Palisade Park students won gold in Destination Imagination’s international tournament.
As reported by CMS: Palisades Park Elementary won first place in the Improvisational Challenge (elementary division) May 26 at the 2018 Destination Imagination Global Finals in Knoxville, Tenn. Seven students were on the Palisades Park team – Lincoln Jeffryes, Ben Vergara, Kinsley Polk, Shlok Krishnan, Nadia Al-Aboudi, Analia Moscoso and Rohin Qasim – which was coached by teacher John McDonald.
The Palisades Park win marks the first time a North Carolina team has earned gold in the international tournament. The team was one of more than 1,400 teams from 38 states, six Canadian provinces and 19 countries.
(http://www.cms.k12.nc.us/News/Pages/Palisades-Park-wins-first-place-at-Global-Finals.aspx)
Destination Imagination is a nonprofit organization that teaches students the creative process through hands-on science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) challenges. Each year, more than 150,000 students (kindergarten to university level) from more than 30 countries participate in the nearly year-long challenge program, which culminates with Global Finals.
The teams showcased unique solutions to challenges in six categories during this year’s competition: Engineering, Scientific, Fine Arts, Technical, Improvisational and Service Learning.
