It is with great pleasure we would like to announce that a team from Mason Intermediate School comprising of kids from our own Telugu community has won the second place at the State finals of the “Destination Imagination” competition for 2010.  With this win the team is headed to the Global competition to be held at University of Tennessee, Knoxville during the dates May 26-29, 2010.

The following are the team details:

Team Name: The Intelligent Thinking Thunders

School: Mason Intermediate

Members:
Ananya Cherukuri
Anjali Das
Avinash Gutta
Suraj Komatineni
Shashank Singuri
Pavan Vattyam

Team Coach: Madhavi Yeleswarapu

Team ‘I.T.T.’ worked for months with tremendous commitment on a structural engineering challenge, with theme ‘Reduce, Recycle and Reuse’ and presented a winning solution to a challenge that involved the following:

• Design, build, and test a Structure made only of newsprint and glue.
• Reduce the props and scenery used in the Presentation to fit inside a 30in x 24in x 48in container.
• Reuse a story about a Newsworthy Event in a nation other than your own.
• Recycle newsprint by using it creatively in a costume or prop.
• Create two Side Trips and integrate them into the Presentation

Destination Imagination is an exhilarating after-school activity that involves teams of students who solve mind-bending Challenges and present their solutions at tournaments. Students from all over the world compete at these events wherein the winners gradually progress through the local, regional, state and global levels. The Global competition includes the top teams at the state level across the US, combined with winning teams from other countries. More information about the global finals can be obtained at the following links:

http://www.idodi.org

http://www.globalfinals.org

Tarangini congratulates the team on this great achievement and wish them all the success at the Globals.

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