May 6, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:Megan Overman, Public Information Officer
Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District
817-251-5503

CMS DI team earns top award in global competition

Colleyville Middle School's 8th grade Destination ImagiNation team placed 1st in the middle school category at the Destination Imagination Global Finals at the University of Tennessee May 21-24. The team competed against more than 68 middle school teams from all over the world in the "Switch" challenge. Their long-term project was to build a balsa wood structure as light as possible that could still hold as much weight as possible and their structure weighed 22 grams and held more than 1925 lbs. The team also had to perform an instant challenge assigned by the judges.

According to the organization's website, Destination ImagiNation is "the World's Largest Creative Problem Solving Program for Kids," with over 200,000 students in 56 countries and the United States participating. Destination ImagiNation is a process-based program that helps young people build lifelong skills in creative and critical thinking, teamwork, time management and problem solving.

Shown in the photo (back row) are team members Andrew Hohertz, Emily Wiegmann, team managers Diane Hohertz and Terry Mouton and Faiez Saiyed; (front row) Vanessa Hethcock, Breshell Hurley and Zachary Hoinoski.