Destination Imagination 2011 - 2012 Central Maryland Region

Serving Prince Georges County September 1, 2011

Welcome to DI 2011-2012
Welcome to the 2011-2012 DI season. We are ready to see the season get underway and are excited about all the changes taking place this year. Last year the state experienced some wonderful growth in the number of schools and teams participating. We would love to see the numbers continue to rise again this year. This season, PGCPS will be offering competitive team numbers at a discount. The cost will be $98 per team number. Please contact Wendy Simmons for more details to obtain your team number.

2011 - A Big Success!

Sixty teams from Prince Georges County participated in the 2011 Central Regional Tournament on March 5, 2011 at Charles Flowers HS. The Region sent 29 teams to the State Tournament at UMBC. At the State Tournament, 3 teams placed and went to Globals Tournament. Those 3 teams were Eleanor Roosevelt Juniors in Unidentified Moving Object, Bond Mill Bulldogs in Spinning a Tale and Kenmoor MS Flying Ostriches in Dynamic Networks.

Rising Stars
The Rising Stars program provides a fun and engaging introduction to creativity and problem solving nd for our youngest learners in kindergarten through 2 grade. Rising Stars program kits are packed full of thought-provoking quotations, creative lessons, teachable tools, a team challenge and energizing startups. Whats even more exciting is that Rising Stars teams can present their team challenge solutions at our regional tournament in a non-competitive, very supportive environment. To purchase a Rising Stars team number, go to http://www.shopdi.org and click on Start A Team>Rising Stars

Tournament Date Set

The Central Regional DI Tournament will be held on Saturday, March 17, 2011 at Charles H. Flowers High School. This year, MDDI will continue to use the online registration system to register for all local tournaments. With the exception of the media release forms, paper registration forms will no longer be used. Visit http://www.marylanddi.org for more information. Please get the registrations in as soon as you have solidified your team and the challenge they will solve. The tournament registration fee for all teams will be $50. No th registrations will be accepted after January 15 .

Start a Team Now

Before you can register for the Central regional tournament, every team must start a team by ordering a team number from Central Region, MCPSI. Note: You must have a team number in order to gain access to the challenges and all the resource materials. Please contact our registrar, Wendy Simmons obtain a competitive team number. Maryland Creative Problem Solvers, Inc. (MCPSI) offers the Destination Imagination creative problem solving program to students in Maryland. Its website is http://www.marylanddi.org/ For regional information contact: Wendy Simmons Chris Price dimdcentral@gmail.com di_md_central@yahoo.com

Important DI Dates
Sep 22 Parent Information Night, University Park ES Oct 6 - Parent Information Night, Heather Hills ES Oct. 20 Parent Information Night, Valley View ES Oct 22 Mini TM training, ERHS, Greenbelt, MD Nov 12 TM training, Carver Center, Towson, MD Nov 19 TM training, Crofton MS, Crofton, MD Dec 10 Instant Challenge Day, Kenmoor MS Jan 15 - Regional Tournament registration deadline Jan 28 - Appraiser Training, Kent Island Feb 4 - Appraiser Training, Charles County th Feb 11 Appraiser Training, UMBC (18 snow date) Mar 17 - CENTRAL REGION TOURNAMENT Apr 14 - Maryland State DI Tournament, UMBC May 23-26 - DI Global Finals, Knoxville, TN For more info go to http://www.marylanddi.org/