DI - 2020-2021

6/20/2021 8:59 pm

During this special year, five Medina DI teams were formed and continued to participate in Regional and State DI Tournaments, which demonstrated strong perseverance and flexibility. Great results! Medina DI teams won two Championships in the WA State Tournament - Technical Challenge and Engineering Challenge. Four teams made it to the Top 3 in WA State and qualified for Global Finals 2021 representing WA State.

Technical Challenge: Flaming Eiffel Team won State 1st Place, DaVinci Award (the only Award Winner in the entire WA State elementary level), and made it to Global Finals 2021. Congratulations to 4th graders Joey Guo, Angelina Jing, Audrey Zhang, and Erik Hu. The DaVinci Award is offered for exceptional creativity, a unique approach to the problem, or risk-taking.

Engineering Challenge: Fab 5 Team won State 1st Place and made it to Global Finals 2021. Congratulations to Yiheng Ying, Ashleen Tsui, Justin Zhang, Lily Zhang, and Francesca Suthar.

Engineering Challenge: Covid Defeaters Team won State 3rd Place and made it to Global Finals 2021. Congratulations to 3rd graders Derrick Sia, Hanjun Wang, Helen Weng, Lily Wang, and Elena Liu.

Improvisation Challenge: The Imposters Team won State 3rd Place and made it to Global Finals 2021. Congratulations to 4th graders Ethan Zhang, Eason Deng, Boyu Chen, Yabin Yang, and Linus Ling.

Thanks to all DI Team managers and other parent volunteers to make the program stronger.