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California Destination Imagination®

Silicon Valley

Regional Tournament

Silicon Valley Destination Imagination

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It’s not about the Destination, It’s about the Journey!

Andrew Hill High School

March 4, 2017

Welcome to the 2017

California Destination Imagination

Silicon Valley Regional Tournament!

When you enter our Tournament site,

REMEMBER, …………

It is a Creative Child’s World.

Their Ideas, Their Work, Their Fun!

Sometimes a child’s idea of decoration, design, beauty, and humor does not

coincide with an adult’s.

A Child’s Imagination is Priceless!

Children can do wonderful things -- paint the wind, dance like a leaf, and dramatically portray the

colors of the rainbow.

They see potential for new inventions and discoveries in the simple things our world has to offer.

These are abilities that many adults lose along the path of life.

Enter our world of creativity and fun, and return to your childhood, full of wonder and excitement.

Enjoy the enthusiasm for living, learning, and exploring.

Be open to viewing life a little differently as you see new ideas and concepts presented in as many different ways as there are snowflakes in a snowstorm. Come in and join us for a wonderful day full of creative entertainment that can

only be found at a Destination Imagination® Tournament!

Mary Jane Campbell Silicon Valley Regional Director

California Destination Imagination

Silicon Valley Tournament Day Schedule

6:40 am: Tournament Official Check-In Open outside of Administration Building

Tournament Information Open outside of Administration Building (Pre-ordered T-shirts and Pins available for pick-up here)

8:00 am – 2:40 pm: Team Challenge Presentations Technical Challenge: Show & Tech in Cafeteria

Scientific Challenge: Top Secret in Building C – Room 105

Fine Arts Challenge: Vanished! in Building 100 – Room 112

Improvisational Challenge: 3-Peat in Building C – Room 106

Engineering Challenge: In It Together in Cafeteria;

Structure Check-In: Band Room

Use Music Entrance between Administration Building and Cafeteria

QUIETLY Go down inner hallway to Band Room

ONLY Engineering Challenge Team Members and One Team Manager Allowed

Service Learning Project Outreach® Ready, Willing & Fable in Building C - Room 106

Early Learning Rising Stars!® Save the Day Building 100

Blueberries – Building 100 Room 110

Cranberries – Building 100 Room 112

Instant Challenge Check-In OUTSIDE of Building 200 – Room 201 Competitive Teams: ONLY Team Members & ONE Team Manager Allowed No Audience Allowed in Competitive Instant Challenge Rooms

Food Court: Outside of Cafeteria Building Service Windows

Provided by San Jose Boy Scout Troop 251

8:00 am – 2:30 pm Snack Bar 10:30 am – 2:00 pm Lunch

DI Fun Zone: Building C Quad Area

10:00 am - 2:00 pm Fun activities for kids of all ages!

3:30 pm – 5:15 pm Break in Campus Activity for Teams and Spectators

5:15 pm Main Gym Opens Parents and Fans sit in the bleachers.

5:20 pm Teams assemble for Grand Entrance! Teams assemble in front of the Main Gym with Team Manager(s) and Team Identification Sign

5:30 pm Celebration of Creativity in Main Gym Begins at 5:30 pm with the “Grand Entrance of Teams” Teams will be seated with their Team Managers on the Gym floor after their Grand Entrance.

Tournament Notes & Reminders

� Respect the Rules of Interference and resist the temptation to

contribute to the team’s Team Challenge solution. Empower the intelligent and

creative team members to own and manage their solution by staying out of it!

� Spectators will NOT be allowed to enter the Team Challenge

Presentation Site after a team’s Presentation has started. Spectators

should arrive on campus early enough to find the Team Challenge site and be seated before the team’s

scheduled Presentation Time.

� Non-Competitive and Early Learning Rising Stars! Teams report to Instant Challenge Check-In

OUTSIDE of Building 200 -- Room 201. Please arrive 5 minutes before the scheduled Instant

Challenge Time.

� Competitive Teams report to Instant Challenge Check-In OUTSIDE of the Building 200 -- Room

201. Please arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled Instant Challenge Time. Team members and

ONE Team Manager ONLY. No Audience is allowed in Competitive Instant Challenge Rooms.

� Quiet Zone: Instant Challenge Holding Area -- corridor between Building 200 and 300. ONLY

team members and Team Managers that have Checked-In for Instant Challenge are allowed in this

area. Please find alternate spaces on campus to have your conversations, play games, and wait for

teams.

� Devices will not be allowed in the Competitive Instant Challenge rooms. All team members and

Team Managers that go into the Instant Challenge room must leave all devices, including cell phones,

cameras, wrist watches, computers, iPads, iPods, timers and other electronic devices with a responsible person before going to Instant Challenge Check-In. The Instant Challenge Regional

Challenge Masters, Appraisers, and Volunteers will not accept responsibility for the security and safety

of your devices.

� Create a quiet environment for Team Presentation and Instant Challenge sites. Move your

conversations, games, and meetings away from buildings and doorways where teams are presenting

their Challenge solutions. The noise created outside the rooms is distracting for people inside the sites.

� Respect and Safety are key to enjoying the tournament at Andrew Hill High School. Enjoy the

trees without climbing them or breaking branches. Walk when concrete and asphalt are beneath your

feet. Concrete walls and fences are not climbing structures. People on campus for the Regional

Tournament are not allowed in construction zones and behind fences designed to keep people out. Remember the Rules of the Road Safety Rules and Guidelines.

� Teams are encouraged to watch and support other teams’ Team Challenge Presentations. The

tournament is a great opportunity for teams to make new friends, and show good sportsmanship.

� Good Sportsmanship and Safety are expected from all teams and spectators. Teams will receive an

Unsportsmanlike Conduct Deduction for inappropriate conduct and actions. California Department

of Motor Vehicle (DMV) and Destination Imagination Rules of the Road all apply at the tournament.

Pursuant to the Insurance carrier's request, it is required that all insured events conducted by a United States or Canadian Affiliate or Region notify each participant at the event of the following release/disclaimer. Release/Disclaimer By my participation in an event conducted by an Affiliate, Region or other gathering related to the Destination Imagination program, the participant or participant's parents or participant's guardian understands and hereby voluntarily agrees to release, waive, forever discharge, hold harmless, defend and indemnify Destination Imagination Inc., and their agents, officers, boards, volunteers, and employees from any and all liability and all claims, actions, or losses for bodily injury, property damage, wrongful death, loss of services , or otherwise which may arise out of the participant's participation in activities related to the Destination Imagination event, including travel to and from the event. Form 032312

Early Learning: Rising Stars!®

Save the Day

Challenge Requirement Highlights: Learn about simple and complex machines. Use simple machines to create and build a new invention. Create a play that tells a story about how the new invention helps to save the day. Create props, scenery and costumes to help tell the story.

Team Challenge Presentations

Blueberry Group: Building 100 -- Room 110

Team Number

Team Challenge Times Organization and

Team Name Team Managers

Instant Challenge

Time Prep Area

Presentation

105-99494 9:40 AM 9:50 AM Faria Elementary

Ultimate Rocking Stars Nidhi Jaiswal Mona Sheth

10:30 AM

105-82214 10:00 AM 10:10 AM Tamil Group

Team Shack 42 Subhashini Nachiappan Saisubasree Omprakash

10:50 AM

105-57697 10:20 AM 10:30 AM Collins Elementary

Thumbs Up Listeners Rajeswari Jeganathan 11:10 AM

- - - BREAK - - -


Thinking Torpedoes Karthik Srinivasan 11:50 AM


Legendary Thinkers Vinay Rao 12:10 PM

105-85977 11:40 AM 11:50 AM Payne Elementary

Super Tigers Frederik Goris 12:30 PM

- - - LUNCH - - -

105-00560 1:00 PM 1:10 PM Collins Elementary

Team Builders Srividya Subramanian 1:50 PM


ASSRVS 7Powerfulmechanics

Bharathi Prakash 2:10 PM

105-13908 1:40 PM 1:50 PM Baker Elementary

The Dittos Dawn Ko 2:30 PM

Non-Competitive Early Learning Instant Challenge

Non-Competitive & Rising Stars! Instant Challenge Check-In: OUTSIDE of Building 200 -- Room 201

Congratulations

to the Silicon Valley Region Destination Imagination Rising Stars!® Teams!

Early Learning: Rising Stars!® Save the Day

Challenge Requirement Highlights: Learn about simple and complex machines. Use simple machines to create and build a new invention. Create a play that tells a story about how the new invention helps to save the day. Create props, scenery and costumes to help tell the story.


Cranberry Group: Building 100 -- Room 112

eam Number

Team Challenge Times Organization and Team

Name Team

Managers

Instant Challenge

Time Prep Area

Presentation

105-73027 9:00 AM 9:20 AM Cupertino Union School District

BFF Seema Albal 10:00 AM

--- BREAK ---

105-19142 10:10 AM 10:20 AM Fairwood Elementary Mrs. Toothy Socks

Tanti Jonathan 11:00 AM

105-34482 10:30 AM 10:40 AM Rising_Panthers Rising Panthers

Karthik Ganesan 11:20 AM


The Awesome Brown Dogs Rashmi

Chandrasekhara 11:40 AM

- - - LUNCH - - -


Antina

Dharmendra Mohan

Hemali Sutaria 1:00 PM

105-04325 12:30 PM 12:40 PM Collins Elementary Blue Lightening

Seema Shetty 1:20 PM

105-73478 12:50 PM 1:00 PM John Muir

The Rising Ants Christine Tsai

Swati Rao 1:40 PM

Service Learning: Project Outreach®

Ready, Willing & Fable

Challenge Requirement Highlights: Identify, design, plan and carry out a project that addresses a real community need. Create a live presentation of a team-created fable that integrates information about the project. Include an impact prop and a character that changes appearance. Create and present two Team Choice Elements that show off the team’s interests, skills, areas of strength, and talents.


Building C -- Room 106

Team Number


Team Name Level

Team Managers

Instant Challenge

Time Prep Area

Presentation

105-31114 1:40 PM 2:00 PM Murdock-Portal Elementary

The Grumpy Chickens Elem. Vivek Karnataki 10:50 AM

105-50326 2:00 PM 2:20 PM Payne Elementary Golden Panthers

Elem. Steven Tu

Deepali Mendhekar 11:10 AM

Scientific: Top Secret

Challenge Requirement Highlights: Create and present a story about a secret mission. Research and apply methods from cryptography and steganography to reveal secret messages. Design and create a gadget that appears to be an everyday item. Create and integrate a disguised character into the story. Create and present two Team Choice Elements that show off the team’s interests, skills, areas of strength, and talents.



Team Number


Team Name Level

Team Managers

Instant Challenge

Time Prep Area

Presentation

105-03069 9:00 AM 9:20 AM Sunnyvale Christian School

SCS Spies Elem.

Amber Kraver Yen Davalos

12:50 PM

105-16559 9:20 AM 9:40 AM Country Lane

CryptoNation Domination Elem. Chitra Nagarajan 1:10 PM

105-26999 9:40 AM 10:00 AM Murdock-Portal Elementary

Team Awesome Elem. Anshul Agarwal 1:30 PM

- - - BREAK - - -

105-52377 10:20 AM 10:40 AM CalDiTeam

Creative Echos Elem. Suresh Lokiah 2:10 PM

105-05428 10:40 AM 11:00 AM Bubb School

The Medieval Slickering Turtle Wizards

Elem. Sueli Tissera Winston Cho

2:30 PM

105-87911 11:00 AM 11:20 AM Bubb School

Hello My Name is (Blank) Elem.

Allison Devenney Taylor House

2:50 PM

- - - LUNCH - - -

105-64151 12:20 PM 12:40 PM Payne Elementary

2 Legit 2 Quit Elem.

Ryan Sales Tanya De La Cruz

9:10 AM


Lifemakers Elem. Kiko Ware 9:30 AM


Wo-wo's Feline Crew Elem. Preeya Corbin 9:50 AM

105-71661 1:20 PM 1:40 PM Golden Stars Elem. Vishal Seth

Agrima Sharma 10:10 AM

105-10680 1:40 PM 2:00 PM Latimer School

Misty Mountain Foxy Pandas

Middle Darlene Sales 10:40 AM

REMEMBER: Spectators will NOT be allowed to enter a Team Challenge Presentation Site after a team’s Presentation has started. Spectators should arrive on campus early enough to find the Team Challenge site

and be seated before the team’s scheduled Presentation Time.

TEAM PHOTOSTEAM PHOTOSTEAM PHOTOSTEAM PHOTOS

Teams – you are the Stars of the Show! We want all teams to be included in the Celebration of Creativity Slide Show.

Take time to have the Tournament Photographers take your team’s picture.

Photographers can be found by the “TADA” area close to

Tournament Information Outside of Administration Building

9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Instant Challenge

Competitive Teams report to Instant Challenge Check-In OUTSIDE of Building 200 Room 201 15 minutes before scheduled Instant Challenge Time

Team and Team Manager ONLY – No Audience Allowed in Competitive Instant Challenge Rooms

Instant Challenges require teams to engage in quick, creative and critical thinking. At a tournament, a team will receive an Instant Challenge and the materials with which to solve it. The team members must think on their feet by applying appropriate skills to produce a solution in a period of just five to eight minutes.

In a world with growing cultural connections, increased levels and types of communication, and a new need for real-time teamwork and problem solving, the ability to solve problems quickly is becoming increasingly critical.

Instant Challenges may be performance-based, task-based, or a combination of the two. Although each Instant Challenge has different requirements, all Instant Challenges reward teams for their teamwork and the creativity of their solutions. Instant Challenges are kept confidential until the day of the Tournament.

Team Members, Team Managers, and Officials must keep the Instant Challenges and their solutions confidential UNTIL AFTER GLOBAL FINALS – May 27th. Please do not ask the team to share what they did in Instant Challenge – it is their secret!

REMEMBER: Respect the Rules of Interference and resist the temptation to contribute to the team’s solution. Empower the intelligent and creative team members to own and manage their Presentation by staying out of it!

Engineering: In It Together

Design, build and test multiple free-standing structures that work together. Develop a strategy for placing structures to support as much weight as possible. Develop and present a collaborative solution to a global issue. Create and present two Team Choice Elements that highlight the team’s interests, skills, areas of strength, and talents.


Cafeteria

Team Number


Team Number Level

Team Manager

Instant Challenge

Time Structure Check-In

Prep Area

Presentation

105-65944 8:00 AM 8:40 AM 9:00 AM Stratford Middle

(San Jose Campus) Scrobbles

Middle Benjamin Guansing

11:00 AM

105-38705 8:20 AM 9:00 AM 9:20 AM Stratford Middle

(Sunnyvale Raynor) Electric Ninja Devils

Middle Aarthi

Janakiraman 11:20 AM

- - - BREAK - - -

105-65630 9:00 AM 9:40 AM 10:00 AM NorthOak

Northoak Stars Elem.

Rajeshwari Raghuraman

1:50 PM

105-37672 9:20 AM 10:00 AM 10:20 AM John Muir Elementary

The Strikers Elem. Charles Kao 2:10 PM

105-51709 9:40 AM 10:20 AM 10:40 AM John Muir Elementary

Dab Master Elem.

Debbie Lei Ping Wang

2:30 PM

Structure Check-In: Band Room

Team Members and Team Manager(s) ONLY bring the Structures in their container(s) to the Band Room for Structure Check-In. Use the Music Door Entrance on the Administration Building side of the Cafeteria

Building and go down the hallway to the Band Room.

Improvisational: 3-Peat

Challenge Requirement Highlights: Create three improvisational skits from the same story prompt. Present each skit in a different performance genre. Portray a different stock character in each skit. Enhance each skit with props.



Team Number


Team Name Level

Team Managers

Instant Challenge

Time Prep Area

Presentation

105-08161 8:20 AM 8:40 AM Foster City

Marshmallows Elem.

Iyer Rekha Steve Weiss

12:30 PM


The Mortal Imaginators Elem. Jed Soliven 12:50 PM

105-58443 9:00 AM 9:20 AM Bubb Elementary

The 5 Rainbow Bacon Illuminati Dragons

Elem. Karin Dillon Mindy Haus

1:10 PM

- - - BREAK - - -

105-37452 9:40 AM 10:00 AM Moreland Middle School

Funky Nut Blast Middle Susie Taylor 1:00 PM

105-34678 10:00 AM 10:20 AM Dartmouth Middle School

PB&JAMM Middle Tina Choy 1:20 PM

105-84753 10:20 AM 10:40 AM Woodland School

The 5th Dimension Middle Ana Aspinall 1:40 PM

105-41196 10:40 AM 11:00 AM CUSD

Iron-IC Paperclips Middle Eric Hsu 2:00 PM

105-28918 11:00 AM 11:20 AM Mattiello & DiMarco

S.P.A.N.K.E.D. minus FIVE Sec.

Debbie Mattiello Richard Mattiello

9:40 AM

105-15013 11:20 AM 11:40 AM Flaming Panthers Sec. Gayatri

Rajagopalan 10:00 AM

Celebration of Creativity Featuring our Silicon Valley Regional Teams!

Main Gym doors open at 5:15 p.m. Teams assemble with their Team Managers and Team Identification Sign

outside of the Team Entrance in front of Main Gym for the “Grand Entrance.”

Officials, families, and supporters are asked to enter through the Audience Entrance in front of the Main Gym and sit in the bleachers above the second row.

“Grand Entrance” begins at 5:30 p.m. Team Managers enter with the teams and then

sit on the floor with the teams or the first two rows of the bleachers.

One Team Manager for teams invited to the State Tournament, please come forward to receive a printed Invitation to the State Tournament when your team is announced.

Complete State Tournament Registration due by March 11th!

California State Tournament is April 1, 2017 at the McCellan Convention Center

Global Finals Tournament takes place May 24-27, 2017 at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in Knoxville, Tennessee

Fine Arts: Vanished!

Challenge Requirement Highlights: Research the meanings, roles and uses of colors. Present a story about how the disappearance of a color changes the world. Create a colorful character that is involved with the color’s disappearance. Use technical theater methods to create a vanishing act. Create and present two

Team Choice Elements that show off the team’s interests, skills, areas of strength, and talents.

Team Challenge Presentations Building 100 -- Room 112

Team Number


Team Name Level

Team Managers

Instant Challenge

Time Prep Area

Presentation

105-57161 7:40 AM 8:00 AM Murdock-Portal Elementary

Colorful Creative Lightbulbs Elem.

Richard Chow Srini Sudireddi

10:50 AM


The Dragons Elem. Marisa Gaska 11:10 AM

105-11577 8:20 AM 8:40 AM Fairwood Elementary Jumpy Dinosaurs

Elem. Nicole

Puccinelli 11:30 AM

- - - BREAK - - -

105-73027 9:00 AM 9:20 AM Cupertino Union School District

BFF RS

Cranberry Seema Albal 10:00 AM

Technical: Show & Tech

Challenge Requirement Highlights: Present a show that includes an opening act and a headlining act. Design and build a stage on which the acts will take place and that will move a team member from one location to another. Enhance each act with a technical effect to amaze the audience. Create and present two Team Choice Elements that show off the team’s interest, skills, areas of strength, and talents.


Cafeteria

Team Number

Team Challenge Times

Organization and

Team Name Level Team Managers

Instant Challenge

Time Prep Area

Presentation

105-39476 12:00 PM 12:20 PM Srujana

Tech crafters Elem.

Nandhini Prathivathibayangaram Mur

Subha Anantha Prakash 8:30 AM

105-57371 12:20 PM 12:40 PM Juana Briones Elem.

Spectacular Six Elem. Jennifer Schultz 8:50 AM

105-17442 12:40 PM 1:00 PM ElectriKEYS Elem. Mukesh Dhebar 9:10 AM

- - - BREAK - - -

105-72896 1:20 PM 1:40 PM Sunnyvale Christian

House of God Elem. Amber Kraver 10:10 AM

105-20499 1:40 PM 2:00 PM Fairwood Elementary

#Why-Fi! Elem. William Callahan 9:50 AM

105-28924 2:00 PM 2:20 PM Sunnyvale Christian

Glitter Donuts Elem. Amber Kraver 10:30 AM

105-12742 2:20 PM 2:40 PM Woodland School

TALKRSz Middle

Amy Shaw Christine Reynolds

12:40 PM

Food Court Outside of Cafeteria Sponsored by: San Jose Boy Scout Troop 251

Snack Bar: 8:00 am – 2:30 pm

Large Coffee $2.00 Muffin or Donut $1.50 Fruit $1.00

Large Tea $2.00 Oatmeal $1.50 Chips $1.00

Large Hot Chocolate $2.00 Cup of Noodles $1.50 Cookies $1.00

Soda $1.50 Egg Roll $2.25 Candy $1.25

Water $1.50 Samosa $2.25

Lunch: 10:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Combo Meal Includes Price

Hamburger Hamburger (cheese optional),

Chips, Cookie, Drink $7.00

Chow Mein Plate

Chow Mein, Egg Roll, Hot & Sour Soup, Cookie, Drink

$7.00

Fried Rice Plate Fried Rice, Egg Roll, Hot & Sour Soup,

Cookie, Drink $7.00

Samosa & Rice Samosa & Vegetarian Rice, Cookie, Drink $6.00

Hot Dog Hot Dog, Chips, Cookies, Drink $6.00

A la Carte Lunch Items

Hamburger $5.00

Hot Dog $4.00

Hot & Sour Soup $3.50

DI Fun Zone Fun activities for kids of all ages from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm in the Building C Quad area.

Special Destination Imagination Awards

Destination Imagination® has awards that are related to high scores and others that are given because someone noticed something outstanding and special. At our Celebration of Creativity, we recognize our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams, as well as our Special Award recipients with medals.

Rising Stars!® Award: For Our Rising Stars This award recognizes the courageous, curious and joyous first steps in the journey of life-long learning. This award is given to all Rising Stars! teams who demonstrate a solution at the Tournament.

Spirit of Discovery and Imagination Award From its very beginning, Destination Imagination® has been a community. The recipients of this award are the ones who go out of their way to help others, making sacrifices not for themselves, but to give something to someone else. We recognize and applaud these members of our community who demonstrate outstanding and extraordinary levels of sportsmanship, volunteerism and spirit, be they Team Managers, Team Members, Officials, or other helpful DI friends and volunteers.

The Spirit of DI Award is given in recognition of those who act as superior role models in the areas of spirit, sportsmanship, and volunteerism.

The Renaissance Award On our journey, we sometimes encounter exceptional travelers who entertain and enlighten us along the way. The Renaissance Award recognizes those among us who demonstrate extraordinary amounts of effort and preparation in their solutions or outstanding skill in engineering, design or performance. While the destination is creativity, these fellow travelers make the journey itself memorable.

The Renaissance Award is given for outstanding skill in the areas of engineering, design, or performance.

The DaVinci Award The paths we follow on our journeys were once uncharted and unknown – until someone took a bold step in a new direction and paved a way for us to follow. To solve our Challenges, imagination, creativity, originality and courage are required. We honor these individuals and teams who most clearly demonstrate that spirit of adventurous risk in their solutions – those who most creatively traveled to reach truly new and unique destinations. The DaVinci Award is named to honor one of humanity’s greatest creative thinkers, Leonardo DaVinci.

The DaVincI Award is given for having a unique approach to a solution, for risk taking, and/or for outstanding creativity, not skill or talent.

Project Outreach®: The Torchbearer Award The projectOUTREACH® Challenge allows teams to address real community needs in new and innovative ways. Sometimes a team’s approach and Project have a greater impact than anyone envisions. The Torchbearer Award recognizes the extraordinary contributions these teams and their Projects have on the real world.

This award honors teams and/or individuals whose solutions have had an extraordinary impact in and beyond their local communities.

Destination Imagination Alumni

Do you love Destination Imagination (DI) and are a former participant? Are you looking for ways to give back to DI locally, nationally and internationally?

Then the Alumni Ambassador Program (AAP) is for you! The AAP engages Destination Imagination alumni to help DI achieve its mission of providing opportunities that inspire the global community of learners to learn and utilize 21st century skills and creativity to become tomorrow’s innovators and leaders.

Additional information about the Alumni Ambassador Program can be found at: www.destinationimagination.org/alumni-ambassador

California Creativity Scholarships Available

California Creativity is proud to be able to offer two scholarships for students again this year. Below is a brief description of each scholarship that will be awarded at our California

Creativity State Tournament. Applications, deadlines, and additional information can be found on the California Creativity web site, www.californiacreativity.org.

California Creativity Essay Scholarship The California Creativity Association is a non-profit corporation, working as an Affiliate of Destination Imagination®, Inc., to offer a creative problem solving program within the state. Together the two organizations nurture and celebrate creativity, develop team problem-solving skills, and promote divergent thinking for participants of all ages throughout California. The California Creativity Association encourages people to seek help when acquiring skills and to look within themselves for inspiration. With the skills of creativity, self-respect, cooperation, and understanding of others, participants will use their knowledge to travel uncharted paths to help make the world a better place in which to live.

This scholarship program has been established to assist one (or more) deserving students achieve their educational goals. This year the scholarship will be awarded based on a “Creative Essay” written and submitted by applicants.

Justin Kissel Scholarship Justin Kissel was a giant among us! He gave his time and energy freely and unconditionally to our community and numerous charitable organizations. Justin never knew a stranger. He was always looking for ways to assist others and make their lives easier. Justin was quick to volunteer to help anyone, even the friends he had yet to meet. If a job needed doing Justin was ready and willing to see that it was accomplished, always exceeding anyone else’s expectations. No matter how early, late, or long he worked, Justin always had a smile and joke to share. He was happy to be helping those around him, and expected nothing in return, other than the pleasure of spending time with his friends. Since Justin enjoyed a good challenge, he accepted the tremendous task of training the Regional Score Room Challenge Masters as well as organizing and running the Score Room for the California Creativity State Tournament from 1999 through 2001. He did this with style, grace, and wisdom far beyond his 17 years. Justin had a quick wit and charm that he shared with us all. As a State Challenge Master, Volunteer, and Friend, Justin was impressive and a true inspiration to all who knew him. He gave selflessly and generously to society and our community until his untimely passing December 24, 2002. This scholarship has been established to assist one or more deserving students achieve their educational goals. Adults are encouraged to nominate students they perceive to be walking in Justin’s footsteps – those of a giant Volunteer.

John Cardosi Memorial Fund

The John Cardosi Memorial Fund has been established to honor the memory of John Cardosi and his tireless efforts to make the Destination Imagination (DI) program available to all students in the Silicon Valley Region. John always went the extra mile to recruit and encourage new schools and groups to provide the DI program to their students. He was instrumental in getting many families involved with the DI program and contributed to the development of new teams. John wanted every student to have the opportunity to learn the life skills team members gain by participating in DI. Please consider making a donation so we can continue John Cardosi’s outreach and vision of making the Destination Imagination program available and affordable for all students in the Silicon Valley Region.

Donations can be made on-line at sv.caldi.org or by sending a check payable to “Cal DI – Silicon Valley Region” to the Affiliate Accountant, Rosemary Bognar at 14843 Priscilla Street, San Diego, CA 92129 with the earmark “John Cardosi Memorial Fund.”

A Special Thank You to our California Creativity Silicon Valley Regional and Destination Imagination® Corporate Sponsors and Partners!

What is Destination Imagination? Destination Imagination is an educational program where student teams solve open-ended STEAM (science,

technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) and service learning Challenges and present their solutions at tournaments. In working to solve our Challenges, our teams learn invaluable 21st century skills, including

creative and critical thinking, project management, collaboration, and conflict resolution.

Mission & Vision To teach students the creative process and

empower them with the skills needed to succeed in an ever-changing world.

Ready to Try DI? Contact the Silicon Valley Regional Director at [email protected] to find out more or to schedule a

Destination Imagination Information Presentation for a school, group, or organization.

Learn more at www.DestinationImagination.org, www.caldi.org, and sv.caldi.org

Donate locally at SV.CalDI.org California Creativity is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) corporation.

Donations and Volunteers are always welcome

A special THANK YOU and HATS OFF to:

Dick Pinney: California Affiliate Director

Silicon Valley Regional Board & Volunteers

Mary Jane Campbell: Regional Director Kathy Broquard: Tournament Director & Tournament Official Coordinator

Diane DeFrees: Treasurer & Pin Coordinator

Ivy & Alan Orcutt: RCM & ACM Instant Challenge, Training

Bob Burns: RCM & ACM Technical: Show and Tech, Appraiser Coordinator

Lynn Macey: RCM Scientific: Top Secret

Doug DeFrees: RCM & ACM Fine Arts: Vanished!, Regional Secretary, California DI State Board Chairman

Jersha Neff: RCM Improvisational: 3-Peat

Rebecca Riegelsberger: RCM Engineering: In It Together, Social Media Team, Photography, Tournament Slide Show

Pam Holt: RCM Service Learning: Project Outreach® Ready, Willing & Fable, Social Media Team,

T-shirt Designer & Coordinator, Photography

Peter Shepherd: RCM & ACM Early Learning: Rising Stars!® Save the Day,

Tournament Site Map Designer, Training

Daksha Amin: Early Learning: Rising Stars!® Instant Challenge

Viresh Amin: RCM: Score Room

Joe Campbell: Celebration of Creativity & DI Fun Zone Coordinator

Sabrina Lochner: Social Media Team, Photography

Patricia Cuadros & San Jose Boy Scout Troop 251: Tournament Food Court

All of our TEAM MANAGERS, APPRAISERS,

TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS & PARENTS

Andrew Hill High School Principal Long Truong -- Facilities Coordinator

Susan Dickinson & The Facilitron Team Maintenance, Faculty, and Administrative Staff

The Silicon Valley Regional Board welcomes new Volunteers and ideas. Please let us know if you would like to join the Board or Volunteer in another way.

California Creativity Silicon Valley Region is operated entirely by Volunteers. The time, energy, and monetary donations that you make are greatly appreciated and

allows us to make a difference in the lives of creative young students, who are the future leaders of our world.

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