City of Philadelphia - File #: 170440

• File #: 170440
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 5/4/2017
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 5/4/2017
• Title: Honoring, Congratulating and Recognizing Julia R. Masterman School Students for Being Crowned World Finalists in the Odyssey of the Mind International Competition.
• Sponsors: Council President Clarke, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Henon, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Domb, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Gym, Councilmember Taubenberger, Councilmember Oh, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Parker

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
5/4/2017	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass
5/4/2017	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED

Title
Honoring, Congratulating and Recognizing Julia R. Masterman School Students for Being Crowned World Finalists in the Odyssey of the Mind International Competition.

Body
WHEREAS, Odyssey of the Mind is an international creativity competition that synthesizes Science, Technology, Engineering and the Arts; and

WHEREAS, Odyssey of the Mind has been encouraging students around the world to "think outside the box" and work together as a team to solve challenging problems since 1978; and

WHEREAS, The Julia R. Masterman School's Odyssey of the Mind Division 1 Team, consisting of Emma Chrismer, Havana Covington, Azalea Derrickson, Michael Fenerty, Amelia Hoffman, Sidney Mandel and Lachlan Pepersack, all in 5th Grade, and coached by Chris Hoffman and Brett Mandel, won 2nd Place overall and 1st Place in Spontaneous Problem Solving at the Pennsylvania State Finals Tournament on April 1, 2017; and

WHEREAS, The Division 1 Team's winning performance consisted of famous ghosts trying to avoid the Ghostbusters by travelling in a hovercraft taxi, a battery/magnet shuttle that travelled through a coiled copper wire, and a fan-powered car; and

WHEREAS, The Julia R. Masterman School's Odyssey of the Mind Division 2 Team, consisting of Drew Brown (8th Grade), Willem Cousineau (8th Grade), Abiona Flora (8th Grade), Samuel Njiru (7th Grade), Julia Powers (6th Grade), Rory Macdonald (8th Grade), and Ariel Weinbaum (8th Grade), and coached by Chris Powers, a Powel Elementary School teacher, and Brett Mandel, won 2nd Place in addition to the Ranatra Fusca Award for Ultimate Creativity at the Pennsylvania State Finals Tournament on April 1, 2017; and

WHEREAS, The Division 2 Team competed in the "Catch Us If You Can" problem by creating vehicles that traveled from a multi-level parking garage to a "secret meeting place", while also performing an action to avoid being followed; and

WHEREAS, The Division 2 Team won the Ranatra Fusca Award for Ultimate Creativity,...