1. 2012 – 13 Destination Imagination Meeting for Parents, Prospective Team Members, Team Managers, and Appraisers Newark City Schools October, 2012

2. Mission  To develop opportunities that inspire the global community of learners to utilize diverse approaches in applying 21st Century Skills and creativity.  The Destination Imagination program encourages teams of learners to have fun, take risks, focus, and frame challenges while incorporating STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), the arts, and service learning.  Our participants learn patience, flexibility, persistence, ethics, respect for others and their ideas, and the collaborative problem solving process. Teams may showcase their solutions at a tournament. Vision To be the global leader in teaching the creative process on the journey from imagination to application.

4. “Destination Imagination is an educational program where student teams solve open-ended Challenges and then present their solutions at tournaments.”

10. 2012 -13 Challenges

14. What an Ohio DI Team Manager has to say about managing a team

16. More about the benefits of DI student participation and managing a team

19. Thanks for attending this informational meeting! Have a safe trip back home! Now, what questions do you have?