Congratulations!

Our two teams - My Name is Not Finished & The Hammy Wammy Hamsters - competed at the Capital Region Tournament on February 1st.  AISD had 3 teams go to this 90 team STEAM tournament, and two of those teams were from Mills Elementary. Our older competitive team  - Emery Swanson, Yadhu Balaji, Reya Ali, and Marco Galati - placed third in the insanely difficult engineering challenge (High Wire Act) and was one spot away from attending the Lone Star Finals in March. Our Early Learners team presented their solution to the Weather Together Challenge after months of hard work. Team members included Price Cowhig, Sara Ali, Sunay Baldava, Vaubhav Karthik, Clark Jensen, and Jenson Ho. A hearty congratulations are in order for both teams and their parent managers - Devika Ali and Saranya Durairaju. 

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August 2025: New Challenges

What is Destination Imagination?

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Destination Imagination is a program that excels teaching creative problem-solving by exposing students to a variety of STEAM based challenges. Teams of students (2-7 members) choose a STEAM-based challenge in the Fall and present their solutions in February at the Capital Regional Tournament. 

DI is an affordable, accessible program designed to support your children’s passions, creativity, and intellect. It’s also a chance for you to get an exclusive peek into your kid’s daily life, see how they interact with their peers, and watch them learn and blossom.

What were the challenges for 2024?

For students in Pre-K through Second grade, this year's Early Learning Challenge, which is non-competitive, is about the weather. For Mountain Lions in Third through Fifth grade, they can choose from competitive challenges in more categories, including improvisation, fine arts, scientific, engineering, service learning, and technical. For more information on these challenges, check out this video.