Northwest ISD teams advance to Global Finals in Destination Imagination

April 3, 2025

Three Destination Imagination teams are headed to the Global Finals in May

Three Northwest ISD Destination Imagination teams are headed to the Global Finals in Kansas City in May after excelling in six creative problem-solving challenges at the state-level competition.

The Fire Breathing Rubber Ducks, Wait . . . What?, and Bakin’ Bacon teams comprise student from Byron Nelson High School and Medlin Middle School. More than 500 teams, including 14 from Northwest ISD, showcased their ingenuity and teamwork.

To advance to the Global Finals, teams had to place among the top six in their respective challenge and age divisions. Among the standout competitors was Spaced Out, a team of juniors and seniors from Byron Nelson and Northwest High Schools. While Spaced Out did not qualify for Globals, they earned the highest Instant Challenge score in their division, highlighting their strong collaboration and quick-thinking skills.

Summer Camp Opportunity

Looking for an exciting summer activity? Join our Creative Problem-Solving Camp, designed for both DI alumni and newcomers! The camp offers hands-on sessions in prop building, repurposing materials, instant challenges, and improv. It will conclude with team presentations showcasing participants’ creativity.

Dates: June 16-19
Location: Granger Elementary

Register here to secure your spot!

For more information about Destination Imagination, visit their website here.

Team Name	Challenge	State Results	Team Members	Team Manager
Fire Breathing Rubber Ducks Byron Nelson HS	Are We There Yet?	Sixth, Advancing to Globals	Annebelle Hoffman Jonah Hoffman Will Koch Zoe Tsapos Haley Lentz Nikunj Gupta Aaron Reisman	Diane Tsapos Golda Hoffman
Something, D Wilson MS	Are We There Yet?	10th	Tim Borsaev Thomas Decker Clarissa Mendoza Hannah Shoemaker Adrian Smith Aria Voss	Michelle Smith Stephanie Voss
Makin’ Mischief Hatfield Elementary	Are We There Yet?	14th	Saniah Ackie Obrist Buasa Avni Chandrayan Adam Kurek Alice Maloy Sophie Nguyen	Mary Malloy Jessica Malloy
The Wabbits Lakeview Elementary	Are We There Yet?	Eighth	Leela Cherian Mary Kuhn Jackson Andrews Maddie Shows Cooper Morace Isabella Martinez Catherine Robinson	Meagan Morace Caitlin Andrews
Spaced Out Byron Nelson HS	Breaking Point	Eighth	Jacob Baxley Carter Fine Snehal Gupta Nicholas Golden Sofia Santiago Shabbeer Zaki	Hope Santiago Angelo Santiago Amanda Baxley
Wolf Den Dominators Seven Hills Elementary	Breaking Point	Eighth	Aaron Blankenship Witten Fore Avery Holloway Cameron Smith Cade Vasel McKinley Vasel Maycie Wells	Emily Vasel John Vasel
Insert Name Here Byron Nelson HS	Less is More	Seventh	Omkar Jinka Abhimanyu Kaushik Arjun Madhavan Gage Riggin Vedanth Vijaykumar Matthew Way	Pushkala Venkatraman
RCBC Eaton HS	Less is More	11th	Conner Martin Caleb Nichols Lilly Rae Reynolds Bailey Royall	Heather Martin
Bakin’ Bacon Medlin MS	Less is More	Fifth Advancing to Globals	Camden Trotter Carter Ceman Crosby Fine Victoria Duet Liam Hicks	Kim Fine Bambi Trotter
Optimistic Orcas Peterson Elementary	Less is More	Ninth	Liam Dunn Annabelle Fisk Landon Fletcher Emma Haney Caleb Phillips	Lacey Fisk
Spaced Out Byron Nelson HS	Worlds Beyond	14^th	Jacob Baxley Carter Fine Snehal Gupta Nicholas Golden Sofia Santiago Shabbeer Zaki	Hope Santiago Angelo Santiago Amanda Baxley
Wait . . . What? Medlin MS	Worlds Beyond	First Advancing to Globals	Jack Allen Mateo Campos Kian Hamraei Turner Nagengast Vansh Varshney Reese Venable Joshua Williams	Shirin Hamraei
Celestial Explorers Medlin MS	Worlds Beyond	13^th	Celine Anil Nesara Gowda Stuti Kadambi Deethya Kancha Shourya Palkar Aanya Singh	Bhavya Kadambi
Slay Queens J. C. Thompson Elementary	Worlds Beyond	17^th	Livia Banuelos Adelyn Bocksell Moriah Holt Trish-Brid Kube Alaina Lopez Ivy Patterson Haley Ragaglia	Patrick Patterson

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