On Saturday, March 10, 10 teams from Troy City School District competed in the Region Four Odyssey of the Mind Tournament at Rensselaer City Junior/Senior High School. Two teams will advance to the state Odyssey of the Mind tournament in Binghamton on April 7.
A team from School 18 took first place in their division, and another team from Troy High School took second place. Both of these teams will advance. Additionally, a team from Troy Middle School received third place.
The 10 teams from Troy were among 94 teams in Rensselaer, Columbia and Greene counties to compete in the event coordinated by Questar III BOCES.
Troy City School District was well represented by teams from Troy High School, Troy Middle School, Carroll Hill School, School 14, School 16 and School 18.
Teams at the Primary level (K-Grade 2) level do not compete for scores, but do put their problem-solving abilities on display at the Tournament. Troy was well represented by its primary teams from School 14 and Carroll Hill School.
Throughout the day teams performed creative skits they developed to demonstrate their solutions to open-ended problems without a specific right or wrong answer. Students honed their presentations and performances over the past several months.
Odyssey of the Mind is an international educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students of all ages. It encourages students to use their imaginations and to work in teams – skills that will be useful throughout their lives.
Teams are judged on their unique solutions to the problems, as well as their teamwork, creativity, ability to think out of the box, and in excelling (i.e., going above and beyond) throughout the competition.
Congratulations to our advancing teams:
School 18, First Place, “A Stellar Hangout,” Div I
Vincent Adams
Dawson Fera
Finnegan Fronhofer
Abby Kussler
Ryan Maloney
Lauren Matthews
Emily Meyer
Troy High School, Second Place, “Animal House Div II
Velydiah Gillihan
Jonathan Stafford
Quyana Thevenin
Maddison Laranjo
Elvis Salvi
Danielle Olivo-Rodriguez
Rosemary Flavin