{Town or School} Team Advances to Global Academic Tournament
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YOUR CITY, NH (Month XX, 2018) – After achieving honors for creativity, teamwork, collaboration and innovation in regional and state academic tournaments, (YOUR TEAM NAME) has earned the right to compete at Destination Imagination Global Finals, the world’s largest celebration of student creativity, to be held May 23-26 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Team members include (names, ages and school attended).
The team will compete with other teams in the (Challenge type: Engineering, Scientific, Fine Arts, Improvisation, Engineering, Service Learning) Challenge, one of seven, open-ended Challenges that require students to apply science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) skills, in addition to their talents in improvisation, theater arts, writing, project management, communication, innovation, teamwork, community service and social entrepreneurship.
"QUOTE FROM YOU," said YOUR NAME, Team Manager of (TEAM NAME).
"QUOTE FROM ONE OR TWO OF THE TEAM MEMBERS," said NAME, student on (TEAM NAME).
They will join 39 other top-scoring New Hampshire teams at Global Finals. In all, there were over 1,800 students who participated in the New Hampshire program this year.
Destination Imagination (DI) has had a positive impact on more than two million students who have taken part in its acclaimed academic program. This year, more than 150,000 students have participated in tournaments throughout the U.S., as well as 30 countries, in hopes of earning a spot at the Global Finals competition in May.
(YOUR TEAM NAME) is among the 8,000 students representing more than 1,400 teams that have advanced to participate in Global Finals 2018.
Destination Imagination is a leader in project-based learning opportunities that blend STEAM education with the arts and social entrepreneurship. Its academic Challenges are student-directed and are designed to teach kids how to think, not what to think. Teams who participate have the opportunity to present their solutions at regional and state tournaments.
Each year, DI competitions begin with a regional tournament, where team solutions are assessed by a panel of trained Appraisers, ranging from educators to artists to engineers. Each team solution is scored on a variety of elements, including originality, workmanship, presentation and teamwork. Teams with the highest scores advance to the Affiliate (state or country) Tournaments. The top-tiered teams from the Affiliate Tournaments advance to Global Finals.
For more information about Global Finals, visit GlobalFinals.org. For more information about New Hampshire Destination Imagination, visit NH-DI.org.
About New Hampshire Destination Imagination
New Hampshire Destination Imagination is inspiring and equipping students to become the next generation of innovators and leaders through a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) based program that builds problem-solving, collaboration and creativity skills in students from K-college.
Operated by the non-profit 501c3 NHICC (New Hampshire’s Incredible Creativity Connection), we also run one of the oldest creativity camps in the state, Camp Gottalikachallenge. This year, Gotta Camp will hold two weeks of overnight sessions, as well as day camps at Southern New Hampshire University, and the SEE Science Center in Manchester.
NH—DI is proud to partner with our innovation sponsor, Southern New Hampshire University, in our mission to develop future leaders and innovators by connecting education to life skills and the future of work.