Several Katy ISD schools to compete against 400+ Texas schools  

Katy ISD Teams Advance to the Texas Destination Imagination Affiliate Tournament

(March 10, 2017) –  After months of practice, 19 teams from Katy ISD have qualified to compete at the Texas Destination Imagination Affiliate Tournament held at Lubbock ISD on April 7-9.   

The Gulf Coast Regional Tournament was held on Saturday, March 4th at Seven Lakes High School.  Schools representing the Cy-Fair, Fort Bend, Pasadena, Friendswood and Alvin Independent School Districts along with area private schools attended the annual event.  Approximately 375 teams competed in eight different challenges.  The following Katy ISD schools are preparing to compete against more than 400 teams from districts throughout Texas:

Elementary

  • Alexander, Griffin, Hayes, Holland, Katy, Stanley, Williams and WoodCreek

Junior High

  • Beckendorff, Cinco Ranch, Seven Lakes and Tays

High School

  • Katy and Seven Lakes

The Destination Imagination program fosters students’ creativity, courage and curiosity through open-ended academic challenges in the fields of S.T.E.M (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), fine arts and service learning.  Participants learn patience, flexibility, persistence, ethics, respect for others and their ideas and the collaborative problem solving process.  In Katy ISD, Destination Imagination teams form at participating campuses each September.

For more information about Destination Imagination visit: www.destinationimagination.org