Destination Imagination

Destination Imagination (DI) is not just a program, it’s a life-changing process. Team members engage in innovative, creative problem solving, and teamwork all year long. Participants develop life-long skills that carry over into everyday life – but most of all, they have fun, discover talents they never knew they had, and reap the rewards of teamwork and friendship as they grow and learn.

What does it take to be a great DI coach?

• Form a team of up to 7 students who want to participate in the program
• Arrange about 16 meetings throughout the DI season
• Follow the provided plans for each meeting (or make up your own)
• Step-back and watch the kids have fun!

Sign up here to be a Destination Imagination Coach!

Worthington Schools will cover the registration cost of your team, as well as regional and state tournament registration fees.

September 24, 2026

• Worthington Parent Informational Night, 6:30 PM, Worthington Education Center

October 30, 2026

• Deadline to fill out 2026-27 Destination Imagination Team Manager Form

TBD

• Virtual Team Manager Trainings

• Early online team registration deadline (Registration fee increases to $50 after midnight on November 20. (Note: Team will be responsible for $50 registration fee AFTER November 21)

• Final team registration deadline

January 22, 2027 - midnight

• Team appraiser registration deadline

• DI Team Dress Rehearsal, Worthington Education Center, Rooms 100 and 106

March 6, 2027 Tentative)

• Central Region Tournament - Circleville High School, Circleville, Ohio (Tentative)

April 3, 2027

• State Tournament - OSU Marion Campus

May 20-23, 2027

• Global Finals, Kansas City, MO

Teams select a Central Challenge problem from options including Technical, Engineering, Scientific, Fine Arts, Improvisational and Service Learning. The challenges are developed annually to ensure they are relevant and align to National Education Standards, STEM standards, ELA Common Core Standards and Mathematics Common Core Standards. These challenges are designed for student teams to solve with the help from parent volunteers, educators, and subject matter experts.

Click to preview the 2026-2027 Challenges here!

Rising Stars: preschool—grade 2

Gifted Services - Destination Imagination information page

National DI website: www.idodi.org

State DI website: www.ohdi.org

Worthington is part of the Central Region: Central Region

Suzanne Palmer

Gifted Services Coordinator

spalmer@wscloud.org

614-450-6055