The two Odyssey of the Mind teams from Brunson Elementary School that went to state finals at Wingate University on March 31st placed fourth and eighth.
Fifth-grade teacher Chris Webster coached the teams.
Odyssey of the Mind is an international program that helps teach creativity by challenging students with problems that can have many right answers. Students learn to think on their feet solving quick problems called Spontaneous Problems.
At the regional competition in Boone on March 3, Brunson students competed on four teams that won two first places, one third place and one fourth place.
At the meets, (Regional, State, World) teams must score in three areas: Long Term problem presentation (200 points), Spontaneous Problem (100 points) and Style (50 points).
At the regionals in Boone: Weird Science (Sam Pomper, Liam Sherman, Ben Smith) finished fourth; To Be or Not to Be (Corinne Miller, Taylor Hall, Yasmin Horner, Zavera Basrai, Meredith Robbins) won first place. You Make the Call, a technical problem, (Tate Stephenson, Aaron Petty, James Slawter, Beau Marlette, Hunter Marlette) won first place. Odyssey Angels (Kaley Wood, Asha Gandhi, Ella Dunham, Alice Carroll, Lily MacLachlan, Lizzie Young) won the trophy for 3rd place.
Parents helping out included Wes Stephenson, Gus Miller, Stacy Mayhew, Blane Sherman, Whitney Stephenson and Marnie Marlette. Brunson’s media specialist, Deb Schultz-Fidali also provided support to the teams.
More information is available at www.odysseyofthemind.org and www.ncom.org
Information provided by Chris Webster, Brunson Elementary
Can't think of anything that has enhanced Lily's Brunson experience more than this-- and great kudos to Mr. Webster for his endless contributions of time and enthusiasm. This is what changes lives for the better. . .
ReplyDeleteI'm Corinne Miller (To Be or Not To Be team) and must say that Odyssey of the Mind (OM) was one of the best experiences of my life. Though Taylor and I are at Pisley IB Middle School and the rest of our team is at Hanes Magnet School, we are doing OM again. This year we also have Ben Smith (Wierd Science team) and Will Ryce on our team. Will has never done OM before and we are enjoying giving him this experience. OM involves being crazy, though the judges like to call it being "creative", so Will is a bit scared of us. But what he doesn't know is by the end of the year he will be one of us! MUHAHAHAHA! JK!
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