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Three D46 Destination Imagination Teams Advance to State Tournament

Destination Imagination (DI) is an extracurricular activity offered in D46 and other schools around the world. The D46 program is sponsored by Foundation46. DI is a not-for-profit program that encourages teams to engage in a creative problem solving process, incorporating STEM, the arts, and service learning.

Congratulations to all the teams that competed at the Far North Illinois DI Regional Tournament! The tournament was held at Frederick School on March 1st. D46 had six competitive and three non-competitive (Rising Stars) teams perform at this year's tournament. Over 100 teams competed from across northeastern Illinois.

Three of D46's competitive teams qualified to advance to the state tournament to be held at Illinois State University on April 12th. Those teams include The J's, Thunder Hawks, and Paper Monkeys.

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D46 Destination Imagination would not be possible without volunteer support. A huge thank you to FedEx Ground Managers Gabe Nalley and Becky Brown for serving as volunteer appraisers. Thank you to all the parent and teacher volunteers, appraisers, and Frederick School staff who gave their time over the weekend to make this year's Regional Tournament a success. A very special thank you to our volunteer parent and teacher team managers: Tina Baldwin, Dale Beutel, Amber Beutel, Krista Miller, Julie Kokkin, Paul Kokkin, Scott Landy, Lisa Lazarus, and Alarik Wright. In addition, thank you to all the local business that donated food and beverages to the Regional Tournament concessions.

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