Congratulations to the outstanding Destination Imagination teams that placed at the regional competition. First-place finishers advance to the state competition in March.

Technical Challenge: 

Elementary: 

1st Place (going to state)-Bush ES “TexiCali5”

2nd Place-Whitestone ES Team 1

3rd Place-Westside Team 1

Middle School: 

1st Place (going to state)-Cedar Park Middle School Team 2

Scientific Challenge:

Elementary: 

2nd Place-Reagan ES Team 1

Middle School: 

1st Place (going to state)-Cedar Park Middle School Team 1 “Plastic Breadcrumbs”

Fine Arts Challenge:

Elementary: 

1st Place (going to state)-Akin Team 1 “Brilliant Brigade”, 

3rd Place-Rutledge Team 2

Middle School: 

2nd Place-Canyon Ridge MS Team 1 “Garlic Bread”, 

3rd Place-Canyon Ridge MS Team 2 “Banana Split” 
High School: 

2nd Place-Vandegrift HS Team 3 “Cowboy Pigeons”

Improvisational Challenge:

Elementary: 

1st Place (going to state)-Rutledge Team 1 “Dream Team”

2nd Place- Whitestone Team 3 “No Names” 

3rd Place-Naumann Team 1

High School: 

1st Place (going to state)-Cedar Park HS “Madams of Mayhem” 

2nd Place-Rouse HS “Ferris Wheeler’s Day Off”

Engineering Challenge:

Elementary: 

2nd Place – C.C. Mason ES

3rd Place-River Ridge Team 2 “The Dream Team”, 
Middle School: 

1st Place (going to state)-Canyon Ridge MS Team 3 “The Sharkz”
High School: 

1st Place (going to state)-Vandegrift HS Team 1

Texas Extreme Challenge:

Middle School: 

3rd Place-Canyon Ridge MS Team 1
High School: 

1st Place (going to state)-Vandegrift HS Team 1

Service Learning Challenge:

Elementary: 

1st Place (going to state)-Steiner/Bush Elementary “Reading Robots”

3rd Place-Winkley Elementary 
Middle School: 

1st Place (going to state)-Leander MS “Oops, We DI’d It Again!”
High School: 
1st Place (going to state)-Vandegrift Team 2 “Spaghetti Yetis”

3rd Place-Rouse HS Team 1

Texas DI encourages students to take unique approaches to tackling problems, oftentimes using skills not taught in the classroom, like project management, creativity, perseverance and confidence. Texas DI is the largest chapter in the world.