Five Wylie Destination Imagination teams qualified for the DI Global Finals in six different challenges based on their performances at the State Competition. Science Alliance, a team of students from Wylie West and Wylie East junior highs, tied for 1st place in the state. Students on that team are Sarah Varghese, Hannah Varghese, James McCall, […]
Seven Wylie Destination Imagination Teams Qualified for State!
Seven Wylie Destination Imagination teams qualified for state in nine different challenges during a virtual Regional Competition with awards announced Sunday at the Wylie Performing Arts Center. The Metallic Chickens, a team of Wylie freshman, won first place in two different challenges. They competed in both the Engineering and the Service Learning challenges and not […]
DI Takes Eight to State
Eight Wylie Destination Imagination teams are headed to state after earning 1st or 2nd place at the Greater Fort Worth Regional DI tournament in February. “When they announce you are 1st place, you are like, ‘Oh my goodness,’” said Carlee Nelson, a 5th-grader on the team Chalk It Up. “I couldn’t believe it was happening.” […]
DI Rocks State Competition!
Wylie DI had an absolutely amazing showing at the Texas DI Affiliate Tournament with five teams qualifying for the Global Tournament and another just barely missing the cut. The Wylie High School team ‘forced laughter’ won the state championship in the technical division. The team also had the highest instant challenge score and earned a […]