Placed Fourth Last Year Cooper Students Preparing for Regional Showing CLAYTON-- Cooper Elementary School has 2 teams going to the Odyssey of the Mind Regional competition being held Saturday, March 5, at East Wake High School. The Structure team is comprised of six third, fourth, and fifth graders. They had to construct a structure out of balsa wood and could only use glue to hold the structure together. Weights are then placed on the structure. The object is to put as much weight as possible on the structure without the structure breaking. The team has a Jamaican restaurant themed skit they perform while they place the weights on the structure. Last year, this team placed 4th in the Regional competition. The top two teams will go on to the State level competition. The second grade team is comprised of six students who had to come up with their own fable skit and moral, consisting of all animals with an inanimate object coming to life during the skit. This is a participatory event for all second grade teams and they will all receive recognition. The moral had to be original, and it had to be one that they decided on their own. They chose as their moral "don't be a wanna be". Both teams had to come up with their own ideas and could not have help from anyone to design their structure, costumes, or props. They even had to come up with their own skits. Last night, they performed a dress rehearsal for parents and on tomorrow, March 3rd, they will perform for all second through fifth graders.
