The Destination Imagination teams from Discovery and Bob Jones all won first place in their challenges at regional competition. They will compete again at the DI state tournament in April.

Via an email, the Bob Jones coordinator Mrs. Dauma said, “I am so proud of these students, not only for their victories, but for how exceptionally they represent us all in competition!”

Ella Waddell, a senior on the team, said, “My team participated in the Fine Arts challenge, A Change of Tune. We did research on failing paints and the artists who painted them. Using our research, we created a two-act musical featuring “IKB,” “Mona Lisa,” ‘The Little Dancer,” and “Napoleon Crossing the Alps.”

Other students competed in the Improv challenge. Trevor Peck said, “We’re an improv team, so we  had to do an improv skit (well, it’s sort of improv; we had to plan a five-minute skit in two minutes). We also had to an instant challenge where we built a bridge out of straws and pencils.”

Mrs. Dauma added, “I welcome anyone who’d like to see DI in action to join us as we welcome DI teams from around the state to the state tournament on April 7.”

Here is the complete list of winners:

BJHS Fine Arts team

“Complementary Colors”: Jenny Baldwin, Alec Dauma, Megan Lamps, Ben Meyer, Jessie Sloan, Ella Waddell

BJHS Scientific team

“Intergalactic Goldfish”:  Caleb Blackmon, Emma Bordelon, Aaliyah Coe, Rebecca Meyer, Julia Pimmel

BJHS Improv team

“Rock Bottom Carpets”: Caeden Anderson, Jake Munson, Rishish Narahari, Cooper Sawyer, Trevor Peck, Grant Pethel

BJHS Service Learning team

“Mood”: Lael Anderson, Ella Harlow, Emilee Lamps, Hadley Rosengrant, Jenny Shaver, Maddie Shrode

Discovery Fine Arts team

“Not Applicable”: Avery Adams, Brooke Heath, Audrey Patton, Ashlyn Shipley, Kathleen Stephens, Carter Sewell, Joe Williams

Discovery Scientific team

“Werther’s Whippersnappers” (made up of future DMS students who are currently West Madison and Columbia 6th graders): Rebecca Coffey, Ben Crouse, Harley Dauma, Kamryn Hailey, Leeza Haddock, Anahita Pour-Biazar