Lulu Walker School

Odyssey of the Mind (aka O.M.)

Lulu Walker has an excellent Oyssey of the Mind program.  O.M.  is a world-wide creative problem solving program. Not only is a lot of fun, but it promotes "outside of the box" thinking and creative problem solving in students.  O.M is comprised of teams.  Each team has 5-7 memebrs and 1-2 coaches.  The team works most of the school year to find a creative solution to a problem, then they present their solution at a competition.  Students must learn to collaborate and work together to create their solution -- and do it all on their own!  Students also learn to work together to solve spontantous problems.  This is another part of the compeition and not only requires the team to have excellent team wortk and communication skills, but challenges the students to think on their feet.  If you would like more information please check out Southern Arizona's Odyssey of the Mind website. 

http://www.azodyssey.org/

The following is the mission and vvision statement of Odyssey of the Mind:

AZ OM Mission Statement
Arizona Odyssey of the Mind Association is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote critical thinking and creative problem solving skills for students from kindergarten through college in a competitive setting.

AZ OM Vision Statement
In order to promote critical thinking and creative problem solving skills for students from kindergarten through college, Arizona Odyssey of the Mind envisions growing our membership, strengthening team achievement, and increasing community involvement and awareness.

We will have a parent meeting for anyone who is interested in the MPR on Thursday September 14th at 6:00 pm.  Please attend this meeting if you are interested in your child signing up for a team, if you are interested in coaching a team, or being a judge at the regional compettion in March.  Please contact Ms. Bright at cbright@amphi.com.