“Odyssey of the Mind” is a program that promotes creative thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills through fun challenges and activities for students, culminating in a regional competition against other schools in our area.

Students will practice using divergent thinking, planning, and teamwork to solve long-term, creative problems, incorporating a wide area of interests.  Solutions might involve designing and building a vehicle or structure, or creating and performing a skit or musical.  Students will also practice using creativity to solve spontaneous problems involving improvisation.

In our meetings, we will work to develop divergent thinking and teamwork with activities such as brainstorming, restating problems, and role-playing.   Students will practice identifying challenges, thinking “out of the box” for possible solutions, and working together to design and create their final products, which will be presented at the regional competition on Saturday, March 3, 2018.  We will have fun exploring our talents and abilities while looking at the world in new ways!

You can learn more about the program here: http://www.odysseyofthemind.com/

*Students must be able to commit to be at the tournament on Saturday, March 3, 2018.  Rules governing team membership are very strict. Team members must be able to depend on each other.  

Schedule and Dates

Who: Grades 1 through 6

When: Choose either Monday or Wednesday. Teams meet from 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM. No meetings on early dismissal days

Start/End Dates: First meeting will be Monday October 3, 2017 (if choosing Mondays), or Wednesday October 5, 2017 (if choosing Wednesdays)

Registration: Registration is due in the office by Thursday, September 29, 2017.

Regional Tournament:  Saturday, March 3, 2018. Students must be available at any time that day.

Cost: The cost of the program will be dependent upon how many students and teams we register.  Once we know how many students we have, we will be able to set the exact cost.  (historically, the cost has been between $200-300. The cost depends on how many students sign up and how many volunteers we get to help out vs. paid staff)

Questions? Please contact Chris Hinton: cmhinton@fcps.edu