Eight of the 17 Leander ISD teams who competed at the Destination Imagination (DI) Lonestar Finals State Tournament March 24-25 have been invited to compete in the DI Global Finals competition. The Global Finals competition will be held May 20-23 in Kansas City, MO.
Teams qualified for the global round by landing among the top six teams in their category.
Leander ISD Destination Imagination Teams Who Qualified for Globals
Fine Arts Challenge
Middle Level
โPluto Punkโ โ Canyon Ridge MS โ Fifth Place
Team Members: Isla Riley, Sophie Haney, Sana Raja, Avinash Dewaggen, Jack Martin, Sanjay Vu, Claire Archer
Team Manager: Bob Riley
โCanyon Ridge Middle Schoolโ โ Canyon Ridge MS โ Second Place
Team Members: Dante Leffler, Sunaina Dewagan, Siri Krishna, Shanyu Suraparaju, Ronith Reddy, Chris Bargiel
Team Manager: Jacob Leffler
Secondary Level
โVandegrift High School #1″ โ Vandegrift HS โ Second Place
Team Members: Rachel Reynolds, Samu Jayaprakash, Xavier Leffler, Gigi Suresh, Adi Suresh, Adrian Rapier, Rishika Mudundi
Team Managers: Cindy Reynolds; Jacob Leffler
Service Learning Challenge
Secondary Level
“Vandegrift HS #3” โ Vandegrift HS โ Fourth Place
Team Members: Mary Bahrami, Shreya Poladia, Brooke Boykin, Kaitlyn Boykin
Team Manager: Angie Boykin
Scientific Challenge
Elementary Level
โMighty Mustangsโ โ Parkside ES โ Fifth Place
Team Members: Rutva Gaddale, Reyansh G. Nighojkar, Sreenandana Kamaltathil Saril, Khairav Akkinepally, Tarun Praveen, Arushri Prakash, Rishabh Nahar
Team Manager: Hemanth Gaddale
Engineering Challenge
Elementary Level
“Seven Shooting Stars” โ Whitestone ES โ Third Place
Team Members: Siddharth Vazhkudai, Max Barnard, Preston Helton, Cadence De Torres, Aria De Torres, Advika Suraj, Emma Choi
Team Managers: Meichihko Barnard; Sowmyashree Sundarajan
“Crazy Yeti Children” โ Bush ES โ Fifth Place
Team Members: Nolan Shaw, Rush Bartlett, Justin Vell,Vincent Chen, Anne Countway, Anaisha Roy, Dravin Sankar
Team Managers: Ning Shao; Rush Bartlett
