Upcoming Events, District News, & Community Information

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Destination Imagination lets brains have fun! Learn more Sep. 16!

Be creative, study science, be artistic, and understand how things work – all while making friends and having fun by joining Destination Imagination!

DI is a STEAM-based, competitive extracurricular activity that promotes creativity and teamwork for students in grades 3 through high school. Early learning opportunities are also available for K-2 students.

Each year, teams pick a challenge to tackle, work on it at weekly practices, try their hand at instant challenges and then showcase their teamwork and solutions at a regional tournament. Challenges are in the technical, scientific, fine arts, improvisational, engineering and service learning categories. Click this link for a brief video overview of the challenges. 

Interested parents and students from any Grand Ledge school can learn more about the program and this year’s challenges on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 6-7 p.m. at Hayes Intermediate, Room 201 (enter through door 19 outside of the parent parking lot on the south side of the building) to learn about this year’s challenges and how the program works.

If you are unable to attend but interested in the program, please contact Jennifer Pakkala, Clever Comets Coordinator, at pakkala@comcast.net.

For more information, visit www.destinationimagination.org 
and facebook.com/clevercomets.

Click HERE or the image above to read about the challenges.

The Fledge Foundation in Lansing is hosting another FREE 9-week Youth Entrepreneur Program for students in grades 5-12.  The program includes 8 weeks of learning how to apply the Business Model Canvas to their idea, working one-on-one with a coach/mentor, pitch writing and presenting, free dinner weekly, and at Week 9, an opportunity to pitch their idea to a panel of local leaders for a $1,000 prize.