Moon Students Take Home Big Honors at Academic Competition

students brought home high honors from an international academic competition held last month.  

Elementary students who competed in the international academic competition in College Park, MD,  placed second in their division and nabbed the prestigious Rantra Fusca Award for creative thinking and problem solving. Middle school students who took part in the event placed 10th in the competition. 

Last night the congratulated the students, offering them a proclamation at last night's monthly business meeting. 

Odyssey of the Mind is an academic program that features students competing in problem-solving exercises ranging in subject matter from mechanical devices to literature. Students are evaluated based on teamwork, creativity and critical thinking skills. 

This is the second consecutive year that students from the Moon Area School District have qualified for the competition's world finals, which included more than 17,000 students from around the world this year. 

Participating students included:

• Bon Meade Elementary: Leah Eberts, Sarah Ellis, R.J. Kanith, Shannon Melton, Julia Puhalla and Nick Ulven
• Allard Elementary: Zach Gribben
• Moon Area Middle School: Ally Bardusch, Emily Bolen, Beth Eberts, Jenna Foster, Natalie Melton, Rachel Melton and Angela Priola