Basking Ridge Middle School Destination Imagination Team places top 10 at Destination Imagination Global Finals 2016

Basking Ridge's very own "Baked with Love" Destination Imagination team members Ana Hodges, Anjali Ramnauth, Olivia Gaibor, Laasya Gadiyaram, Jabeen Sheikh and Aanya Patel enjoyed first place at NJ State Competition for a second year in a row and placed top 10 at Destination Imagination Global Finals for a second year in a row. The team competed against teams from other states and countries, including China, Turkey, Mexico, Qatar and Canada.

The "Baked with Love" team held a Bake Sale and Bake Off at Bishop Janes United Methodist Church to raise funds in support of the Somerset County Food Bank Lunch Backpack Program. The team presented their results via a theatrical performance, creating props made out of recyclable materials and writing their own lyrics to songs.

Much more to come from the "Baked with Love" team of highly motivated and truly caring young ladies.

Additionally, local team manager, Claudia Hodges' second team, Elementary Level Team The "Technically Awesome Transformers", also received an invitation to attend Global Finals. Team members (pictured with Team manager) Zoe Hodges, Daniel George, Rebeka Bijukovic, Diya Jain, Samuel Schwarz Deane, Norah Brady and Varsha Bhargava participated in the Technical Challenge.

The Team had to build a vehicle that carried a member for 14 feet, made up to 40 trips and changed propulsion and movement methods all in eight minutes.

The team performed well at Global Finals and learned a great deal about their skills and strengths. Be on the look out for this "spoonful" of amazingly creative kids.