There are no places a person cannot be transported to with imagination.
For Devinny Elementary's Destination Imagination team, it took the students to Tennessee, where the won the global competition in their event.
"It was very competitive," said Sebastian Olivares, 9, a member of the team with his 10-year-old brother Nathaniel.
"There were 75 teams from all over, but we used our skills to win," added Nathaniel.
Destination Imagination is a competitive team event that uses projects in a variety of categories to help students learn about STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) with the arts.
The Devinny Team, called "I Can't Pronounce This Team's Name," is made up of Lauren Matthews, Amanda Artman, Kaelen Peters, Ryan Von Kaenel and the Olivares brothers, is coached by Rhonda Peters and competes in the improvisational category.
"The team are given materials, and a scenario with characters and locations," explained Amy Downs, Olivares' mother and Destination Imagination volunteer. "They then have a short amount of time to build a structure that goes with the story they want to tell."
The Devinny practiced often during the week and weekends, said Nathaniel, in preparation for tournaments. Their time and dedication paid off when they won the regional tournament in March, and then the state tournaments in April.
To get to Knoxville, Tennessee, for the global competition, the team raised about $15,000 to get there. The story they ended up telling to win involved the Egyptian pharaoh King Tut dying of boredom waiting for a hippo to leave his swimming pool.
The Olivares boys are already looking forward to participating next year's competition, and said their favorite part of this year's team was working together to win first place.
"I learned a lot of different skills and how to use them when least expected," Nathaniel said.
"Because we did the improve category, I learned how to think quickly," Sebastian added. "That and teamwork."
from Lakewood Sentinel - Latest Stories http://lakewoodsentinel.com/stories/Destination-victory,222813
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