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Play games! Do you like to build? Do you like creating humorous adventures? Would you like to mix exploration with art? Sound like fun? Then try Destination Imagination! DI is a creative problem-solving program. Students form teams of no more than 7 members. Each team needs at least one manager. We always have more students that want to participate than we have adult managers. Each team is guided by their manager to prepare a solution to a given challenge and presents their solution at local tournaments. Teams also prepare to solve an Instant Challenge presented to them on the tournament day! Adults support their team members but they do NOT do the challenge for them, which the children just LOVE!

Steck's History with DI ﻿ Steck has roots at least as far back as 20 years ago with OM. Traditionally our teams score in the top 10% of eachtournament and we also have received numerous special awards for extreme creative problem solving. And for manyrecent years, we have sent teams to the Global Finals in Tennessee! Benefits of DI ﻿Team members gainskills in areas of research, script writing, costume, set and prop design/construction,team building and creative thinking to just a few. Time Commitment ﻿Preparing for tournaments is a long process. Some teams start as early as September/October. Initially, teams meet at least once a week for 1 hour to 1.5 hours either after school or on the weekends depending on the team. As the tournament day draws near, most teams increase the frequency and/or length of their meetings. Many teams meet almost everyday the week before the tournament. A formula you might consider: for every hour you spend with your team, there is about 1 or 2 hour of prep time involved.

Costs ﻿Thanks to the Steck PTSA, our Team memberships are paid by them! Just let me know and I will fill out the appropriate forms. Usually teams divide the expenses evenly for materials related to their challenge. Snacks at meetings are usually provided by parents and each team member is required to wear a DI T-shirt on tournament days which costs around $8 each.

Tournament Dates ﻿Denver Tournament: George Washington HS State Tournament: Auraria CampusGlobals: Universary of Tennessee Contact Me...  If you are interested in managing a team, please email Steck's DI coordinator at Kathy_Eichenberger@dpsk12.org

For more information, you can also check out the following websites: **Destination Imagination** IDODI.webarchive =** Colorado DI Extreme Creativity .webarchive **= = =