Nearly 500 local students, making up 71 teams from 13 schools in Orange and Dutchess Counties, will challenge each other in the day-long Mid-Hudson Regional Odyssey of the Mind Competition at OU BOCES in Goshen on Saturday, March 10.
Seven outstanding teams will represent Monroe-Woodbury.
Team Phillips from Central Valley: Natalie Beers, Clara Byers, Ronald Chambers, Joshua Insdorf, Jana Kralik, Nicole Ottavio and Lucy Silber
Team Hagadorn from North Main: Jaqway Ingram, Arianna Napoleoni, Andrew O’Hare, Katelyn Quinones, Brody Loyd, Mason Scarano and Ema Tufekcic
Team Mandarino/Manning-Piren from Pine Tree: Alana Bencosme, Kariana Diaz, Kaia Glander, Kyle Imhof, Mckayla Kim, Anthony Leone and Zachary Rowen-Delson
Team Peterson from Pine Tree: Danielle Baig, Valerie Davelman, Daniela Gunning, Dylan McCann, William Nicoll, Natalie Proulx and Isabel Wolgamuth
Team Hutter from the Middle School: Sophie Baer, Leanne Fernandes, Emma Shae Filinow, Avlinn Jaskowski, Amara Leitner, Mark Lee and Julia McHugh
Team McInerney from the Middle School: Anushree Buragohain, Jamie Calub, Colin Davidson, James Dawson, Khushi Girish, Shreya Girish and Isabelle Varghese
Team Wetzstein/Blumberg from the High School: Alexi Berges, Breyanna Campbell, Sofie Collado, Jack Kralik, Natalie Sirignano, Octivia Stevens and Angelique Vasquez
Odyssey of the Mind focuses on creative problem-solving using a team approach. Teams prepare a skit presenting the solution to a problem posed in one of five categories. At the competition, they are scored on creativity, style and resourcefulness both in the response to their problem and in spontaneous solutions to additional questions asked by the judges. Good luck, Crusaders! Have an amazing day!