Photo by Rachel Reekie.
After months of hard work, building creativity, collaboration and problem-solving skills, 39 New Hampshire school teams will be heading to the world’s largest celebration and competition of creativity, Destination Imagination Global Finals at the University of Tennessee in May. On Saturday, teams competed in science, technology, engineering, arts, math, science and service learning-based challenges at the New Hampshire Destination Imagination State Finals at Bedford, NH High School.
Nearly 300 New Hampshire academic teams started forming in the fall, with competitions starting last month. In all, over 1,800 Granite States students participate and over 150,000 students in 48 states and countries as well. Top scoring teams from each challenge and age level will meet to compete at Global Finals in May. In all, New Hampshire teams will be among 8,000 competitors at the Global event held at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
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“Teams had to learn to collaborate and leverage their skills to create a massively creative solution to a complex challenge – and do it without any help from anyone else; no friends, no adults – just the team of up to seven students”, according to Wayne Kurtzman, a board member for the organization. “Now, they also shift into fundraising mode to attend the event.” They could use all the help the can get there.
The following teams have qualified to attend Destination Imagination Global Finals:
| Technical Challenge: Maze Craze | ||||
| Organization | Team Name | Level | Town | Number |
| Ernest P Barka Elementary School | Elementary | Derry | 130-10672 | |
| Bedford DI | Mind Blowers | Elementary | Bedford | 130-18135 |
| Chesterfield School | The Fire Breathing Fingers | Middle | Chesterfield | 130-96894 |
| Gilbert H Hood Middle School | Seven Shades of Awesome | Middle | Derry | 130-07331 |
| Londonderry DI | The Duct Tape Dudes | Secondary | Londonderry | 130-82211 |
| Hollis Brookline DI | The a-Maze-ing Team from HB | Secondary | Hollis | 130-32005 |
| Scientific Challenge: Unlikely Attraction | ||||
| Organization | Team Name | Level | Town | Number |
| Main Dunstable Elementary School | Hexa Hawks | Elementary | Nashua | 130-69137 |
| GRS Cooperative | Elementary | Gorham | 130-20850 | |
| Bedford DI | Team EMOJI | Elementary | Bedford | 130-86699 |
| Auburn Village School | Brain Blasters | Middle | Auburn | 130-22998 |
| Hollis-Brookline Middle School DI | Private Eyes of DI | Middle | Hollis | 130-28697 |
| Goffstown High School | The Revolutionaries | Secondary | Goffstown | 130-35832 |
| Berlin Schools | Secondary | Berlin | 130-30661 | |
| Fine Arts Challenge: Change of Tune | ||||
| Organization | Team Name | Level | Town | Number |
| Amherst DI | Gabby Gang | Elementary | Amherst | 130-66804 |
| Bedford DI | Animal Brigade | Elementary | Bedford | 130-82862 |
| Sunapee Middle High School | Musical Knights | Middle | Sunapee | 130-17797 |
| Maude H Trefethen | The Pandacorns | Middle | New Castle | 130-74737 |
| Goffstown High School | NUT | Secondary | Goffstown | 130-42848 |
| Bedford DI | O’ DIrony | Secondary | Bedford | 130-59374 |
| Improvisation Challenge: Treasure! | ||||
| Organization | Team Name | Level | Town | Number |
| Londonderry DI | Team Unicorn Imaginations | Elementary | Londonderry | 130-99048 |
| Bedford DI | Pioneers of Treasure | Elementary | Bedford | 130-35082 |
| Elm Street Middle School | Shooting Starfish | Middle | Nashua | 130-22823 |
| Grantham Village School | The Five | Middle | Grantham | 130-69209 |
| Timberlane Regional High School | Secondary | Danville | 130-36827 | |
| Bedford DI | Sit Down Commedians | Secondary | Bedford | 130-65631 |
| Southern New Hampshire University | SNHU White and the 7 Dwarves | University | Manchester, NH | 130-22284 |
| Engineering Challenge: Drop Zone | ||||
| Organization | Team Name | Level | Town | Number |
| Highbridge Hill Elementary | HHES | Elementary | New Ipswich | 130-16399 |
| Bedford DI | The 5 Leaf Clovers | Elementary | Bedford | 130-70735 |
| Saint Joseph Regional School | Michele’s Team | Middle | Keene | 130-46231 |
| Litchfield | Ant Fame | Middle | Litchfield | 130-22665 |
| Pinkerton DI Club | DI for Dummies | Secondary | Derry | 130-07466 |
| Milford Destination Imagination | Maybe Seven | Secondary | Milford | 130-41406 |
| Service Learning Challenge: Inside Impact | ||||
| Organization | Team Name | Level | Town | Number |
| Sunapee Central Elementary School | S to the Power of 6 | Elementary | Sunapee | 130-00623 |
| Mildred C. Lakeway Elementary | The Maniacs | Elementary | Littleton | 130-25805 |
| Bedford DI | SSSSAM | Middle | Bedford | 130-52443 |
| Thornton Central School | Middle | Thornton | 130-64922 | |
| Milford Destination Imagination | Food Funders | Middle | Milford | 130-93485 |
| Bedford DI | DI of the Storm | Secondary | Bedford | 130-77261 |
| KHS | The Naturals | Secondary | Keene | 130-15321 |
| Marlborough School | Elementary | Marlborough | 130-58406 | |