Submitted photoPictured are: senior Erin Quick, senior Bo Miller, sophomore Jax Hodge, OM Coach Kimsey Hodge, sophomore Rosalie Millere, senior Alston Stevenson, sophomore Ella Millere, and sophomore Reid Harbin.   

Thomasville City Schools advanced six teams from the elementary, middle, and high school levels to the Odyssey of the Mind State Finals in Columbus, Georgia on April 13 and brought home a first place win, the Ranatra Fusca Award for “extreme creativity,” and the status of WORLD FINALISTS for one of the high school teams. Their long-term problem solution of holding 775 pounds with a 15-gram balsa-wood, student-built structure will advance them to compete at the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals in East Lansing, Michigan on May 22-25, 2019.