1,200 Students Display Focused Creativity, Teamwork, STEM Skills
NH Destination Imagination Regional Tournament Start Saturday in Nashua and Swanzey; 170+ Student Teams Try to Advance to State Finals
NOTE: Week 2 of competition is next week in Berlin and Kingston; State Finals in Hampton on March 28th
[Teams participating this week are at the end of this release]
If the non-profit Destination Imagination program is at the crossroads of open-ended creativity, critical thinking, the arts, science, technology and self-reliance, then these are the playoffs for those skills.
Students around the state are getting ready to demonstrate six months work in creative problem solving at regional competitions starting this weekend in Nashua and Swanzey. Destination Imagination, or “D.I.” participants will compete in challenges that blend the arts, technology, science, improvisational skills, structure, service learning and “think on their feet” skills. Scoring is complex, but based on creativity, collaboration and effectiveness. The tough part: Each solution is managed and created solely by team members. There is a non-competitive challenge for those younger than grade 3.
Teams finishing in the top tier of their challenge and age group will advance to NH Destination Imagination State Finals on March 28th in Hampton, NH. Top finishing teams will advance to compete with teams from virtually every state and 15 nations at Destination Imagination Global Finals in May.
NH-DI participants are among over 200,000 students in 30 countries participating in the program.
WHAT: Destination Imagination Regional Tournaments
WHEN: Saturday, March 7th from 8 AM – 3:30 PM; Awards approx. 4:30 or 5 PM.
Note: There are additional regionals the final week in Berlin and Kingston
Performance schedule, subject to change will be posted on the Regional event web page:
NASHUA: https://www.nh-di.org/tournaments/2015-nashua-regional/
SWANZEY: https://www.nh-di.org/tournaments/2015-swanzey-regional
WHERE: Nashua High School North; Monadnock Regional High School, Swanzey.
WHO / WHY: Teams Grade 2 – 12 compete to advance to NH Destination Imagination State Finals on March 28.
TEAMS COMPETING IN NASHUA ON SATURDAY
| Organization | Location | Teams |
| Abbot-Downing School | Concord | 1 |
| Academy for Science and Design | Merrimack | 4 |
| Amherst Clark-Wilkins School | Amherst | 2 |
| Bedford DI | Bedford | 20 |
| Bicentennial Elementary School | Nashua | 6 |
| Birch Hill | Nashua | 1 |
| Bow Elementary | Bow | 5 |
| Bow Extracurricular Enrichment Program | Bow | 3 |
| Bow Schools | Bow | 4 |
| Concord Christian Academy | Concord | 1 |
| Concord High School | Concord | 1 |
| Goffstown High School | Goffstown, NH | 1 |
| Griffin Memorial School | Litchfield | 6 |
| Hollis Brookline DI | Hollis | 6 |
| Hollis Montessori School | Nashua | 2 |
| Hudson Memorial School | Hudson | 2 |
| Infant Jesus School | Nashua | 1 |
| Ledge Street Elementary School | Nashua | 1 |
| Main Dunstable Elementary School | Nashua | 6 |
| Maple Avenue Elementary School | Goffstown, NH | 4 |
| Merrimack DI | Merrimack | 7 |
| Moultonborough Central School | Moultonborough | 1 |
| Mountain View Middle School | Goffstown, NH | 4 |
| NASD Project Promise | Bristol | 1 |
| nashua north and south high school | Nashua | 1 |
| Nashua School District | Nashua | 1 |
| Sunset Heights | Nashua | 1 |
| Sunset Heights Nashua | Nashua | 2 |
| Windham DI | Windham | 1 |
TEAMS COMPETING SATURDAY IN SWANZEY
| Organization | Town | Teams |
| Chesterfield School | West Chesterfield | 4 |
| Conant High School | West Chesterfield | 1 |
| Grantham Village School | West Chesterfield | 6 |
| Highbridge Hill Elementary | West Chesterfield | 4 |
| Hillsboro-Deering School District | Fitzwilliam | 4 |
| Hopkinton DI | Grantham | 1 |
| Indian River School | Grantham | 1 |
| Jaffrey Grade School | Grantham | 2 |
| Jaffrey-Rindge Middle School | Grantham | 2 |
| Keene Middle School | Grantham | 3 |
| KeeneHigh School | Grantham | 1 |
| Lebanon Middle School | New Ipswich | 1 |
| Mason Elementary School | New Ipswich | 1 |
| Milford Elementary School | New Ipswich | 5 |
| Milford High School | New Ipswich | 3 |
| Milford Middle School | Hillsborough | 3 |
| Monadnock Regional HS | Hillsborough | 5 |
| Monadnock Regional School District | Hillsborough | 2 |
| Monadnock-Cutler DI | Hillsborough | 1 |
| Nellie’s Treehouse | Hopkinton | 1 |
| Rindge Memorial School | Canaan | 3 |
| St Joseph Regional School | Jaffrey | 2 |
| St. Joseph Keene | Jaffrey | 6 |
| St. Joseph Regional School | Fitzwilliam | 1 |
| Sunapee Central Elementary School | Fitzwilliam | 4 |
| Sunapee Middle High School | Keene | 2 |
| Wilton Lyndeborough Cooperative (WLC) | Keene | 6 |