Wicomico County Destination Imagination teams performed well once again at the Eastern Region Destination Imagination Tournament held at Salisbury Middle School on Sat., Feb. 29. Fifteen of our teams from Wicomico County Public Schools and three private and home school teams qualified to compete at the Maryland State DI Tournament on Sat., March 28. Good luck to all of these teams as they prepare to compete with other outstanding teams from across the state for spots at Global Finals!
Eastern Region Tournament winners going on to States:
1st Place:
James M. Bennett High Panicking Penguins, Technical Challenge (The Big Fix-Secondary)
Bennett Middle Peculiar Pandas, Fine Arts Challenge (Picture This-Middle)
Northwestern Elementary Imaginationators, Scientific Challenge (First Encounter-Elementary)
Salisbury All-Inclusive Home School Tetanus, Scientific Challenge (First Encounter-Secondary)
North Salisbury School Kool Koalas, Improvisation Challenge (To the Rescue-Elementary)
Wicomico High Wingin’ It?, Improvisation Challenge (To the Rescue-Secondary)
Pemberton Elementary Bamboo Besties, Engineering Challenge (In the Cards-Elementary)
North Salisbury School Gamers, Service Learning Challenge (It’s about Time -Elementary)
Parkside High Uncommon DInominators, Service Learning Challenge (It’s about Time-Secondary)
2nd Place:
Salisbury Middle Mustache Mustangs, Improvisation Challenge (To the Rescue-Middle)
North Salisbury School Brainy Builders, Engineering Challenge (In the Cards-Elementary)
Salisbury All-Inclusive Home School The Metal Straws, Service Learning Challenge (It’s about Time-Middle)
3rd Place:
North Salisbury School The Savage Seven, Scientific Challenge (First Encounter-Elementary)
Pittsville Elementary & Middle Genuine Geniuses, Fine Arts Challenge (Picture This-Middle)
Salisbury Christian School Chicks w/kicks and a guy with a tie, Improvisation Challenge (To the Rescue-Middle)
Parkside High Carpe Diem, Improvisation Challenge (To the Rescue-Secondary)
Westside Intermediate DI Dynamite, Service Learning Challenge (It’s about Time-elementary)
4th Place:
Glen Avenue School High Flyers, Service Learning Challenge (It’s about Time-elementary)
Complete tournament Results may be found online: https://www.marylanddi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Eastern-Tournament-Results-2020.html
DI transcends race, gender, and ethnic boundaries to encourage cooperation and productive problem solving in all children. DI is not so much a program as a process. DI has helped teams learn what we must all learn in life:
• to work cooperatively in teams
• to push the limit of their imaginations
• to learn new skills and creative problem solving tools
Each team exhibited teamwork skills and applied its skills and talents not only to better its competition performance, but to better each individual team member.
School facilitators at participating schools work with teams and their parent Team Managers to teach the skills and help them learn these valuable lessons. They have made possible the successes we have enjoyed.
This program is a source of pride for our county which is made possible because of the continued support of the instructional leaders in each school.
