Last year, 80 students from nine different Newton Public Schools participated in Regional and State competitions sponsored by Destination Imagination.  Destination Imagination encourages teams of learners (K-12) to have fun, take risks, focus and frame challenges while incorporating STEM, the arts, and service learning.  DI students learn patience, flexibility, persistence, ethics, respect for others and their ideas, and the collaborative problem solving process.  The program is run by volunteers and needs participation from every family.  Teams are formed in October and meet in November, and the Regional Tournament is in early Spring.

Interested parents are invited to any of five DI Info Nights (7-8PM):

• Tuesday, September 9:  Zervas Elementary (30 Beethoven Avenue)
• Wednesday, September 10:  Burr Elementary (171 Pine Street)
• Monday, September 15:  Cabot Elementary (229 Cabot Street)
• Wednesday, September 17:  Memorial Spaulding Elementary (250 Brookline Street)
• Monday, September 22:  Horace Mann Elementary (687 Watertown Street)