Contributed Photo Members of Above and Beyond, one of two Destination Imagination teams from Shawano Community High School that will compete in the Global Finals, are, from left, Emily Jones, Rachel Marquette, Caitlin Drews, Emily Schwartz and Cassandra Whitehouse.
Contributed Photo Members of McFly’s Divergent Thinkers, one of two Destination Imagination teams from Shawano Community High School that will compete in the Global Finals, include, from left, Tracy Laude, Quincy Burr, Namara Panzer, Ailysh Tetting and Hannah Busch. Not pictured is Holly Schwecke.
After winning honors for creativity, teamwork and problem solving in local, state and regional tournaments, two Destination Imagination teams from Shawano Community High School will travel to Tennessee next month to participate in DI’s Global Finals.
Members of McFly’s Divergent Thinkers and Above and Beyond are Hannah Busch, Quincy Burr, Holly Schwecke, Namara Panzer, Ailysh Tetting, Cassandra Whitehouse, Rachel Marquette, Caitlin Drews and Emily Jones.
They will compete in the Pandemonium and Project Outreach challenges, two of seven, open-ended challenges that require young people to apply skills in science, technology, engineering and math, in addition to improvisation, theater arts, writing, project management, communication, innovation, teamwork and community service.
“This is such a wonderful opportunity for these girls; they have been working on their project for this year since October.” said Emily Schwartz, one of the team managers. “Many of them have been in DI for seven and eight years trying to get to this point.”
These two teams are among more than 8,000 students representing more than 1,250 teams advancing to the Global Finals, which will be held at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville from May 21-24.
Destination Imagination has benefited more than 1.5 million young people, as well as adults, through its Challenge Program. This year, another 100,000 young people have competed in tournaments throughout the U.S. and in 30 countries.