Destination ImagiNation®, Inc. is a 501c3 nonprofit organization devoted to teaching three essential skills: Creativity, Teamwork and Problem Solving. Destination ImagiNation promotes these skills through its global problem solving program and tournaments for students of all ages in the U.S. and in more than 30 countries. In Colorado last year more than 750 teams, or roughly 5,250 Colorado students, participated in DI Challenges. Our main program is an unconventional team learning experience where student teams all over the world solve mind-bending Challenges. Teams are tested to think on their feet, work together as a team, learn critical thinking skills, and devise original solutions that satisfy the requirements of their Challenge. Participants gain more than basic knowledge and skills - they learn how to unleash their imaginations and take unique and risky approaches to problem solving!
We invite you to join us make creativity happen!
Littleton Public Schools, Douglas County Public Schools, Englewood Public Schools, Sheridan Public Schools, Park County Public Schools, and all private schools within these school districts. Elbert County – all public and private schools except Calhan RJ-1 schools. Grandfathered into the South Metro Region: St Vincent dePaul and Regis HS.
Here it is!
The much anticipated 2010 South Metro Tournament Schedule. In an effort to be a bit more “green” and to reduce our costs we’d appreciate it if you’d download the PDF and forward it to your parents. We will have programs on tournament day but not as many as in past years. If you have any questions about the schedule please bring them to our Team Managers Meeting on March 4th at Cresthill MS in Highlands Ranch, 7:00 pm.
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When: Thursday, March 4, 2010
Where: 9195 South Cresthill Lane
Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 (map)
Time: 7:00 pm
Usually we try to hold our final Team Manager meeting at the school where we are hosting the tournament. However, Englewood High School has their school play scheduled that evening and the building is unavailable. Instead we will go over the tournament site with maps. Englewood High School is a bit confusing so we’d appreciate it if you could make it to the meeting so we can prep you as best we can.
High school students with a passion for fun, a desire to be creative and a bit of crazy tossed in to make things interesting. Top that off with the stress of a ninety minute deadline and an unknown challenge makes DI eXtreme and adventure to watch!
Watch student teams from:
When: February 27, 2010
Times: 9:00 Teams begin their challenges
10:45 Presentations begin
12:30 until 1:15 Lunch (on your own)
1:15 Awards Ceremony
1:30 Play-off round between the two challenge sites
Where: South Middle School,
12310 East Peakview Drive in Aurora
As always… we are asking that all Team Managers ask family and friends to please consider appraising at our South Metro Regional Tournaments. We need approximately 125 volunteers to run a successful tournament for our teams. As you can see we have several tournament happening on the same day so please consider volunteering at more than one tournament. You must appraise at one regional tournament to participate as an appraiser for the State Tournament.
As an added bonus Destination ImagiNation is participating in the Disney Give a Day – Get a Disney Day program. If you preregister with Disney, attend appraisers training and participate at our tournament – you’ll get a free ticket to a Disney Park.
March 6, 2010
March 13, 2010
March 20, 2010
March 27, 2010
April 17, 2010
You may not be sure whether you understand something about your Team Challenge or the Rules. When you have a question and you can’t find the answer in the Challenge, the Published Clarifications or the Rules of the Road, it’s time to ask for a Team Clarification. A Clarification is a statement that explains the boundaries of a stated rule or Team Challenge requirement. Questions asked by your team are answered by the International Challenge Masters (ICMs) in charge of your Team Challenge. The ICMs will answer your team’s questions and send them directly back to you. The question and answer will not be shared with any other team. For more information, please refer to the Clarification pages in the Rules of the Road in the 2009-10 Destination ImagiNation Team Program Materials.
When the International Challenge Masters feel there is an issue about a Team Challenge or the Rules of the Road that all teams should know about, they write a Published Clarification. A Published Clarification supersedes the Rules of the Road and the Team Challenge, as well as a Team Clarification. Every team is expected to know the Published Clarifications for its Challenge.
Click on the Challenge name to see the Published Clarification or to ask for an individual Team Clarification:
Thank you to everyone who signed up for South Metro’s IC Day. We have planned a wonderful learning experience for our teams. I have sent emails out to all the team managers with the schedule but have heard from several that the emails didn’t get through to them. You can download the PDF of the IC Day Schedule here: IC Day Schedule.
General Team Information:
Information for Volunteers:
In November we had our first DI eXtreme for Adults Night at the Lionsgate Center in Lafayette. While we told you it was a fundraiser…. it was clearly just an opportunity for the “grown-ups” in Colorado to get together to do their own DI Challenge without kid interference!
Overall, a fun time was had by all and we hope next time you’ll be able to JOIN US!
Warm-up challenges are meant to get your team jump started. They are quick 5 minute improv exercises. The team has 3 minute to plan and 2 minutes to perform. Props may be imaginary. Scoring is based on the creativity of their solution and character development. Up to 25 points for creativity of the solution and up to 25 points for character development – for 50 points possible.
Challenge: Your team is to design three unique ways to wrap a birthday gift.
The Scene: Three of your friends are having birthdays. You are giving them the same gift but need to wrap them three different ways so you can tell them apart. Each of your friends has different personalities so your challenge is to design the wrapping to match the person receiving the gift.
Time: Your team will have 4 minutes to design and wrap the three gifts and 2 minutes to present the wrapped gifts and describe the personality of the person receiving the gift.
Materials: Scissors and colored markers (not to be used in the presentation) 3 milk cartons to be wrapped as the gifts, 1 brown paper grocery bag, 5 large rubber bands, 10 mailing labels, 1 yard of string, 3 sheets of colored 8×10 paper, 5 pieces of lasagna noodles, 1/2 yard fabric, 6 – 12 inch sheets of foil, 4 toilet paper tubes, 10 chenille stems (pipe cleaners) and 3 envelopes.
Scoring: (100 possible)
The Gifts:
Time:
Teamwork:
The Points:
We are looking forward to seeing experienced team managers again and meeting our new ones. It’s always nice to be able to put names and faces together!
Please meet us in the Cafeteria – As you enter the building from the main entrance, turn right and you will be facing the cafeteria.
Debi and Gayle
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