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Strafford Places 3rd!
Mascoma Valley Regional H S 4th!
There were 991 teams from 14 countries, and over 20 languages spoken at Global Finals in Knoxville Tennessee this week.
At awards ceremony on Saturday night, the Strafford Middle School team took 3rd place and Mascoma Valley Regional High School took 4th in the world - all part of the Granite State affiliate's finishes - taking 7 of the top 20 spots across the five challenges.
Above, Stafford Middle School poses with the 20,000+ team members and supporters in Neyland Stadium at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Below, Team New Hampshire members carry the colors in Opening Ceremony on Tuesday.
Fireworks light up the light with lasers around the104,000 seat Neyland Stadium on the campus of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville (below).
Destination ImagiNation Global Finals is the largest event of its type, bringing over 8,000 creative DI team members from over 17 countries and all 50 states.
DI® is the ultimate Kids Hands On; Adults Hands Off program
VISIT THE d2k.7 NH-DI GLOBALS WEB by clicking on the logo on the sides.
TEAM NEW HAMPSHIRE CHOSEN AT STATE FINALS!
FROM NH STATE FINALS...
TO HERE...
Over 2,300 NH-DI students have successfully competed in this year's Destination ImagiNation program! Teams were able to learn to work as a team, skillfully use each others talents, stay within budgets, and deliver a solution to their Regional Tournaments! THEY HAVE SUCCEDED!
Now the top 34 teams from around the state will compete for the right to represent New Hampshire at Destination ImagiNation Global Finals.
DI® is the ultimate Kids Hands On; Adults Hands Off program
MORE DETAILS WILL BE POSTED SHORTLY!
VISIT THE d2k.7 NH-DI GLOBALS WEB by clicking on the logo on the sides.
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AMAZING REGIONALS!
Over 2,300 NH-DI students have successfully competed in this year's Destination ImagiNation program! Teams were able to learn to work as a team, skillfully use each others talents, stay within budgets, and deliver a solution to their Regional Tournaments! THEY HAVE SUCCEDED!
Top scoring teams will be heading to the State Finals on
March 31 in Plaistow at Timberlane Regional HS!
A schedule will be posted soon!
Destination ImagiNation® is the world's largest creative problem solving program teaching students how to apply creativity, teamwork and innovation - and blend it with school subjects, research and real world experience. .
What looks like a 'skit' at Regional competition is really a team-crafted solution with as many as 20 scoring areas that incorporate their research and work. KEY: THEIR. The team's.
DI® is the ultimate Kids Hands On; Adults Hands Off program
The tentative regionals schedule will be posted in the Important Paper Library.
While the countdown for our four huge regionals - each bigger than ever - there is still time to order the T-shirts -- at a lower cost than at Regionals. Click here.
Meanwhile: Remember to
1. Read the TravelGuide for 2007 AND the
NH-DI "Read It Or Weep" SURVIVAL GUIDE.
2. Keep Checking the NH-DI.org web site for new documents and info.
3. Have your team check the Clarifications on their Challenge on the Challenge page.
4. Relax. Have fun! It's the team's challenge.
5. Reread the Rules to the Road.
6. If you haven't registered with NH-DI and the International org, call the office (see contact list).
Hundreds of Appraisers Trainined in Nashua, Tilton!
It Takes Hundreds to Appraise Team Creativity in NH!
Over the past two weeks, hundreds of volunteer Appraisers have been trained in their Challenge! They now will continue to prepare for the Destination ImagiNation Creativity Tournaments starting in March. Meanwhile, thousands of students in schools across the state and across the world work on their solutions. [See Photo Album from Tilton Training] |
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The 2007 Theme: Creativity 24-7!
With the theme down, now is the time to get the new t-shirts for 2007! Get the details by clicking here!
Here's the 2007 shirt! |
Over 350 Students from All Corners of the State Take the Trip!
| Over 350 of the state's most creative kids came to the University of New Hampshire to improve their ability to innovate, leverage teamwork, apply creativity and integrate history, culture, literature, math, science, and the arts into judged solutions. It was NH-DI's annual Instant Combustion and Improv Workshop team training!
While teams learn these methods, Team Managers can meet with the Regional and State Challenge Masters for their Challenge and find the answers that they seek. |
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Register For Regionals!
It's that time of year again - the deadline to register teams for NH-DI Regional Tournaments is Monday, December 18th. A $25 late fee is imposed after that date.
This is different than registering with the International organization.
If you are the coordinator you can register by clicking here.
If you have not signed up with the International org at www.ShopDI.org, you can do that now as well.
If you are all confused and need help call our NH office at 603-868-2140 or e-mail jill [at] nh-di.org.
We will make at all better!
Londonderry Training Kick-Starts Teams
Over 100 Team Managers from all over New Hampshire were learning new creative problem solving skills to bring back to their teams.
"People solve problems differently. The more tools we can equip our Team Managers with, the better they can facilitate their student teams to develop innovative solutions to their Challenge", according to NH-DI Affiliate Director, Jill Schoonmaker.
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Focusing creativity doesn't have to be like herding cats.
42 new Destination ImagiNation volunteer Team Managers from around the state learned this at Tilton's Winnisquam Middle School on Saturday. The training helped new team managers facilitate the team, without interfering in the team's solution.
"This is the ultimate "kids hands-on, adults hands-off" program according to New Hampshire Destination ImagiNation Executive Director Jill Schoonmaker. "Their solutions may look like a skit, but are really well researched and planned solutions to complex Challenges". During competition starting in March, the team solutions will be scored in as many as 20 areas. Scoring - oversimplified - is based on teamwork, innovation, research, execution and calculated risk taking.
All Team Manager training is Saturday, December 2nd at Londonderry Middle School.
New Shirts Underscore the TM Training Message ... |
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