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April 26,
2004
The Muskegon Chronicle
Three local teams, including two from Reeths-Puffer
schools, earned the right to go to the "global
finals" of the Destination ImagiNation competition.
This is the second year in a row that Ravenna Middle
School is going to the global finals, which will be
next month in Knoxville, Tenn. Reeths-Puffer Middle
School and Reeths-Puffer Elementary also will attend
the finals.
Twenty-one local teams were among more than 300 that
competed at the state tournament Saturday at Central
Michigan University.
In most cases, the top two teams in each category won
the chance to advance to the finals.
During Destination ImagiNation, teams of usually seven
students compete in various problem-solving categories.
They compete in such challenges as designing structures
out of wood and glue, performing musical skits, telling
stories and creating cartoon characters. Teams compete
at elementary, middle and high school levels.
Reeths-Puffer Elementary placed first in the "Cartoon
DImensions" category, which required them to create
an original cartoon story complete with characters,
costumes and sound effects.
Reeths-Puffer Middle School placed first in "GuessDImate!,"
in which they built a structure of wood and glue and
then had to guess how many pounds of weight it could
hold.
Ravenna Middle School placed first in "DestiNations
in Time," which required the team to build its
own timing device, perform certain tasks and tell an
international story about what would happen if the team
was in charge of time.
Ravenna Middle School was the only local school to attend
the Destination ImagiNation global finals last year.
For a complete list of this year's state tournament
results, visit www.micreativity.org.
© 2004 Muskegon Chronicle. Used with permission
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