Two Peters Township Odyssey of the Mind Teams Headed to State Competition

This story was corrected at 8:43 a.m. to reflect the place of the state competition.

Two Peters Township Odyssey of the Mind teams are headed to state competition after finishing first and second place in regional play last month.

Four Peters Township teams competed in March in the regional Odyssey of the Mind Tournament at Moon Area High School, where they pitted their creative problem solving skills against other teams from schools all over the the western part of the state.

The two winning teams—one from the middle school division and the other from the elementary division—now advance to the state competition, which will take place April 13 at the Pocono Mountain School District East Campus.

The foundation of Odyssey of the Mind is that creativity is a skill that can be taught and cultivated. The competition provides an opportunity for students to work in teams to solve unusual and stimulating spontaneous and long-term problems.

The teams bring their solutions to competition on the local, state, and international levels.

This year the Peters Township teams were sponsored by the CLC-Creative Learning Collaborative, a parent-led educational booster group operating in partnership with the Peters Township Public Library.

For more information on the CLC, visit its website at www.creativelearning-PT.org.