A team of Joyner Elementary students won the Odyssey of the Mind State Championship and will be heading to the World Finals at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa in late May.
The J.Y. Joyner Earth Trek Team captured the NC Odyssey of the Mind State Championship for the Earth Trek problem on April 4 at Wingate University in Wingate, NC. The team is coached by Myra Kane and Lauren Rockwell and team members are Brienna Kane, Amelia Flick, Kendall Stephenson, Noah Giroux, Alexandra Lopez-Vazquez, and Ann Cannon Hoover.
Joyner students captured the World Odyssey of the Mind Championship in 2001 and finished 3rd in the World Championships in 2003.
Joyner Elementary is a WCPSS magnet school with the theme Center for Spanish Language/International Baccalaureate World Elementary.
Thanks to Principal Chris Knott for sharing this information.
You can read more about the Odyssey of the Mind competition here.