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ODYSSEY NEWS

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• Upcoming Event(s):
  
  This summer, join us in our 7th annual ...
  
  
  Jabber-Wacky Summer Camp 2012
  5 days of Creative Thinking Fun
  for Creative Children Currently in Grades 3-7.
  
  ... more information HERE
  
  
  
• Congratulations to all the teams on an outstanding display of creative problem solving at the Provincials.
  We'll have results and pictures up soon.
  
  
• At a Board meeting on May 1, 2012, the Directors of the Creative Problem Solving Society (CPSS), which sponsors the Odyssey of the Mind program in British Columbia, reviewed the impact of the BC Teachers Federation decision to withdraw support of extra- curricular/voluntary activities and the affect it may have on the Odyssey program and on B.C. teams traveling to World Finals in Ames, Iowa at the end of the month. Read their statement here.
  
  
• Odyssey of the Mind School/Group Membership Application for 2011/12»
  
  

• We have just learned that another Odyssey Alum was the winner of a 2011 Creative Opportunities Unlimited(COU) Scholarship. Congratulations to Amy Massiah-Karwandy, a graduate of long-term Odyssey membership, Sacred Heart School in Ladner. Here's an update on what Amy is doing this year: I am currently enrolled in Kwantlen Polytechnic University, I am in a program called FIND (foundations in design.) Basically, you spend a year exploring multiple disciplines of design and gaining foundations before deciding on a more specific path (in my case that specific path is graphic design.) Odyssey has helped me in this course in countless ways; in class we are constantly encouraged to think outside the box during our assignments and think of new ways something can be done (something all odyssey kids know about). We are also encouraged to be budget conscious and to think about sustainable materials while creating whatever it is we happen to be creating that week. I defiantly feel that my time spent both coaching and competing in Odyssey has given me a great advantage and a great skill set that I will continue to use as I make my way through school and my career. Next year I am hoping to be accepted to the Graphic Design for Marketing program at Kwantlen and continue on the path to becoming a professional designer.

  
  
  
• What is Odyssey of the Mind? Awareness Sessions:
  Would you like a free awareness session at YOUR school? Fill out the Book an Awareness Session Request Form to let us know your needs and Gail, our Awareness Coordinator, will get back to you with a plan. If you want to attend an awareness session that is already booked, please check our EVENTS Calendar.
  
  
• CPSS and Odyssey are now on Facebook and Twitter! Come be a fan or subscribe to us and get up to date information about Odyssey World Finals! You can also find pictures from past events and what events are next on our calendar! We are always updating so make sure to become a fan on Facebook via http://www.facebook.com/cpssbc or subscribe to us on Twitter through http://www.twitter.com/CPSS_ODYSSEY
  
  
• See Odyssey of the Mind profiled in Flyp Magazine.
  
  
• Evergreen Cultural Centre offers drama workshops specifically designed for groups that are involved in the Odyssey of the Mind Program.
  
  Contact Mandy Tulooch at ABC Let's Act