Happy Valley - 2006 Odyssey of the Mind

Odyssey of the Mind is a creative problem-solving competition for students from K-12 to college. Through solving open-ended problems, students develop creative-thinking skills that can be applied to real-life situations. Both Happy Valley teams took 1st place in their respective State level competitions and will be joining teams from throughout the U.S. and more than 20 other countries. "Jungle Bloke" and "Ancient Egypt" teams of the world, you are hereby put on notice: we're coming to Iowa.

We have 14 kids from 12 families, 4 coaches and equipment to transport and house for almost a week in Ames, Iowa. Each family is going to be paying about a minimum of $1,200 per child plus the coaches' expenses. We've set our fund raising goal at $20,000 to help defray the costs of this endeavor. On top of that are mounting expenses for transport and housing of supporting parents and siblings, it's not difficult to imagine this becoming an expensive proposition!

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

The Thrill of Victory: Jungle Bloke Team

Here's a great shot of the team and their coaches elated with taking first place in Sacramento. Teams were at the state capital from San Diego, the north coast and all points in between but these Jungle Blokes prevailed on them all. The blue ribbons only tell a small portion of the story. The Jungle Bloke team's victory in California was the culmination of long hours in group meetings, script, costume and props development and lots of practice. Now, the kids will take on the world, please wish them luck!

Help our Odyssey of the Mind team bring the next blue ribbon from Ames, Iowa home to Happy Valley by donating today!

Coming soon: the Ancient Egypt team!

     

posted by Omer @ 9:54 PM

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