From Harford County Public Schools: Destination Imagination held its State-level competition at University of Maryland, Baltimore County on Saturday, April 1, 2017. Twenty-three teams from Harford County Public Schools (HCPS) competed, and eight teams received a qualifying score to advance to the Global Competition in Knoxville, Tennessee at the end of May. The following teams […]
23 Harford County Public Schools Destination Imagination Teams Qualify for State Competition
From Harford County Public Schools: On Saturday, February 25, 2017, 23 Destination Imagination teams from Harford County Public Schools qualified for the State Destination Imagination Tournament during the East Central Competition at Edgewood High School. The following teams earned a qualifying score: Elementary Schools: Emmorton Elementary JAM EECK: Second Place, Top Secret Hall’s Cross Roads […]
Harford Community College Teams Take First Place at Destination ImagiNation Regionals
From Harford Community College: Harford Community College middle school and high school teams both took first place in the technical challenge at the Destination ImagiNation Regional Tournament that was held on March 5. The technical challenge required the teams to successfully build a vehicle with two propulsion systems and two separate movement methods. Laura Drake […]
George: Revised Clubs and Extracurricular Activities Policies Severely Impact Destination Imagination and Other Volunteer Assisted School Groups
From Doug George: At the September 8, 2014 HCPS Board of Education Meeting, the school board approved revised policies regarding Clubs and Extracurricular Activities. With the passage of these revisions, the school board implemented policy to back the procedures that Central Office had already imposed on specific school groups. With the approved policies and procedures […]
George: On Destination Imagination Safety, “Statements Made by Central Office Personnel Were False, Misleading”
The following e-mail was sent on April 17 to the Harford County Board of Education, and HCPS senior staff members Melanie Wernig, risk manager, and Dr. Keri Guilbault, coordinator of accelerated learning programs. A copy was provided to The Dagger for publication: On behalf of the Harford County Destination Imagination [DI] community I would like […]
George: New Board of Education Policies Impact Destination Imagination Programs in Harford County
From Doug and Sheila George, Destination Imagination Volunteer Team Managers at Bel Air High School: Dear Editor: We are writing as a follow up to our October 29, 2013 editorial regarding the impact of the new HCPS procedures on the Destination Imagination [DI] program in Harford County Public Schools. (Click to review the previous editorial […]
George: Proposed Revised Policies Allow an Athlete to Coach a Sports Team, but Do Not Allow an Astronaut, Engineer, or Former Teacher to Coach Destination Imagination
From Doug & Sheila George, Destination Imagination Volunteer Team Managers at Bel Air High School: Dear Editor: We are writing regarding the revised Club (06-0010-000) and Extracurricular Activity policies (06-0007-000) which were rejected by the Harford County Board of Education on October 28, 2013 and the specific impact of procedures that were implemented during the […]
Harford County Teams Win Top Awards at Maryland Destination Imagination Tournament
Competing with nearly 240 teams from across the state of Maryland, teams of students from Harford County Public Schools dominated the awards for creative problem solving at the Destination Imagination (DI) tournament held on April 14th at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Of the 37 top teams at the Maryland DI competition, 13 were […]
