Some Journey

CCS wins in Odyssey tournament

CCS competed for the first time in the Odyssey of the Mind state competition. Odyssey of the Mind is a competition in creative thinking. Fifth and sixth grade students tried out in the fall to be on one of the three teams CCS sent to the competition. One team was made up of only sixth graders, one was made up of only fifth graders, and one was a mix of both. Ethan was on the mixed team, which had to compete at the middle school level because of the sixth graders on the team. The teams chose one of five problems to solve, and have been working on their solution since late October.
After an all day competition, the winners were announced. The all 6th grade team won first place in their division for their solution to problem 3. The mixed team, Ethan's team, won 2nd place in their division for their solution to problem 5 . The teams were very proud and excited to be rewarded for an incredible amount of time and work. Ethan had mixed feelings, though, because he is so exhausted, and their 2nd place win sends them to compete in the World Finals held in Iowa at the end of May. Part of him was ready to be done, but after a week of rest he'll be ready to gear up for Iowa.