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New season begins Sept. 1, 2018!
Are you ready for the new DI season? It's sure to be a great one! To get a "first look" at this year's amazing challenges, go to www.destinationimagination.org/challenge-program/2018-19-challenge-previews/. The full challenges will be available beginning Saturday, Sept. 1, with the purchase of a team number.

The DI programs at the various Wauwatosa schools are getting organized for the new year. Please note: Parents and guardians of students who are interested in joining a Longfellow DI team should attend a meeting on Thursday, Sept. 6, at 7 pm in the Longfellow library. If you need information about DI at a school other than Longfellow, contact friendsoftosadi@gmail.com.

Fourth annual Summer DI workshop
features learning and fun!
Thirty-two elementary and middle-school students from throughout Wauwatosa came to Longfellow in mid-August for our fourth annual summer skills workshop. Participants practiced Instant Challenge, played improv games, created fabric backdrops, wrote and performed skits, used needle and thread to make their own fabric "pocket pals," created rubber-band cars, and made lightweight wood structures that were strong enough to support heavy books. They even participated in a songwriting workshop--conducted via Skype--with award-winning children's musician Roger Day (www.rogerday.com). The students collaborated with Roger to write and perform an original song about the pig races at the Wisconsin State Fair. It was a great three days! Many thanks to all our participants, adult volunteers, and--especially--the 13 amazing high-school DI'ers who worked hard to make the workshop a success.

2017-18 was a great year for Tosa DI!
* 8 schools participated
(Eisenhower, Lincoln, McKinley, Roosevelt, Washington, Wilson/WSTEM, Longfellow & East)
* That's 240 Wauwatosa students in grades K-12 on 41 different teams
* 16 teams advanced to State
* 3 teams competed at Globals
Congratulations to all!!

Click here to read more about some of our teams and the creative ways they solved their challenges in 2017-18.

Hooray for our Globals 2018 teams!

Three teams represented Wauwatosa at DI Globals in Knoxville, Tennessee, in May.

* Greg's Grandmas from Tosa East
took 18th out of 66 teams in service learning.

* The Roosevelt Rockets
placed 29th out of 89 teams in the Engineering challenge.

* The Roller Coaster Toasters from Tosa East
finished 31st out of 73 teams in the scientific challenge.

Great job, everyone!!

Scholarship winner announced
Congratulations to Emma Hudson-Mairet, Wauwatosa East class of 2018, this year's recipient of the Friends of Tosa DI scholarship! Emma was a member of DI improv teams during her freshman, sophomore, and junior years at Tosa East. Though her busy schedule did not allow her to join a team in 2017-18, she remained active with DI as a volunteer, helping out at our information tables, supervising contestants in our Duct Tape Fashion Show, and appraising Rising Stars at the regional tournament. She definitely deserves this honor! The scholarship was presented by Cindy Anderson, FOTDI board member, at the annual Tosa East senior awards ceremony in May. Emma will enroll at Marquette University in the fall. We're happy she won't be too far away and hope we will see her again at a DI tournament--as an appraiser!

Tosa DI on parade!
For the second year in a row, Tosa DI was well-represented in the Wauwatosa 4th of July parade. Our creative, collaborative float featured props from some of the 41 teams that were part of Tosa DI in 2017-18. What a fun way to celebrate a great season and an awesome DI community! Thanks to everyone who contributed to the float and those who marched (and who cheered for us) on such a hot day.