•  Antheil Elementary School Odyssey of the Mind Coach for 2019-2020: Mr. Jesse Riegel

    Coastal Plains Regional Tournament Date:  March 14, 2020   

    Woodstown-Pilesgrove School
    140 East Ave
    Woodstown, NJ 08098 United States     + Google Map
    What is Odyssey of the Mind?

    Odyssey of the Mind is an international educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from kindergarten through college. Team members apply their ingenuity and creativity to solve problems that range from building mechanical devices to presenting their own interpretation of literary classics. They then bring their solutions to competition on the regional, state, and World level. Thousands of teams from throughout the U.S. and about 25 other countries from around the world participate in the program. 

    So where does New Jersey fit in?

    Odyssey of the Mind has its roots in the Industrial Design classes of Dr. Sam Micklus. Dr. Sam (as he’s affectionately known in Odyssey circles) was a professor at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey (formerly Glassboro State College), where he challenged his students to create vehicles without wheels, mechanical pie throwers and flotation devices that would take them across a course on a lake. He evaluated them not on the success of their solutions, but on the ingenuity applied and the risk involved in trying something new and different. Students had fun, word spread and the students’ activities attracted attention from the local media. Soon, people on the outside wanted a part of the action. This public interest led to the development of a creative problem-solving competition for school children. In 1978, Odyssey of the Mind was born. It is because of this history that the New Jersey association of Odyssey of the Mind is proud to be known as the birthplace of creative problem solving.

    Please 'click' the following link for information regarding New Jersey Odyssey of the Mind:  https://njootm.org/wp/