Henderson Middle School

Dekalb County Schools

Odyssey of the Mind

 
Henderson Middle School is now offering Odyssey of the Mind to students of all grade levels. Odyssey of the Mind’s creative competitions combine the excitement of thinking on your feet, both individually, and as a part of a team with fun mental games. Team members apply their creativity to solve problems from building mechanical devices to presenting their own interpretation of literary classics.


Benefits of Participation in Odyssey of the Mind

Students develop team-building skills by working in groups of up to seven students per team.

Students learn to examine problems and to identify the real challenge without limiting the possible solutions and their potential success.

The creative-thinking process is nurtured and developed as problem-solving tool.

Students learn to take risks, allowing them to become more self-confident and independent thus making success and defeat easier to place in perspective.

Each long term problem rewards “Style” in the solution. This helps teach students that they should not simply try to solve problems but take the next step in enhancing their solutions.

The combination of long-term problem-solving, Style, and spontaneous problem-solving produces a confident, able student.