Destination Imagination is a community-based, school friendly program that builds creativity, problem solving, and teamwork. The McFarland DI team have met once a week since November to prepare for their challenge. The DI team is responsible for creating their own play, costumes, props, scientific experiment, and solutions in addition to staying within the guidelines provided. The end result is truly the team’s imagination in action!
The McFarland 4th Grade DI team took first place in the Blackhawk Regional Tournament on which advanced them to the State competition held at UW-Stevens Point in which they took second place. Wisconsin is able to advance only two teams to the next and final level which is the DI Global Competition held in Knoxville, Tennessee, from May 21 – May 24, 2008!
Please consider making a donation to help send the McFarland 4th Grade Destination Imagination Team to compete at the DI Global Competition. Your donation is tax deductible and will go towards the registration and travel expenses of the DI team members.
Donations should be sent to:
Waubesa Intermediate School
Attn: Destination Imagination Team
5605 Red Oak Trail
McFarland, WI 53558
Please make checks payable to McFarland Schools
photo credit: bionicteaching
We are the World Champion Rubber Chickens II. Destination Imagination is an extra-curricular activity in which we make up our own play (In some challenges we don’t, for instance the challenge we did is called ‘Hit or Myth’, where we took an old folk tale or legend and used the scientific method to see if a particular thing could actually happen. We chose “The Little Hero of Holland” by Mary Mapes Dodge and what we tested was if Peter, the little hero, could really hold back the water from leaking through a hole in the dike about the size of your finger overnight to save Holland, we proved he couldn’t.) and we perform it in front of judges, they will then ‘grade’ us, we also have an instant challenge, where we have about 4 minutes to practise and make up our play, or build our building , or do whatever the instant challenge requires, where as in the central challenge we have all year to practise it. Whoever gets the highest score, once both the central and the instant challenges are graded and added up, gets a higher placing. We have qualified to go to Globals, though there is a huge team entry fee.
Yesterday, we had a meeting and made the decision that we are going to Globals in just under a month. We are all so proud of the team and want to support them. There is very little time for fundraising and the trip isn’t cheap so we are all trying to brainstorm ways to generate money.