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OUR REACH
30 counties in Central Texas
125 teams, 18 school districts
800 student participants
200+ Volunteers
OUR FOCUS
7 Challenges in Science, Tech, Engineering, Fine Arts, Improv, Service Learning and Early Learning plus the Texas-only X-treme Challenge
7 Challenges in Science, Tech, Engineering, Fine Arts, Improv, Service Learning and Early Learning plus the Texas-only X-treme Challenge
OUR MISSION
Grow Destination Imagination in Central Texas. Active teams in every county and school district in Central Texas by 2020.
Students who participated in the activities and tournaments provided by DI outperformed comparable students who had not participated in DI on assessments measuring creative thinking, critical thinking and collaborative problem solving. - University of Virginia Curry School of Education Study
PROVEN
EFFECTIVE
DI KIDS ARE...
More engaged and imaginative when completing tasks
More creative than non-DI participants
More self-confident and tenacious
Able to elaborate on and generate more ideas
* From a study by Dr. Mark A. Runco, Professor of Educational Psychology for the Torrance Creativity Center at the University of Georgia, measring the student engagement and creative attitudes and values amount DI participants
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