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Bedford Teams Advance to DI Global Finals
Three teams from Bedford will travel to Tennessee next month.
When creative problem solving teams were forming in over 150 schools and community groups last fall, some of these students had no idea that they would advance past 300 teams to represent New Hampshire at the world’s largest creative problem solving competition, Destination Imagination Global Finals. On Saturday, teams that have advanced through regional competitions met at New Hampshire Destination Imagination State Finals in hopes of competing with the best teams from 15 countries and 48 states.
Thirty-eight of these teams must now shift gears from creative problem solving to creative fund raising as their new destination is Destination Imagination Global Finals in Knoxville, TN. The competition will be held at the University of Tennessee from May 22-25.
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“Teams, even if they don’t advance to the State Finals, go through a process” according to Wayne Kurtzman, a NH Destination Imagination board member. “They learn how to apply the creative process to open-ended Challenges based in science, technology, the arts, engineering, math or service learning.” Since only the teams of up to seven students can help solve the challenge, team members develop research skills as well as communication, collaboration, situational and project management skills, along with a healthy dose of confidence.
More information about NH Destination Imagination and the teams advancing is available at NH-DI.org. The official Destination Imagination Global Finals web site is at GlobalFinals.org.
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Structural
Improvisational
Pinkerton Academy Derry Sec Level In the Zone Technical Rindge Memorial School Rindge Elem Level In Disguise Fine Arts Rundlett Middle School Concord Middle Level Real to Reel Service Learning Schools of Greater Nashua Nashua Middle Level In Disguise Fine Arts Seg Net Enfield Sec Level Twist-o-Rama Structural Strafford School Strafford Elem Level In Disguise Fine Arts Thornton Central School Thornton Elem Level Wind Visible Science Windham DI Windham Elem Level In the Zone Technical Windham DI Windham Middle Level In the Zone Technical Windham DI Windham Middle Level Real to Reel Service LearningBelow are the complete results of the NH Destination Imagination State Tournament:
- “G” indicates going on Destination Imagination Global Finals, May 22-25 to compete with top teams from around the US and World.
- “T” indicates team is tied.
- Participating teams after the first five places are listed alphabetically.
Challenge A: IN THE ZONE (Technical)
Elementary Level
1 G Auburn Village School, Auburn, #130-96073
2 GT Bow Elementary school, Bow, #130-77228
2 GT Windham DI, Windham, #130-24717
3 Hollis DI, Hollis, #130-22770
4 GRS School District, Randolph, #130-75078
5 NHCS Project PROMISE, Bristol, #130-36910
Chesterfield School, West Chesterfield, #130-05669
Danville Elementary, Danville, #130-14660
Griffin Memorial School, Litchfield, #130-60839
Nashua SD: Bicentennial, Nashua, #130-36434
Middle Level
1 G Hollis DI, Hollis, #130-47737
2 G Windham DI, Windham, #130-94012
3 Bow Schools, Bow, #130-94555
4 Hillsboro Deering Middle School, Hillsborough, #130-00739
5 Kearsarge Regional Middle School, New London, #130-96026
Secondary Level
1 G Pinkerton Academy, Hampstead, #130-29525
2 G Bedford DI, Bedford, #130-28871
3 T Nashua High School South, Nashua, #130-60798
3 T Milford High School, Milford, #130-12347
Challenge B: WIND VISIBLE (Science)
Elementary Level
1 G Thornton Central School, Thornton, #130-13137
2 G Lincoln Akerman School, Hampton Falls, #130-09381
3 Jaffrey Grade School, Jaffrey, #130-31127
4 T Nashua SD: Main Dunstable, Nashua, #130-62235
4 T Newington School District, Greenland, #130-72807
5 Hampstead Academy, Chester, #130-19119
Highbridge Hill Elementary, New Ipswich, #130-75553
Nashua SD: Bicentennial, Nashua, #130-38515
Middle Level
1 G Milford Middle School, Milford, #130-56666
2 G Bow Schools, Bow, #130-26959
3 Mountain View, Goffstown, Goffstown, #130-82277
4 Milford Middle School, Milford, #130-72170
5 Gilbert H. Hood Middle School, Derry, #130-35854
Secondary Level
1 G Conant High School, Rindge, #130-78989
2 G Berlin Schools, Berlin, #130-15040
3 Windham DI, Windham, #130-13909
4 Hollis DI, Hollis, #130-10678
5 Warrior DI, Hampton, #130-85347
Challenge C: IN DISGUISE (Fine Arts)
Elementary Level
1 G Strafford School, Strafford, #130-39007
2 G Rindge Memorial School, Rindge, #130-69582
3 G Londonderry DI, Londonderry, #130-34357
4 Sandown Central, Sandown, #130-95413
5 Bow Elementary school, Bow, #130-06351
Bedford School District, Bedford, #130-47549
Bow Elementary school, Bow, #130-29845
Piermont Village School, Piermont, #130-48678
Strafford School, Strafford, #130-43321
Middle Level
1 G Schools of Greater Nashua, Nashua, #130-21534
2 G Dover Middle School, Dover, #130-29175
3 Hillsboro Deering Middle School, Hillsborough, #130-56829
4 Bow Schools, Bow, #130-88043
5 Alton Central School, Alton, #130-63219
Chesterfield School, West Chesterfield, #130-55577
Chesterfield School, West Chesterfield, #130-23225
Inter-Lakes, Meredith, #130-42490
Lighthouse Home School Co-op, Loudon, #130-38020
Secondary Level
1 G Bedford High School, Bedford, #130-24835
2 G Hollis DI, Hollis, #130-47777
3 Conant High School, Rindge, #130-90280
4 Windham DI, Windham, #130-32789
5 Pinkerton Academy, Hampstead, #130-90424
Inter-Lakes, Meredith, #130-32941
Lebanon High School, Grantham, #130-45551
Merrimack Valley High School DI, Penacook, #130-06205
Challenge D: CHANGE IN REALITEE (Improvisational)
Elementary Level
1 G Nashua SD: Birch Hill, Nashua, #130-96604
2 G Danville Elementary, Danville, #130-45535
3 Newington Public School, Greenland, #130-49476
4 Grantham Village School, Grantham, #130-36510
5 Bethlehem Elementary School, Bethlehem, #130-78669
Milford Elementary DI, Milford, #130-25486
Middle Level
1 G Hampstead Academy, Chester, #130-27692
2 G Academy for Science and Design, Merrimack, #130-68941
3 Hampstead Academy, Chester, #130-82813
4 Lebanon Middle School, Grantham, #130-46673
5 Bedford School District, Bedford, #130-35112
Secondary Level
1 G Lebanon High School, Grantham, #130-38433
2 G Londonderry DI, Londonderry, #130-08801
3 Pinkerton Academy, Derry, #130-27022
4 Monadnock Regional HS, Swanzey, #130-32972
5 Hollis DI, Hollis, #130-69561
Bow Extracurricular Enrichment P, Bow, #130-18611
Nashua Area, Merrimack, #130-29394
Nashua SD: Nashua HS North, Nashua, #130-38975
WLC-DI, Lyndeborough, #130-29520
Challenge E: TWIST-O-RAMA (Structural)
Elementary Level
1 G Milford Elementary DI, Milford, #130-22440
2 G Hollis DI, Hollis, #130-93953
3 Bow Schools, Bow, #130-06298
4 Ellis School, Fremont, #130-51022
5 Hooksett Memorial School, Hooksett, #130-66020
Lin-Wood School, Lincoln, #130-97036
Mountain View, Goffstown, Goffstown, #130-88024
Nashua SD: Sunset Heights, Nashua, #130-41375
Middle Level
1 G Londonderry DI, Londonderry, #130-52553
2 G Milford Middle School, Milford, #130-06307
3 Strafford School, Strafford, #130-12965
4 Jaffrey Rindge Middle School, Rindge, #130-21920
5 NASD Project PROMISE NMMS, Bristol, #130-49548
Academy for Science and Design, Merrimack, #130-88021
Secondary Level
1 G Seg Net, Enfield, #130-81800
2 G Milford High School, Milford, #130-38995
3 Monadnock Regional HS, Swanzey, #130-76315
Challenge ProjectOUTREACH: REAL to REEL (Service Learning)
Elementary Level
1 G Garrison Elementary School, Dover, #130-04326
2 G Bedford School District, Bedford, #130-60228
3 Hollis DI, Hollis, #130-15052
4 Sunapee Central Elementary Schoo, Sunapee, #130-24626
5 Milford Elementary DI, Milford, #130-96454
Grantham Village School, Grantham, #130-29300
Milford Elementary DI, Milford, #130-85711
Saint Patrick School, Jaffrey, Hancock, #130-77779
Windham DI, Windham, #130-10791
Hampstead Central School, Hampstead, #130-47797
Middle Level
1 G monadnock middle school, Swanzey, #130-95354
2 G Rundlett Middle School, Concord, #130-58111
3 G Windham DI, Windham, #130-89731
4 Oyster River Middle School, Durham, #130-63974
5 Academy for Science and Design, Merrimack, #130-42819
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