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!

Monday, May 08, 2006

Realtors Support OM

Pacific Union's Traci Miller of Orinda has joined our Happy Valley Odyssey of the Mind teams' esteemed list of supporters! Traci's recognition of Happy Valley Elementary School's outstanding students, staff and families exemplifies the community spirit that sustains us. The Odyssey of the Mind team members are on their way to Ames, Iowa to shine a light on Happy Valley. If you haven't, please join our community of supporters by sending in your donation (or simply clicking on Make A Donation on the side bar).

           

posted by Omer @ 6:25 AM

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