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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>Greetings!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>As you are experiencing, this school year will be a very different landscape than ever before. Destination Imagination, Inc. (DII) has prided itself on encouraging 21<sup>st</sup> Century skills in students, and this year will be a perfect use of those skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>In order to accommodate distance and virtual learning, DII is reworking all of our challenges to be solved and presented virtually. As you might imagine, the challenge is to accommodate teams worldwide. All of our training and guides are also being reworked to reflect the changes. That being said, DII plans to offer all 7 of our challenges this year. Virtual Instant Challenges will also be offered. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>If conditions change enough that gatherings are safe, we will have the option of on-site Instant Challenges and Celebration of Creativity. If allowed, we will hold our celebration at Park Maitland School on Saturday, March 27, 2021. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;background:white'>The Technical, Scientific, Fine Arts, Service Learning, and Early Learning Challenges will be released on November 1, 2020. The Engineering and Improvisational Challenges will be released on December 1, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><u><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:#0563C1;background:white'><a href="https://www.destinationimagination.org/challenge-program/2020-21-challenge-previews/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Challenge Sneak Peaks</span></a></span></u><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;background:white'> are available for some of our challenges and will be updated as more information becomes available. Check back for updates!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;background:white'>Our <b>Technical Challenge</b> will ask your team to go on an adventure in a video game, using technical methods to design a team-created tool to win an ultimate prize.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;background:white'>A Scientific Law will be broken in our <b>Scientific Challenge</b>. Y</span><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>our team will create a documentary showing what the world would witness when a scientific law is broken.</span><b><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:#FF6600'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt;page-break-after:avoid;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Music Video, anyone? For our <b>Fine Arts Challenge</b>, your team will mash together music and literature to create a music video.</span><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'> <span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>For our <b>Service Learning Challenge</b>, your team will create a podcast that tells a story to highlight the amazing project you designed to meet a community need.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt;page-break-after:avoid;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Our <b>Rising Stars</b> (early learners preschool through 2<sup>nd</sup> grade, non-competitive) </span><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>will create a picture book about critters going on an adventure and share it in a team-created video.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>If you want to get started prior to November 1<sup>st</sup>, a</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#505050'> </span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>collection of activities and accompanying videos have been put together for teams who have purchased their Team Number(s) for 2020-21. Topics include: <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Improv Skills for Instant Challenge<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Storytelling 101<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Team Choice Elements: A Deep Dive<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>The Creative Process: Soup to Nuts<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Once you have purchased your number, you can contact <u><span style='color:#0563C1'><a href="mailto:difl.info@yahoo.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Florida DI</span></a></span></u> to gain access to all of the resources available.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><img border=0 width=529 height=51 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D67D42.D5247C60" alt="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/983ea8d89da8441460e8a9b20/images/5313a540-5f05-46c6-a9b1-68c92ded7a4b.jpg"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>As DII remains committed to the safety of our children, DII is administering the Background Check process. When you purchase your team number, there will also be a requirement to purchase a background check from Sterling Volunteers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>There will also be an optional opportunity to purchase Team Manager liability insurance from NFHS for a discounted price due to our new partnership with this organization.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><img border=0 width=529 height=51 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D67D42.D5247C60" alt="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/983ea8d89da8441460e8a9b20/images/5313a540-5f05-46c6-a9b1-68c92ded7a4b.jpg"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>For more information about DII this season, you can check out their <u><span style='color:#0563C1'><a href="https://www.destinationimagination.org/challenge-program/2020-21-faq/"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#0563C1'>FAQ page</span></a></span></u>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><img border=0 width=529 height=51 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D67D42.D5247C60" alt="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/983ea8d89da8441460e8a9b20/images/5313a540-5f05-46c6-a9b1-68c92ded7a4b.jpg"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>On our local level, we are pleased to welcome Anesha Warner to the Florida DI board. She brings great enthusiasm and ideas to help us promote our program.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><img border=0 width=529 height=51 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D67D42.D5247C60" alt="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/983ea8d89da8441460e8a9b20/images/5313a540-5f05-46c6-a9b1-68c92ded7a4b.jpg"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'>Check out our <u><span style='color:blue'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/FloridaDI"><span style='color:blue'>Florida DI facebook page</span></a></span></u> for Instant Challenges. These are great practice for teams and fun for others. DII has been offering a variety of Virtual Instant Challenges, so you can get a sense of what a virtual challenge can involve. We hope that you will send us photos of your solutions to these challenges! Also visit our updated<b> <u><span style='color:#0563C1'><a href="http://www.floridadi.org/"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#0563C1'>FLDI webpage</span></a></span></u></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Remember, we’re just an email away at </span><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:blue'><a href="mailto:difl.info@yahoo.com"><span style='color:blue'>difl.info@yahoo.com</span></a></span></u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:#202020'> Please do not hesitate to ask for assistance. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Our best wishes for your continued health and safety, and we look forward to working with you to provide your children with a great creative educational experience this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Erica Bowler<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Affiliate Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Florida Destination Imagination<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.floridadi.org">www.floridadi.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:DIFL.info@yahoo.com">DIFL.info@yahoo.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=317 height=45 id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:image002.png@01D67D42.D5247C60"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>