ODYSSEY OF THE MIND World Finals 2007

ACS (Primary)'s Odyssey to the OM World Finals!

Since embarking on the Odyssey of the Mind journey in 2005, ACS (Primary) has been National Champions for three consecutive years, and our teams have had the honour of representing Singapore at the World Finals in the USA. One day, we hope to be World Champions like our brother schools – ACS (Junior), ACS (Independent) and ACJC. The Best is Yet To Be!

Imagine being trapped in a cave with just a coke bottle and some utensils and trying to get out? This was one of many thought-provoking problems our two OM teams had to solve creatively, in preparation for the 2007 Odyssey of the Mind National Competition on 13-14 April at ACS (Independent).

The competition results were most encouraging. The less experienced Team 2 came in overall second-runners up in Division 1 for Long Term Problem 5. Team 1 were Champions in the Spontaneous Problem for Division 1 and emerged overall champions in Division 1 for Long Term Problem 3 and earned the honour of representing Singapore at the World Finals at the Michigan State University, USA. They did well to come in 16th out of about 67 teams!

For Ryan Quek Tze Wei (P5G) and Kevin Wong (P5I), the best part of the experience was the opportunity to represent Singapore at the World Finals, and competing against teams from other countries. “We became closer after going through this competition together as we had to work as a team,” said Ryan.

Apart from being amongst the top 20 teams, our cute-looking “Singapore Chicken” pin, as it was known, was prized as one of the top 5 most popular pins sought after by other participants.

 
Painting face.

Dynamic Team 1 performing for
the judges in the Singapore competition

Face Painting

Our victorious teams! All smiles!

Our victorious teams!

Team 2, all smiles during the competition

Learning about each others' culture
through trading pins

Our team grooving around after
the Spontaneous Competition


Click below for more on the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals 2007!

ACS (Independent) - Two World Titles & The Best in the World! Anglo-Chinese Junior College Wins World Championship! ACS (Junior) Bags Singapore's 1st Ever Under-12 Title!
 

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