Posted Date: 04/13/2018
A record number of ninety-three (93) Paris Independent School District students will participate in the Texas Future Problem Solving program’s State Bowl in San Marcus on April 13-15.
Crockett Intermediate School students captured two Texas Grand Champion titles in Community Problem Solving. Curt Fendley’s individual project Operation Empower and the team project Operation Extraordinary automatically advance to compete at the International Competition at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse in June. Team members are Addison Andrew, Anderson Bunch, Ava Fitzgerald, Madeline Green, Destinee Gunn, Chase Lamb, Matthew Miller, and Blake Walker. The students will present public service announcements about their projects at the State Bowl and represent Texas throughout the International Competition. They are coached by Debb Fleming.
In Scenario Writing, Crockett student Madeline Green placed first in Scenario Writing Author competition and advances to the International Scenario Writing Competition. She will present a movie trailer and a story board about her Scenario at the TFPS program’s State Bowl. Crockett student Anderson Bunch made finalist in Scenario Writing Performer competition and will compete at State Bowl for a chance to advance to International competition. They are coached by Debb Fleming.
In Team Problem Solving, twenty-one teams won bids to compete. These include ten teams in the Senior Division (grades 10-12) coached by Sandra Strom and Dr. Janet Dickey, five teams in the Middle Division (grades 7-9) coached by Jill Stone, Brent Wilburn, and Lisa Lipstraw, four in the Junior Division (grades 4-6) coached by Debb Fleming, and two in the NOVICE Junior Division (grade 4) coached by Tammy King. Two students coached by Sandra Strom will compete in Individual Problem Solving in the Senior Division.
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