The Newman Smith HS Improv team, “The Caarbadarbons” is advancing to the Destination Imagination (DI) Globals tournament in Kansas City in May. They placed second in the improv team challenge and seventh overall at the DI Lone Star Finals (LSF) State Tournament on March 26 at the University of Texas at Arlington.

The Caarbadarbon’s performance consisted of a father telling his daughter a bedtime story. The story involved the father competing against Hans and Franz in a sheep herding contest with the help of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 

The students on the team were:

• Scotty Brady
• Quentin Maese
• Kaitlyn McKinley
• Elliot Robinson
• Reid Sherman

“We are so proud of the Newman Smith team and look forward to them defending their first-place title from last year’s Globals competition in person,” said Abbie Sherman, CFBISD Destination Imagination Coordinator and PEIMS Specialist. 

Before the state tournament, six CFB teams competed in the Trinity Valley North Central (TVNC) Regional DI tournament on Feb. 11, hosted by CFBISD at R. L. Turner High School. The teams each presented eight-minute solutions to their chosen challenges and had to think quickly during the instant challenge part of the tournament. 

The teams were:

Team Name	Grade Level	Category	Place	School	Students
“Goat - The Highs & Lows”	4th Grade	Engineering	8th	McCoy ES	Arav Agarwal Siddharth Gogula Ansh Jalori Shrihan Kamana Yuvan Arul Selvan Aadi Vaidya
“Blazing through Time”	4th Grade	Engineering	12th	McCoy ES	Kriti Bodla Ariyana Molidina Esselyn Mui Rose Willingham
“The Pack”	4th Grade	Fine Arts	7th	Landry ES Las Colinas ES	Regina Bohn  Ahaan Goyal Sydney Kimball Olivia Paxton  Owen Paxton Venkata Satya Sai Rishik Reyansh Boddapti
“Baconators in Time”	3rd & 4th Grade	Fine arts	5th	Davis ES Rosemeade ES Thompson ES	Pete Adamo Menona Anderson Elise Enge Michael Joles Iris Lara Coretta Powell
“The Caarbadarbons”   *Renaissance Award Winner	11th & 12th Grade	Improv	1st	Newman Smith HS	Scotty Brady Quentin Maese Kaitlyn McKinley Elliot Robinson Reid Sherman

In DI, students work together in teams to solve open-ended STEAM challenges designed to teach the creative process. 

“Destination Imagination contests are important because students get to be creative, think critically, problem-solve, speak publicly, and work collaboratively,” said Sherman. 

Destination Imagination is a program open to all students sponsored by the CFBISD Advanced Academic Services Department. DI Info Nights are held in September to form teams for participation.  For interest or questions, please contact Abbie Sherman at shermana@cfbisd.edu or visit the CFBISD Destination Imagination website.