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Dells ‘Odyssey of the Mind’ team qualifies for world competition

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Wisconsin Dells Events: The Wisconsin Dells school district’s after-school program “Odyssey of the Mind” is sending one of its teams to a world competition at Iowa State University on May 25.

Odyssey coach Rahne Forbes’ team won the honor by taking first place in its division at the state competition in Madison last week. Three other teams including two middle school and one high school team placed in their divisions at the state competition, with each team taking home a third place trophy.

Odyssey of the Mind is an international program and is open to any student in kindergarten through 12th grade. It was featured on a PBS documentary titled “Recreating America: Creativity and Learning.”

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Wisconsin Dells High School among 425 schools on AP Honor Roll

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Wisconsin Dells Events: The Wisconsin Dells School District achieved a landmark accomplishment by for the first time being named one of only 425 school districts in the U.S. and Canada to the sixth annual Advanced Placement Honor Roll.

To qualify for the honor roll, school districts had to meet three main criteria based on examination of three years of AP data from 2013 to 2015.

The Dells district successfully increased its participation in and access to AP courses by at least 11 percent, increased or maintained the percentage of exams taken by African American, Hispanic/Latino and American Indian/Alaska native students.

The final criteria the district met was improving its performance levels when comparing the percentage of students in 2015 to those in 2013 that achieved an AP exam score between three and five.

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