Port St. Lucie High’s Odyssey of the Mind team advances to state competition and thereby inherits the legacy of Lincoln Park Academy (in Fort Pierce) whose Odyssey of the Mind team in 2012 won first place at the state competition in Florida, then moved on to the team’s participation in the World finals at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa on May 23 to May 26.
Port St Lucie High School’s Odyssey of the Mind team placed first in the recent regional academic competition, and will advance to state competition, the Florida State Tournament to be held April 6, 2013 at the University of Central Florida in Orlando and with hopeful anticipation of moving on to the 2013 World Finals, May 22-25 in East Lansing, MI at Michigan State University.
Odyssey of the Mind is an international educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from kindergarten through college. Team members apply their creativity to solve problems that range from building mechanical devices to presenting their own interpretation of literary classics. They then bring their solutions to competition on the local, state, and World level. Thousands of teams from throughout the U.S. and from about 25 other countries participate in the program.
Odyssey of the Mind, sponsored by NASA, was founded in 1978 to develop creative thinking and problem-solving skills. Featuring local through international levels of competition, students work in teams to solve problems in a variety of areas, from building mechanical devices such as spring-driven vehicles to giving their own interpretation of literary classics. Through solving problems, students learn lifelong skills such as working with others as a team, evaluating ideas, making decisions, and creating solutions while also developing self-confidence from their experiences.
Problem #2: “The Email Must Go Through” in Division III will be Port St Lucie High School’s challenge to prepare for in the upcoming state tournament in Orlando which may well propel the team to the World Finals. All the best to the team.
REF: Lucie Links Newsletter (SLCSD) March 2013
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