FULL CIRCLEDivision I1st Beverly Woods Elementary School Charlotte, NC2nd River Oaks Elementary School TM A Houston, TX3rd Anglo Chinese School Junior 2, Singapore4th Thornapple Kellogg Elementary School Middleville, MI4th Szkola Podstawowa W Pogorzu Pogorze, PD5th Lawton Chiles Elementary School Tampa, FL6th Saxe Middle School TM A New Canaan, CT

Division II1st JP Case Middle School Flemington, NJ2nd Gimnazjum NR 4 W Gdyni Gdynia, PD3rd Forest Hills Central Middle School Grand Rapids, MI4th Charles Ellis Montessori School Savannah, GA4th Raffles Girls Secondary School, Singapore 5th South Middle School Eau Claire, WI5th James Madison Middle School Roanoke, VA6th Harper Park Middle School TM A Leesburg, VA

Division III1st Myers Park High School White Charlotte, NC2nd Stowe Playhouse Stowe, VT3rd Wake Forest-Rolesville High School Wake Forest, NC4th Stillwater Creativity Booster A Stillwater, OK5th III Liceum Gdansk Topolowka Gdansk, PD6th West Potomac High School Alexandria, VA

Division IV1st III Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace Gdynia, PD2nd North Dakota State University Fargo, ND3rd Mt. Pleasant Lions Club Orange Midland, NC4th Osrodek Kreoteam Poznan Poznan, PD5th University of Central Florida New Port Richey, FL6th University of Delaware Newark, DE

EXTREME MOUSEMOBILESDivision I1st Brentwood Elementary School Sarasota, FL2nd Grant School Redding, CA3rd Anglo Chinese School Junior, Singapore4th Woodward Ave Elementary School Deland, FL5th Palmetto Elementary School Miami, FL5th Brunswick School Greenwich, CT6th Unionville Elementary School Monroe, NC6th River Oaks Elementary School TM A Houston, TX

Division II1st Berwick Academy South Berwick, ME2nd St. John Neumann Elementary School Williamsport, PA3rd West Middle School West Seneca, NY4th Yuepu Experimental School Shanghai, China5th FH Northern Hill Middle School Grand Rapids, MI5th Old Turnpike School Califon, NJ6th Avondale Scouts Avondale Estates, GA6th Raffles Girls Secondary School, Singapore

Division III1st Pennridge High School Green Lane, PA2nd Mill River Union High School North Clarendon, VT3rd Pine Bush High School Pine Bush, NY4th II Liceum Ogolnoskztalcace Chojnice, PD5th Georgia Military Coll. Prep School Milledgeville, GA5th The Charter School of Wilmington Team B Wilmington, DE6th Raffles Girls Secondary School, Singapore 6th Franklin County High School Rocky Mount, VA

Division IV1st Kyunghee University Seoul, Korea2nd Pennsylvania State University Pittsburgh, PA3rd Southwestern Illinois College Belleville, IL

� Mill River Union High School for takinggreat risk in designing a highly creativeand mechanically complex machine withmany individual parts.

� Osrodek Psychoedukacji Damb fordemonstrating exceptional creativity andrisk-taking in the design of its mousemo-bile. The team created a sophisticatedmethod to recharge mousetrap energy.

� Moraga Rotary Club Team A for show-ing phenomenal creativity and risk-takingduring a hands-on spontaneous problem.They created an extremely humorous skitto go along with its solution even thoughnone was required.

� Upper St. Claire High School for capti-vating audiences through its highly cre-ative scenery that allowed the main char-

acter to travel seamlessly around the worldduring its performance.

� Moon Elementary School, Team A forutilizing recycled goods throughout itsentire solution. Each element of its perfor-mance was created beautifully – and allwith “trash” items!

LÈ TOURGUIDEDivision I1st Anglo Chinese School Junior, Singapore2nd Moon Elementary School TM A Moon Township, PA3rd Unionville Elementary School Monroe, NC3rd Zespol Szkol Sto W Lodzi Lodz, PD4th Sherwood Elementary School Sherwood, AR4th Plk Grandmont Primary School, Hong Kong5th CR Weeks Elementary School Windsor, NY5th Glenview Elementary School Oakland, CA6th Roguewood Elementary School TM B Rockford, MI

Division II1st Voorheesville Middle School/High School Voorheesville, NY2nd Anglo Chinese School Independent, Singapore3rd Pok Oi Hosp Chan Kai Mem Coll, Hong Kong4th South Charlotte Middle School Purple Charlotte , NC4th Wildwood Christian Academy Marble Hill, GA5th Magee Middle School Tucson, AZ6th Community House Middle School TM B Pineville, NC

Division III1st Upper St. Clair High School Upper St. Clair, PA2nd Anglo Chinese School Independent, Singapore3rd Quest Homeschoolers Durham, NC4th Orinda Masonic Lodge TM A Orinda, CA5th Raffles Girls Secondary School, Singapore6th Peachtree Ridge High School Suwanee, GA

Division IV1st Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY2nd Pennsylvania State University Pittsburgh, PA3rd University of Delaware Newark, DE

CC H A M P I O N SH A M P I O N S !!UNHINGED STRUCTUREDivision I1st New Putuo Primary School Shanghai, China2nd Elem. Sch. at Renmin University of China Shanghai, China3rd Changzhou Jiefang Rd. Primary Sch., Changzhou, China4th Anglo Chinese School Junior, Singapore5th Linden Hill Elementary School Wilmington, DE6th Poquoson Elementary School Poquoson, VA

Division II1st Shanghai Gold Apple School Shanghai, China2nd Beijing Zhongguancun HS Beijing, China3rd James Madison Middle School Roanoke, VA3rd CW Davis Middle School Flowery Branch, GA4th Algood School TM A Cookeville, TN5th Woodrow Wilson Middle School TM A Edison, NJ6th First Flight Middle School Kill Devil Hills, NC

Division III1st Owen J. Roberts High School Pottstown, PA2nd High School at Shanghai University Shanghai, China2nd Oakton High School Oak Hill, VA3rd Cedar Crest High School Lebanon, PA4th Port Moody Secondary School Port Moody, BC5th Franklin County High School Rocky Mount, VA5th Southeast High School Bradenton, FL6th Maria Carrillo High School TM A Santa Rosa, CA

Division IV1st Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA2nd Scottsdale Community College Mesa, AZ3rd Kyunghee University Seoul, Korea4th University of Oklahoma Norman, OK5th Pennsylvania State University Pittsburgh, PA6th South Ural State University Chelyabinsk, RU6th Brevard Community College Melbourne, FL6th University of Delaware Newark, DE

CCONGRATULATIONSONGRATULATIONS

Ranatra Fusca Awards

AS GOOD AS GOLD...BERGDivision I1st Shanghai Daning Int’l Elementary School Shanghai, China2nd Thornapple Elementary School Grand Rapids, MI3rd Anglo Chinese School Junior 2, Singapore3rd St. John Neumann Elementary School Williamsport, PA4th French Creek Elementary School Pottstown, PA4th Brunswick School Greenwich, CT4th Ekologiczna Szkola Spoleczna Rumia, PD5th Anglo Chinese School Junior, Singapore5th Scripps Miramar Ranch Library San Diego, CA5th Stratfield School Fairfield, CT6th Hutchison Farm Elementary School TM A South Riding, VA

Division II1st Magnolia School TM A Grass Valley, CA2nd Wildwood Christian Academy Marble Hill, GA3rd Oryun Middle School Seoul, Korea4th Raffles Girls Secondary School, Singapore 5th Box of Light Theatre Bloomsburg, PA6th Boyce Middle School TM A Upper St. Clair, PA

Division III1st Oakton High School Oak Hill, VA2nd Moraga Rotary Club TM A Moraga, CA3rd Daniel Hand High School TM A Madison, CT4th North Fort Myers High School TM A North Fort Myers, FL5th Benton High School Benton, PA6th Tempe Prep Academy TM A Tempe, AZ

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Atheme that ran throughout the 2011 World Finals was family —more specifically — the friendly, unique, and sometimes crazyOdyssey of the Mind family. Whether it was celebrating three

generations of the Micklus family working on the program, the fact thatcompetitors cheer for each other and help each other in need, or that evenmore people are joining from all over the globe — World Finals was notjust a celebration of creativity, but of family.

With 856 teams, the largest tournament of creativity ever, theOdyssey family covers many cultures and backgrounds. There were also many coun-tries participating for the first time: Sweden, Togo, and India were all welcomed withopen arms and have plans on expanding the program. Japan was also celebrated inattending even though it had to endure much over the past few months. Buddy Teamsand Homestays successfully brought about new friendships with one thing as thefoundation — a love for Odyssey of the Mind.

A long-standing member of the Odyssey family, NASA, continued to educateand entertain with its E-Theater presentations, classroom activities, and its popularcreativity festival booth. Artist Willard Wigan joined in the festivities for the secondtime and wowed participants with his micro-sculptures. Thirty-year-veteran BobDuBois announced his retirement as Scoreroom IPC. Everyone at CCI sincerelyhopes he will continue to be involved in some aspect. He was awarded a plaque ofgratitude at the Awards Ceremony. The University of Maryland has also become apart of the family by hosting World Finals for the eighth time.

Aside from all of the fun of World Finals there was obviously competition! Chinaand Pennsylvania had the most first place winners with three; Virginia and NorthCarolina each had two; and Florida, Korea, California, Singapore, New York,Kentucky, New Jersey, and Poland each had a one.

No matter where teams placed, they should be proud of their accomplishmentsand remember that they are an important part of the Odyssey family and to WorldFinals. See you next year!

Also in this issue: �Pages 2-4 — World Finals Winners

�Page 5 — Membership Application

�Page 6 — Award Winners & Highlights

1. A polish team celebrates after receiving aRanatra Fusca Award. 2. Dr. Paul Hertz speaks atopening. 3. Members of Togo’s new association.

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Odyssey of the Mind®

The Odyssey of the Mind 2011 SpiritAward Recipient is Rita Sleeman fordedicating over 30 years of excellentservice to Odyssey of the Mind studentsaround the world in her role as ProblemThree IPC. She exemplified OdysseySpirit with her giving nature and dedica-tion to creative problem-solving.

�Massabesic High School(team and Coaches MaryAnn Irish and RobinGillette) for showing greatcourage in the face of disas-ter. After their close friend,son, and teammate passedaway the team chose to com-pete and to dedicate the yearto him— making it all theway to WF. Their strength isan inspiration to all.

�Anglo Chinese School Jr-2for “Grandfather RubenGoldberg’s Ghost.” This

team member displayedawesome talent as he sangteam-created lyrics. Hisvoice was impressivelypitched and his accompany-ing puppet was humorousand creative.

� Yuma Catholic School forshowing great tenacity incompetition by performingits long-term problem withfive missing team members.They showed resourceful-ness and teamwork – all partsof the Odyssey spirit.

OMER’s Award Recipients

�Colorado

�Connecticut

�Delaware

�Georgia

�Maine

�New York

�Okahoma

�S. Carolina

�Mexico

�Hong Kong

�Japan

�Michigan

�New Jersey

�N. Carolina

�Pennsylvania

�Texas

�Togo

�Virginia

Creativity Festival Booth WinnersMost Popular:Kentucky

Most Creative:Delaware

Float Finalists Banner Finalists

The 2011 Creativity Award Goes toNewseum— for showing museum-goers the importance of freedom ofspeech in a creative and entertainingway! The Newseum also participatedin the Creativity Festival and gaveeveryone at WF discounted admissionto its innovative museum.

Special thanks goes to Bob DuBois —for his dedication to OotM. Bobannounced his retirement this year. Hevolunteered for over 30 years andserved many of them as scoreroomIPC. He is credited with modernizingthe scoreroom.