Olivia Goldberg / The Citizen
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SKANEATELES - An event that saw State Street Elementary School students compete regionally and statewide -- over seven long months -- will culminate this week when seven students travel to Ames, Iowa for the Odyssey of the Mind World Competition.
The students -- Joey Hagen, Jacob Peterson, Carter Dickinson, Matthew Byrne, Jeffrey Kringer, Austin Gardner and Will Bolton -- will go head to head with children from around the world in creative problem-solving matches at Iowa State University. Before the boys compete, though, they have to apply their makeup -- a process they've been through too many times for their liking.
Teacher and O.M. coordinator Kelley McQuiggan had removed the gilt-framed mirror from Room 112's adjacent bathroom Thursday morning, setting it up on a group of desks pushed together to create a space for last-minute, er, primping.
Predictably, they all seemed to loath the process, which involves coloring their entire faces with blue, green and yellow water-based paints, via crayon.
"It's heavy," said Peterson, a third-grader, wearing suspenders that held up black high-water trousers.
"You can't move your face," echoed Dickinson -- also in third grade -- swishing his mouth around.
Just before 9 a.m., the Division I team trotted out to the school gym, where, dressed in costumes that ranged from a wizard-like cape to knickers and performed their eight-minute demonstration for the entire school. The demonstration, one the students have tweaked since March's regional competitions, is featured in the event's Tech Transfer match.
The idea is for teams to design and build a device that can extend its reach and physically transfer up to 20 items from one part of a designated site to another. Groups must give judges a performance with a theme that answers why and how they are transferring the items.
The boys' theme? Planets and B.O. -- yes, body odor. In a nutshell, the planet Activities (in a galaxy far, far away -- we hope) is so overrun with stink from inhabitants who are constantly in motion that its elite must move the population -- and some essential items -- to a cleaner, fresher planet.
Read the full report in Monday's editon of The Citizen.
SKANEATELES - An event that saw State Street Elementary School students compete regionally and statewide -- over seven long months -- will culminate this week when seven students travel to Ames, Iowa for the Odyssey of the Mind World Competition.
The students -- Joey Hagen, Jacob Peterson, Carter Dickinson, Matthew Byrne, Jeffrey Kringer, Austin Gardner and Will Bolton -- will go head to head with children from around the world in creative problem-solving matches at Iowa State University. Before the boys compete, though, they have to apply their makeup -- a process they've been through too many times for their liking.
Teacher and O.M. coordinator Kelley McQuiggan had removed the gilt-framed mirror from Room 112's adjacent bathroom Thursday morning, setting it up on a group of desks pushed together to create a space for last-minute, er, primping.
Predictably, they all seemed to loath the process, which involves coloring their entire faces with blue, green and yellow water-based paints, via crayon.
"It's heavy," said Peterson, a third-grader, wearing suspenders that held up black high-water trousers.
"You can't move your face," echoed Dickinson -- also in third grade -- swishing his mouth around.
Just before 9 a.m., the Division I team trotted out to the school gym, where, dressed in costumes that ranged from a wizard-like cape to knickers and performed their eight-minute demonstration for the entire school. The demonstration, one the students have tweaked since March's regional competitions, is featured in the event's Tech Transfer match.
The idea is for teams to design and build a device that can extend its reach and physically transfer up to 20 items from one part of a designated site to another. Groups must give judges a performance with a theme that answers why and how they are transferring the items.
The boys' theme? Planets and B.O. -- yes, body odor. In a nutshell, the planet Activities (in a galaxy far, far away -- we hope) is so overrun with stink from inhabitants who are constantly in motion that its elite must move the population -- and some essential items -- to a cleaner, fresher planet.
Read the full report in Monday's editon of The Citizen.
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