By Hong Jiao
2015 DI Int’l Beijing Invitational was lately held to see Hainan Secondary School in Hongkou, on behalf of Shanghai, win the National First Place for the Junior Secondary School Group of “Musical Mix and Match”, a structuring challenge, with No. 1 ranking in the total score, thus accepted to 2016 Destination Imagination Global Finals to be held in next May in the US.
DI or Destination Imagination is an int’l education program aimed at breeding the practical innovation capacities of the youths and focused on enhancing their creative thinking, teamwork and problem-solving ability, and has so far attracted over 3 million youths and volunteers from 66 countries and regions.
Since its launch in Shanghai in 2012, DI has managed to trigger the designation of DI Innovation Education Exemplary Schools in Shanghai. In 2015, Hainan Secondary School was appointed to be Shanghai DI Innovation Thinking Exemplary School, making the only of its type in the district.