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Middle school DI team ready for technical challenge at Global Finals

Hopkinton fifth graders pose with their awards for second place at a regional Destination Imagination STEAM event at Beverly High School earlier this year, accompanied by team lead Tulasi Gunda (center). PHOTO/COURTESY RADHIKA NAGAMALLA

A team of fifth-grade students from Hopkins Elementary School are headed to the global Destination Imagination finals after winning second prize at a regional STEAM competition earlier this year.

The team, which calls itself Digital Masters, will be competing with teams all across the country in Kansas City, Missouri, starting May 22. The event will feature three days of demonstrations and competitions in front of panels of judges.

“They’re feeling pretty good,” said Radhika Nagamalla, whose daughter, Aadya, is one of the competitors. “They’ve been practicing all through the winter from the starting of the school year.”

Nagamalla said the team has chosen to do a technical challenge at the finals, which involves research into a topic and a presentation (such as a song or skit) that demonstrates different aspects of the topic the team learned during research.

During the finals, the team also will have to compete in instant challenges, which it will have only a short window of time to complete.

Nagamalla said the team members feel confident they can perform well at the finals. “They think they have a pretty good chance,” she said.

Digital Masters is raising funds to pay for its trip to the DI Global Finals. Nagamalla said each team’s registration fee is around $5,000. The team still needs $3,249, and is accepting donations on its fundraising page.

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Photo of the Day

A family of geese swims in a line at the Hopkinton Sportsmen’s Association pond during this past Saturday’s Hopkinton Police Association Fishing Derby.

PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO