in hopes of advancing to the State Finals and ultimately, Global Finals competition. 

Team members from kindergarten to high school will compete in open-ended, complex challenges that incorporate science, technology, engineering, math, the arts or service-learning with the team’s ability to deliver creative solutions. What makes DI unique is that all solutions, including all ideas and construction must be done SOLELY by team members, and not adults or friends. The teams have been working since the fall to craft their solutions.

Saturday the first 900 students will participate in the regional competitions at and Littleton High School. Teams that advance in their Challenge and grade level will compete at Destination ImagiNation State Finals in Salem next month. The top-scoring teams will then represent New Hampshire against teams from around the world at Global Finals.

This year, more than 150,000 students from 48 states and 30 countries will participate in the non-profit Destination Imagination educational programs.

The non-profit New Hampshire Destination ImagiNation this year marks its 32^nd year of bringing creativity programs to Granite State schools and community organizations.

Where:

• Nashua High School North (tournament web site with schedule)

• Littleton High School (tournament web sitewith schedule)

When: Parade of Teams at 8 a.m.; Competition starts at 9 a.m.. Awards 6 p.m.

Who: Teams competing at Nashua HS North (80 total teams; 560 students)

[School followed by number of teams]

Academy for Science and Design - 5

Bedford DI - 1

Bedford High School - 1

Bedford School District - 3

Belmont Middle School - 2

Bow Elementary school - 5

Bow Schools - 4

Fred C. Underhill School - 2

Hollis DI - 1

James Mastricola Elementary School - 3

Jewett Street School  - 1

Maple Avenue Elementary School - 5

Merrimack DI  - 1

Milford High School - 1

Mountain View, Goffstown - 3

Nashua Area - 1

Nashua Catholic Regional Junior -  1

Nashua High School South - 1

Nashua SD: Bicentennial - 8

Nashua SD: Birch Hill  -  1

Nashua SD: Fairgrounds Elementary  - 1

Nashua SD: Ledge Street School - 1

Nashua SD: Main Dunstable Elementary -  4

Nashua SD: Nashua HS North -  2

Nashua SD: Pennichuck Middle School -  1

Nashua SD: Sunset Heights Elementary - 4

Peter Woodbury Elementary -  3

Peter Woodbury School -  5

Riddle Brook School - 4

Sandown Central School -  1

Schools of Greater Nashua - 1

Windham DI - 2

WLC-DI - 1

Destination Imagination by the Numbers:

• 125,000 Annual Participants

• 1,500,000 Alumni

• 38,000 Volunteers

• 48 States and 30 Countries

• 300+ Annual NH Teams

• 2,000+ Annual NH Students

• 200+ Annual NH Schools

• 1,000+ Annual NH Volunteers

What's next:

• Mar 16 Regional Competition Littleton High School; Nashua HS North
• Mar 23 Regional Competition Sanborn Regional HS, Kingston; Monadnock RHS, Swanzey
• Apr 6 NH-DI State Finals Competition TBA
• May 3 Spoil Your Dinner Event for NH-DI Global Finals Teams TBA
• May 22-25 Destination Imagination Global Finals, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

About New Hampshire Destination Imagination

New Hampshire Destination Imagination (NH-DI) is operated by the 501(c)3 non-profit NHICC (New Hampshire’s Incredible Creativity Connection). Now in its 32nd year of running extra-curricular creativity-powered programs that extend in-school learning, students in NH-DI programs learn critical thinking, creativity, cooperation, teamwork, communication skills and confidence.

Many adult volunteers learn how to take the same lessons and implement them in the workplace to leverage team innovation. During the summer months we operate Camp Gottalikachallenge, one of the nation’s first creativity camps.

Sign up now for Creativity for the Summer! Camp GottaLikaChallenge. TWO Sessions and ONE LOCATION to choose from! August 4 - 9 & August 11 - 16, Brewster Academy, Wolfeboro, NH. Download an information and registration flyer about the 2013 Summer Camps from http://www.GottaLikaChallenge.org