Supporting the Odyssey of the Mind program in Colorado

Congratulations Colorado Odyssey Teams!

Congratulations to all teams competing at the regional and state tournaments! As a former coach, I want you to know from the bottom of my heart, I believe you are all winners because you solved the problem to the best of your ability. You have done your personal best when it comes to creative problem solving, learning to work as a team, completing a project, communicating with people maybe different than you, and much, much more; I hope you have enjoyed the journey!

Regardless of the outcome at the end of the tournament and whether or not you advanced to the State Tournament or are advancing to World Finals, you have so much to be proud of and I sincerely hope you will recognize and celebrate all you have accomplished this season! We look forward to seeing you next year and check out next year's Problem Synopsis in late May!

Calla Pott
Association Director
Colorado Odyssey

COLORADO ODYSSEY STATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Saturday, April 14th
Twin Peaks Charter Academy, Longmont

JULIE FARR SCHOLARSHIP & APPLICATION

In memory of long-time Colorado Odyssey of the Mind supporter, Julie Farr, we are pleased to offer scholarship awards totaling $500. Scholarship awards may be applied toward the cost of obtaining an education at any university, college, community college, or specialized school. Applicants must be planning to attend a post-secondary education institution in the fall of 2012 and have been involved in the Colorado Odyssey of the Mind program.

Please download the two attachments for the complete process and application. Only applications that are complete and received by May 15th, 2012 will be considered.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULES & ETIQUETTE

Hello and welcome to what is sure to be another great tournament season where teams from all across Colorado will showcase their creative solutions to their Long Term problem, demonstrate their on the spot creative problem solving and teamwork in Spontaneous and wow! the judges with their Style.

Tournament schedules are posted and there is a link to it on both the Tournaments tab and the Regions tab.

Colorado Odyssey is very fortunate to have the support of school districts through the generous use of schools for tournaments. As guests, it is important to remind each other to be respectful of their property and be good role models for kids when we see unacceptable behavior.

We hope you will join us in supporting and recognizing all the hard work these teams and coaches have demonstrated throughout the season at the regional tournaments. We look forward to seeing you at tournaments in the next few weeks and please visit the Tournaments tab for more information.

Judging Creativity

To ensure teams are scored fairly, we require each team to provide a judge (and volunteer) for tournament day so we can provide necessary training prior to the big day. A judge will need to be available for this role all day so there is consistent scoring. Simply stated, the teams, and very likely your children, have worked too hard not to be judged fairly. If you are a past or present supporter of the Odyssey of the Mind program please consider helping judge this year’s event. We have many different judging roles to meet your interests.

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