Fremont Unified students representing California in Odyssey of the Mind World Finals

A group of students from Warm Springs Elementary School & Horner Jr High School will compete as a team along with 800 other teams from different parts of the world, at the 37th Odyssey of the Mind World Finals, to be held during May 24th to 28th at Iowa State University.

They advanced to the finals following their spectacular wins at the regional level during the Silicon Valley Odyssey of the Mind Tournament on February 27th 2016 and then at the California State tournament on April 2nd, where they clinched the top spot after presenting their long-term project solution and solving an on the spot spontaneous problem.

The team consisting of Aryaman Gautam, Pravardh Mishra, Rachel Lin, Ryan Lin, Shevanti Kumar, Siona Samanta and Vidushee Mishra presented an original skit with a creative solution, for the ‘Something Fishy’ problem, simulating multiple styles of fishing. The solution included catching three different moving objects using different ‘fishing’ techniques and a humorous presentation by the team members. The team was coached by Suruchi Dubey and Karen Wang.

Odyssey of the Mind (odysseyofthemind.com) is an international educational program which provides creative problem-solving opportunities to students from kindergarten through college. Team members apply their creativity to solve wide-ranging problems involving science, engineering and literary classics.