04.13.10
By Steve Lyttle
The Charlotte Observer
Nineteen teams of students from the Charlotte region finished first or second Saturday in the Odyssey of the Mind State Finals and have qualified for the World Finals next month.
The group includes four teams from Charlotte Latin School and two each from Lake Norman Charter School in Huntersville and Brawley Middle School in Iredell County.
The State Finals were held at Wingate University, with competition in five events and three age levels that correspond roughly with elementary, middle and high schools.
In Odyssey of the Mind, teams of students are given problems to solve. Their solutions involve inventing devices and acting in skits that show how the devices can solve problems. The top two finishers in each division qualify for the World Finals, scheduled for May 26-29 at Michigan State University.
Teams will be raising money for those trips in the coming weeks.
Charlotte-area teams qualifying for the World Finals are:
Brawley Middle and Mount Mourne IB Middle in Iredell County.
Alexander Graham Middle, Carmel Middle, Charlotte Latin, Idlewild Elementary, Lake Norman Charter School, Myers Park High, Olde Providence Elementary, Pineville Elementary, Polo Ridge Elementary, Trinity Episcopal School and Villa Heights Academic Center in Mecklenburg County.
Rea View Elementary in Union County.
Here are the top five finishers in each event from the State Finals last weekend:
NATURE TRAIL’R
Division I: 1. Rea View Elementary, Waxhaw; 2. Trinity Episcopal, Charlotte; 3. (tie) Polo Ridge Elementary, Charlotte; and Fairview Elementary, Union County; 5. Szelwyn Elementary, Charlotte.
Division II: 1. Alexander Graham Middle, Charlotte; 2. Mount Airy Middle; 3. (tie) Charlotte Latin; and Davis Drive Middle, Cary; 5. Mount Mourne IB Middle, Iredell County.
Division III: 1. Charlotte Latin; 2. Charlotte Latin; 3. Quest Homeschoolers, Durham; 4. North Buncombe, Weaverville.
GIFT OF FLIGHT
Division I: 1. Olde Providence Elementary, Charlotte; 2. Partnership Elementary, Raleigh; 3. Charlotte Latin; 4. Parkwood Elementary, Jacksonville; 5. D.F. Walker Elementary, Edenton.
Division II: 1. Mount Mourne IB Middle, Iredell County; 2. Brawley Middle, Iredell County; 3. Trexler Middle, Richlands; 4. Asheville Homeschool Co-Op; 5. Neuse Charter School, Selma.
Division III: 1. Quest Homeschoolers, Durham; 2. Lake Norman Charter School, Huntersville; 3. First Flight High, Kill Devil Hills.
DISCOVERED TREASURES
Division I: 1. Villa Heights Academic Center, Charlotte; 2. Idlewild Elementary, Charlotte; 3. (tie) Seawell Elementary, Chapel Hill; and Cedar Fork Elementary, Cary; 5. Rea View Elementary, Waxhaw.
Division II: 1. Waynesville Middle, Waynesville; 2. Carmel Middle, Charlotte; 3. Rocky Mount Academy; 4. North Davie Middle, Advance; 5. Randolph Middle, Charlotte.
Division III: 1. Lake Norman Charter, Huntersville; 2. North Buncombe High, Weaverville; 3. Providence High, Charlotte; 4. Green Hope High, Cary; 5. Wake Forest-Rolesville High.
COLUMN STRUCTURE
Division I: 1. Partnership Elementary, Raleigh; 2. Kitty Hawk Elementary, Kitty Hawk; 3. Fairview Elementary, Union County; 4. Laurel Park Elementary, Cary; 5. Davis Drive Elementary, Cary.
Division II: 1. Valley Springs Middle, Arden; 2. Brawley Middle, Iredell County; 3. Davis Drive Middle, Cary; 4. Hayesville Middle, Hayesville; 5. Carmel Middle, Charlotte.
Division III: 1. T.C. Roberson High, Asheville; 2. Charlotte Latin; 3. First Flight High, Kill Devil Hills; 4. Lake Norman High, Iredell County.
FOOD COURT
Division I: 1. Polo Ridge Elementary, Charlotte; 2. Pineville Elementary, Pineville; 3. Elizabeth Traditional Elementary, Charlote; 4. (tie) Beverly Woods Elementary, Charlotte; and Millis Road Elementary, Jamestown.
Division II: 1. Charlotte Latin; 2. Davis Drive Middle, Cary; 3. Enka Middle, Candler; 4. Parkway Elementary, Boone; 5. Guy B. Phillips Middle, Chapel Hill.
Division III: 1. Myers Park High, Charlotte; 2. Wake Forest-Rolesville High; 3. Morning Star Academy, Charlotte; 4. Hayesville High, Hayesville; 5. John Holmes High, Edenton.
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