Local Students Heading to DI Global Finals

Best Imagination Group Advances to Destination Imagination's Global Finals, the Largest Celebration of Creativity in the World

Riverside, CA, April 3rd, 2016 -- After achieving honors for creativity, teamwork and innovation in regional and state academic tournaments, the Best Imagination Group (B.I.G.) from Kolb Elementary School, Dublin has earned the right to compete in Destination Imagination's Global Finals, the world’s largest celebration of student creativity, to be held May 25-28 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Team members include Logan Chook, Neel Dharm, Rosie Liu, Dheeraj Tallapragada, Ribhav Vallishayee and Gillian Woo. The team of Third Graders from Kolb won first place in the CA State Finals on Saturday, April 2nd, 2016.

They will compete with other teams in the Musical Mash-up Challenge, one of seven, open- ended challenges that require students to apply science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills, in addition to their talents in improvisation, theater arts, writing, project management, communication, innovation, teamwork, community service and social entrepreneurship.

Best Imagination Group (B.I.G.) is among more than 8,000 students representing more than 1,400 teams that will advance to Global Finals, which will be held at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville May 25-28.
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.

Destination Imagination has had a positive impact on more than 1.5 million students who have taken part in its acclaimed Challenge program. This year, 150,000 students have participated in tournaments throughout the U.S. and 30 countries in hopes of earning a spot at the Global

Finals competition in May. Destination Imagination is a leader in project-based learning opportunities that blend STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education with the arts and social entrepreneurship. Destination Imagination, Inc. dedicates itself to enriching the global community by providing opportunities for learners of all ages to explore and discover using the creative process from imagination to innovation.

For more information about Global Finals, visit

http://globalfinals.org/.

If you would like to sponsor and support Best Imagination Group (B.I.G.) at the Global Finals, please make a donation through the link:

https://pages.giveforward.com/other/pager4h83p3/utm_source=facebook&utm_ medium=fb_sharer&utm_campaign=gf-um-sharer&ref=um_sharer

or send (mail) check to:

Destination Imagination, Inc. Attn: GF Donation Dept. 1111 South Union Avenue Cherry Hill, NG 08002

Please include Team Number: 105-97093 (Best Imagination Group)