LISD Destination Imagination Awareness Night

Description

Lewisville ISD's Destination Imagination is a great way for students to have fun while gaining experience with teamwork, collaboration, creativity, and so much more!

This fall, LISD is hosting two Destination Imagination Awareness Nights, which are free events for parents and kids to attend. There will be fun DI activities, videos and more information about how to get involved.

Can't make it to the DI Awareness Night? Find out more info at www.lisd.net/di.

Questions? Please contact LISD DI Coordinator Robin Napier at napierr@lisd.net.
IES local coordinator is Suvarna Kamannavar, ksuvarnadi@gmail.com.  

LISD Destination Imagination Nights - 6:45-8:15 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 12 | Forestwood Middle School (2810 Morriss Road, Flower Mound)

Tuesday, Sept. 17 | Arbor Creek Middle School (2109 Arbor Creek Drive, Carrollton)



 

 

 

LISD Destination Imagination

How it Works

 

  1. What is Destination Imagination?
    1. Extra-curricular program that works with small teams of up to 7 students to teach them how to use their creativity to develop innovative solutions to complex problems.
    2. Emphasis is on self-directed education, team work, problem solving, critical thinking and creativity.
    3. Solutions are showcased in a local regional tournament on in late Feb. or early March at a local high school
    4. Top performers compete at the state tournament in early April – the 2020 state tournament is at University of Texas at Arlington.
    5. Top performers at State go on to DI Global Finals at the end of May in Kansas City, MO.
  1. What problems do they solve?
    1. Each student team chooses 1 problem (referred to as a challenge) of the 6 produced by DI each year: technical, science, engineering, fine arts, improvisation or service learning.
    2. An additional challenge for early learners (k-2nd grade) is provided. This level is called Rising Stars and is non-competitive. The RS teams’ DI season ends at the regional tournament.
    3. Students will also solve an Instant Challenge – a “think on your feet” challenge that will be kept confidential until the tournament.
  1. Who, What, Where and When?
    1. Teams are school and grade based: Rising Stars is K-2nd; Elementary is 3rd- 5th; Middle is 6th-8th and Secondary is 9th-12th.
    2. Most teams are managed by parent volunteers, trained at no cost to them. Without these volunteers, there are no teams.
    3. Teams meet outside of school hours on a schedule agreed upon by the team managers and other team parents.
    4. Most teams meet in the home of the team manager or other team members. Some teams arrange to meet at their school, a local library or other facility such as a rec center or church.
    5. Rising Stars teams meet once a week for 1 to 1 ½ hours.
    6. Competitive teams (all others) start out meeting once a week for 1 ½ hours to 2 hours and may increase that as the tournament nears.
    7. Team managers act as facilitators and educators – they do not do the work for the kids. Additional time will be required for planning and post meeting activities.
  2. What is the cost?
    1. LISD pays for the team membership and the tournament fees. The membership includes program materials (a handbook) with meeting plans, challenge summaries and rules. Additional support and resources are provided on the local TVNC DI regional website at www.tvncdi.org. 
    2. LISD also pays for some, not all, of the expenses for teams that advance to State and Globals.
    3. Costs for supplies and team workshops (not TM training) are funded by the teams. This cost is minimal. Some school PTAs have funding for these expenses.
    4. Coordination of the program is handled by the LISD DI Coordinator, Robin Napier, in the Schools and Student Activities Division not by the individual schools. Volunteers at some of the schools assist in organizing teams.
    5. Comprehensive team manager training is provided by regional trainers, in person, by webinar and video and online through DI, Inc., at no cost.
  3. When does it start?
    1. Returning teams will start meeting in September.
    2. New teams will form throughout August and September. They begin meeting as soon as the team is formed and a TM has been identified and cleared by the LISD volunteer background check.
    3. Teams that plan to compete at the tournament must be registered for the tournament by mid-December – specific date to be determined.

 

More information can be found at www.tvncdi.org.

Or contact Robin Napier at napierr@lisd.net or 469-948-8201

Date/Time(s)
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 6:45pm
Calendar
PTA Events