Two Lubbock ISD teams finished in the top ten among global competitors last week at the Destination Imagination (DI) Global Finals in Knoxville, Tennessee.
This year marks the sixth in a row a team from Waters Elementary School has ranked in the top ten in the world. The Divine Equines and Eighties Ladies, both from Waters, ranked fourth out of 75 teams and sixth out of 60 teams, respectively. The Divine Equines placed in the Project Outreach challenge, and the Eighties Ladies placed in the “Get a Clue (Fine Arts)” presentations.
Another team from the Northwest Plains region from Texas Tech University placed first out of five teams in the Project Outreach challenge.
Destination Imagination, Inc. is an educational nonprofit dedicated to teaching students the skills needed to succeed in school, their careers and beyond. DI competition requires teams to work creatively and collaboratively to solve problems or “challenges” without assistance from adults or any non-team members. DI teams that advance past Regional and Affiliate Tournaments are invited to participate in Global Finals – the culminating event of each DI season. Each May, more than 1,400 of the top-scoring DI teams from 45 U.S. states and 14 countries gather in Knoxville, TN.
(Press release from Lubbock ISD)
