Three student teams from area schools were top winners at the New York State Odyssey of the Mind competition at Binghamton University.
Algonquin Middle School (Averill Park CSD), Tamarac Elementary School (Brunswick CSD) and Tamarac Secondary School (Brunswick CSD) all finished in first place. The three teams will go on to compete at the world competition May 28-31 at Iowa State University.
The Tamarac Secondary team will advance to the World Competition May 28-31 at Iowa State University.
Odyssey of the Mind is an international problem solving competition for students in grades K-12. Students are judged on their ability to use creativity and teamwork to solve a pre-selected problem.
The Algonquin Middle School team placed first in The Stackable Structure Division II competition, the Tamarac Elementary School team placed first in the Driver’s Test Division I competition and the Tamarac Secondary School team placed first in the Seeing is Believing Division II competition.
They were 16 teams from Region Four (Rensselaer, Columbia and Greene Counties) that advanced to the state competition from the regional Odyssey of the Mind competition sponsored by Questar III in March.
The other districts from Region Four with teams competing were: Catskill, Coxsackie-Athens, East Greenbush, Ichabod Crane, Lansingburgh, Tech Valley High School and Troy.
A number of teams have advanced to the worlds from this area in recent years, including 11 teams in the past four years. A team from Averill Park CSD has advanced to the world competition for the past seven years in row.
A full list of winning teams can be found at: http://scores.nysoma.org/stateresults.php.
