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VSGC supports VTC's Brad Miller of the Randolph Destination Imagination Team 
in their entry to the Global Finals Competition May 22-27.2007 
The team won the state level Destination Imagination competition at the Middle School
level in a challenge called Direct Flight at UVM March 17, 2007

UPDATE!!!

The Randolph Destination Imagination Direct Flight Team's experience at Global Finals in Tennessee. 
 
The team had their best performances in both the Instant Challenge competition and in their Main Challenge.  The Instant Challenge required the team, in a very short time span (about 5 minutes), to solve a problem that was not known in advance.  The team worked together very well, and I am sure their performance helped their overall placement in the competition.
 
For the main challenge, the team had built another aircraft launcher and redesigned their aircraft since the Vermont State Competition.  There was some logistical confusion once the team had two launchers to coordinate, but they pulled through and improved their raw scores for test flights. 
 
The team placed 31st out of 63 teams from around the world.  It is particularly impressive that a team from such a small state could do so well against much larger states and countries. The Direct Flight team had worked very hard on their challenge.  There were more than 10,000 people at the event and you can see the webcasts of some of the highlights at http://www.globalfinals.org/
 
I have also attached a couple of photos of the team members.  One is in front of the TADA background after they completed their Instant Challenge.  The two others are of the Main Challenge as they get ready and then perform their test flights and dramatic performance.  They are a bit blurry, as the coach I didn't have time to take many pictures.  If I can get some better ones, I will send a couple more along.
 
I want to thank you again for supporting our efforts to go to the Global Finals at the University of Tennessee. 
 
Brad Miller and the Direct Flight Team

  For more information, please contact Laurel Zeno:
 e-mail: zeno@cems.uvm.edu

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