North Metro Flex Academy
Where You're Challenged...and Belong
* A note from Ms. Crowley - our Destination Imagination Coordinator *
Destination Imagination teams have been busy after school the past few months. Destination Imagination (DI) is a fun, hands-on system of learning that fosters students' creativity, courage, and curiosity through open-ended academic Challenges in the fields of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, math, fine arts) and service learning. Our participants learn patience, flexibility, persistence, ethics, respect for others and their ideas, the collaborative problem solving process, and project management. Teams showcase their challenge solutions in the form of a skit at a tournament.
We have four teams that hope to go to the state tournament on March 2. Two teams are working on the Scientific Challenge. They are creating a story about a character whose discovery of an artifact leads to a finding. They include an archaeological investigation that contributes to the finding. They are designing and creating a puppet that will portray a character from the past.
Our third team is creating a story inspired by a work of visual art. They need to include a static character and a dynamic character. They have to reimagine the famous artwork and include it in their story. The team needs to recreate a piece of kinetic art that uses technical methods to create a movement.
Our fourth team is working on a service learning challenge. They are designing and carrying out a service project that addresses a need in the community. They are writing a story about a character who goes on a quest. Included in the project is designing and creating a fantasy map that uses technical methods to represent location information from the story.
All four teams will also perform their story.
DESTINATION IMAGINATION NEWS!
We are excited to offer Destination Imagination again for our students!
What is Destination Imagination? Destination Imagination is project-based education. The students will be on a team of 4-7 students. Working as a team, they will choose a Challenge from one of the following categories: Technical, Scientific, Improvisational, Service Learning, Engineering, or Fine Arts. To complete the Challenge, the team will need to generate ideas, research, design, build, make decisions, work with a budget, implement their ideas, and manage their project timeline. They will utilize creativity, ingenuity, and teamwork.
Why Destination Imagination? The skills that are developed through Destination Imagination include self-confidence, creative and critical thinking, team building, collaboration and respect, problem solving, risk taking, project management, and perseverance. These skills will help prepare our young people for the future! When our young people enter the adult workforce, it is predicted 65% of the jobs that will be available do not exist today. Destination Imagination will help your child be prepared.
This year, the Destination Imagination teams will work meet on Mondays after school, from 2:00 – 4:00. We are asking students to apply online to be part of Destination Imagination. Once the student applies, his/her teacher will be asked for input.
If your child is interested, please have go to this link https://forms.gle/YmfSVEBMLAZ9p6H78 and complete the form.
TRANSFORMING EDUCATION ONE CHALLENGE AT A TIME
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THESE AWESOME NMFA STUDENTS!
Dominic Vang
Muhammad Rangel
Amaya Huckbody
Eliza Larpenotiere
Valentina Escobar Perez
Lucas Dobosenski
Lukas Herbst
Lia Vargas Vergara
Me'Khi Foster
Salahadin Jiru
Oliver Moseng
Carlos Ayala-Morales
Tamera Awar
Cassadi McSwain
NoLan Yang
Tamara Aheebwa
Albino Bucio-Torres
North Metro Flex Academy
Email: info@nmfamn.org
Website: www.nmfamn.org
Location: 2350 Helen Street North, North Saint Paul, MN, USA
Phone: (651)300-6300
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