Windham DI Squads Move On to Global Competition

Submitted by New Hampshire Destination Imagination

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 — including teams from Windham DI — 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 to 25.

“Teams, even if they don’t advance to the State Finals, go through a process," said Wayne Kurtzman, a N.H. 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 website is at GlobalFinals.org.

Organization

Town

Level

Challenge

Challenge Type

DI

Academy for Science and Design

Merrimack

Middle Level

Change in Realitee

Improvisational

130-68941

Auburn Village School

Auburn

Elem Level

In the Zone

Technical

130-96073

Bedford DI

Bedford

Sec Level

In the Zone

Technical

130-28871

Bedford High School

Bedford

Sec Level

In Disguise

Fine Arts

130-24835

Bedford School District

Bedford

Elem Level

Real to Reel

Service Learning

130-60228

Berlin Schools

Berlin

Sec Level

Wind Visible

Science

130-15040

Bow Elementary school

Bow

Elem Level

In the Zone

Technical

130-77228

Bow Schools

Bow

Middle Level

Wind Visible

Science

130-26959

Conant High School

Rindge

Sec Level

Wind Visible

Science

130-78989

Danville Elementary

Danville

Elem Level

Change in Realitee

Improvisational

130-45535

Dover Middle School

Dover

Middle Level

In Disguise

Fine Arts

130-29175

Garrison Elementary School

Dover

Elem Level

Real to Reel

Service Learning

130-04326

Hampstead Academy

Chester

Middle Level

Change in Realitee

Improvisational

130-27692

Hollis DI

Hollis

Sec Level

In Disguise

Fine Arts

130-47777

Hollis DI

Hollis

Middle Level

In the Zone

Technical

130-47737

Hollis DI

Hollis

Elem Level

Twist-o-Rama

Structural

130-93953

Lebanon High School

Grantham

Sec Level

Change in Realitee

Improvisational

130-38433

Lincoln Akerman School

Hampton Falls

Elem Level

Wind Visible

Science

130-09381

Londonderry High School

Londonderry

Sec Level

Change in Realitee

Improvisational

130-08801

Londonderry DI

Londonderry

Elem Level

In Disguise

Fine Arts

130-34357

Londonderry Middle School

Londonderry

Middle Level

Twist-o-Rama

Structural

130-52553

Milford Elementary DI

Milford

Elem Level

Twist-o-Rama

Structural

130-22440

Milford High School

Milford

Sec Level

Twist-o-Rama

Structural

130-38995

Milford Middle School

Milford

Middle Level

Twist-o-Rama

Structural

130-06307

Milford Middle School

Milford

Middle Level

Wind Visible

Science

130-56666

Monadnock middle school

Swanzey

Middle Level

Real to Reel

Service Learning

130-95354

Nashua High School South

Nashua

Sec Level

In the Zone

Technical

130-60798

Nashua SD: Birch Hill

Nashua

Elem Level

Change in Realitee

Improvisational

130-96604

Pinkerton Academy

Derry

Sec Level

In the Zone

Technical

130-29525

Rindge Memorial School

Rindge

Elem Level

In Disguise

Fine Arts

130-69582

Rundlett Middle School

Concord

Middle Level

Real to Reel

Service Learning

130-58111

Schools of Greater Nashua

Nashua

Middle Level

In Disguise

Fine Arts

130-21534

Seg Net

Enfield

Sec Level

Twist-o-Rama

Structural

130-81800

Strafford School

Strafford

Elem Level

In Disguise

Fine Arts

130-39007

Thornton Central School

Thornton

Elem Level

Wind Visible

Science

130-13137

Windham DI

Windham

Elem Level

In the Zone

Technical

130-24717

Windham DI

Windham

Middle Level

In the Zone

Technical

130-94012

Windham DI

Windham

Middle Level

Real to Reel

Service Learning

130-89731

“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 Project OUTREACH: 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