Moving On to the State Tournament
One team from Reynoldsburg will be participating in the Destination Imagination state tournament after placing first in their division at the March 14 event at Summit high school. Team Aqua (8th grade) will be moving on to the state tournament in Mt. Vernon on April 11. Team Red (7th grade) placed 4th, just out of medal contention, and Team Orange (7th grade) came in 7th. In the elementary division Team Pink (5th grade) also placed 7th.
Team Aqua consisted of team members:
Anna Stanley
Lexie Blind
Natalie Castello
Andy Riedlinger
Delaney Kestersen
Julia Bazley
Destination Imagination is a non-profit that creates programs that teach kids how to solve problems in astonishing ways. Each year, teams choose one of seven challenges. After weeks spent creating and developing their solutions, teams compete in local tournaments. Top-scoring teams advance to the state tournament. The top level of the tournament is the Global Finals—the world’s largest celebration of creativity.
Model United Nations
At the Model United Nations (March 15-17) in Columbus, Gateway students received five outstanding resolution awards. The countries of Dominican Republic, Yemen, Trinidad/Tobago, and United Arab Emirates were four of these awards. The country of Mauritania won the World Health Award.
Participants included:
Dominican Republic (8th grade)
Anna Stanley
Lexie Blind
Natalie Castello
Yemen (7th grade)
Olivia Haeger
Jovi Prater
Abi Swift
Lilly Bohler-Brewer
Trinidad/Tobago (8th grade)
Victoria Sanders
Tim Myers
Courtney Ruth
Miriam Wagner
United Arab Emirates (7th grade)
Aimee Adkins
Aaron Reynolds
Callie Lewis
Elijah Gahn
Thomas Strefelt
Mauritania (7th grade)
Cale Estep
Adam Kelch
Nate Russell
Gabe Crysler
In addition, the following students received individual awards:
Olivia Haeger - Outstanding Leadership Award (7th grade)
Deshawn Mattox - Outstanding Delegate (7th grade)
Delaney Kesterson - Runner up Peace Essay (8th grade)
Kassady McBride - Runner up World Citizenship Essay (8th grade)
Natalie Castello - Council President for 2016 (8th grade)
Victoria Sanders - Council President for 2016 (8th grade)
Anna Stanley - Vice President of the General Assembly for 2016 (8th grade)
Posted: Monday, March 30, 2015