TMCS OM Team finishes FIRST in Spontaneous Problem Solving at NC State Finals!!

Odyssey of the Mind teams are evaluated in three different categories during competition, Long Term, Style and Spontaneous.  A team could possibly earn 350 points, 200 for Long Term, 50 for Style and 100 points for Spontaneous.  Teams receive a base "raw" score for each category and then a relative point total is calculated with the highest raw scores being transformed into the highest possible score, 200, 50 and 100 respectively.

Long term refers to the play that the team develops before competition.  It needs to be 8 minutes long and include all the requirements listed in the detailed problem description (see last post for Odyssey Angels).  At competition, each team performs their play and the judges evaluate them for creativity, performance quality and meeting all the requirements of the problem.  Our team scored First Place in their division in Long Term at the Western Regional Odyssey of the Mind competition at Enka High School on February 25! Check out the scores from the Western Regionals at: Western Regional Scores

TMCS Odyssey Angels at Regional Competition, Enka High School February 2012

The Style Category is an opportunity for the team to show their creative artistic abilities beyond the minimum requirements of the play.  Teams select the most creative aspects of their play and the judges evaluate them for originality, creativity and effectiveness in the performance.

The Spontaneous Competition involves the team working together to solve a spontaneous problem challenge on-site at the competition.  They are judged on the creativity and effectiveness of the solution and how well they work together as a team.  The NC State Odyssey of the Mind Finals included the top 10 Odyssey of the Mind teams from across the state of North Carolina and our team finished FIRST in the state, in spontaneous problem solving!!  This amazing performance catapulted the team into qualifying for the first OM World Finals competition ever for The Mountain Community School and the first World Finals team from Henderson County in nearly 10 years!

Here are the scores from the NC State OM finals held at Wingate University in Wingate, NC on March 31, 2012:  Odyssey Angels NC State Finals Scores

We are so proud of these Odyssey Angels, the Number 1 Spontaneous Problem Solvers in North Carolina!