9 DI Teams Head to State

Nine BISD Destination Imagination (DI) teams from Veterans Memorial ECHS, and Garcia (2), Manzano and Stillman Middle Schools, and Perez, Benavides, Keller, and Paredes Elementary Schools placed 1st and qualified to advance to the Texas DI State Tournament on April 7-8 in Lubbock, Texas. A total of 75 district DI teams competed at the South Border Bridge DI Regional competition on Saturday, February 18 at Veterans Memorial ECHS. Over 190 Rio Grande Valley teams participated in this regional contest. DI competition encourages teams of learners to focus, frame challenges, take risks, and have fun while incorporating STEM, the arts and service learning. The participants learning patience, flexibility, persistence, ethics, respect for others, and the collaborative problem solving process. View the DI Regional Tournament results.