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Pep Rally for Odyssey Students

The community will cheer on the students as they head to the World Finals this weekend.

The Farmingdale community will cheer on six fifth graders from who are headed to the International Odyssey of the Mind competition Friday morning.

The students qualified at the Regional level in March and will be competing against hundreds of students from 23 different countries at the University of Maryland this Memorial Day Weekend.

The students, parents and teachers will be leaving at 9 a.m. and the Farmingdale community will see them off with a pep rally. Signs and posters to wish them luck are encouraged.

 Odyssey of the Mind is an international program whose mission is to provide creative problem solving opportunities for students.

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In the United States the first level is within a region. Students are then invited to the state level competition. Saltzman East Memorial Elementary School won the New York State level for Problem#1 Extreme Mousemobiles, and are now headed to the World Final Competition. This is the first time that Farmingdale School District has been invited to the World finals.

The students are coached by Mrs. JeanMarie Papillo.

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