(Allegany, New York) - On Saturday, March 24, 2018, 37 teams from across the Southern Tier will be showcasing their creativity at the Odyssey of the Mind Regional Tournament. Odyssey of the Mind is a world-wide creative problem-solving tournament that promotes original and divergent thinking as a team sport. Divergent problems -- those with more than one solution -- encourage students to learn and lead the way using 21st century skills. By working in teams of up to seven members, participants learn teamwork, the appreciation and understanding of others, and the concept that a group is a more powerful thinking force than an individual.
Allegany-Limestone Central School will be
hosting about 250 creative kids aged 10-18 years old, who will be showing off
their brain power in this high-energy tournament. The winners, who will be
announced at the end of the day, will represent Region 19 at the New York State
Tournament at Binghamton University on April 7, and possibly at the World
Finals, which are set to take place at Iowa State University on May
23-26.Teams from 14 area school districts
have worked hard to come up with eight-minute solutions to one of these five
mind-bending problems posed by Odyssey of the Mind. More HERE.
