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Each year we bring together kids of all ages, from kindergarteners to high schoolers and watch as they grow their phenomenal creativity and ingenuity through the development of their Odyssey solution.

We have kicked off the 2023/2024 season. Thank you for your hard work last year. It was a very successful year.

Team are you ready? Team, begin! This declaration brings excitement to thousands of Odyssey of the Mind participants each year. All their hard work is paying off as they share their unique solution at tournament time. And it’s appropriate that the world’s original problem-solving competition kicks off creativity with the word BEGIN. When we introduce…

Letter from the Association Directors Greetings!  As NorCal Odyssey Co-Association Directors, Bruce Mackinlay and Diedre Girod, we want to welcome you all to the 2022-2023 season. The new Odyssey of the Mind season is here and with a new season comes excitement about what is on the horizon! It’s time to get your membership, bring…

Wagner Ranch Places First in Odyssey of the Mind By Staff The fifth grade team at Wagner Ranch Elementary rose to the challenge amidst a pandemic year and placed first in their division at the Odyssey of the Mind SF Bay Regional Competition, held in a virtual tournament Feb. 27. Odyssey of the Mind is a…

4.23.2021 Loma Verde Odyssey of the Mind Teams Advance to World Finals (Novato, CA)…Loma Verde Elementary School sent five teams of students to compete in the annual Odyssey of the Mind NorCal Section Championship this year and the winners were announced on April 19, 2021. The Championship was virtual and two Loma Verde teams qualified…

Join us live for the NorCal ALL Regions Showcase Celebration this Saturday, March 13th at 4:30pm ONLINE Congratulations!!! You completed your first round for this year’s Odyssey of the Mind competition season. On Saturday, March 13th at 4:30 pm, we will be having our Showcase celebration! Come join us for a live event on:Zoomhttps://zoom.us/j/99648568745?pwd=MkxzUkRUQkw2VEZ4SzU0RTZ2VktHQT09Meeting ID:…

Celebrate this unusual “Oddyssey” year with a shirt! Our favorite t-shirt company, GIC Graphics, has come up with 2 awesome designs (with help from our Redwood RD Bob Lipman) to commemorate the 2021 Odyssey Showcase and State Tournament! The first design is based on our participation pins which, as you can see, will be awesome!…

Virtual Verbals? Time for a New Mindset! If you are new to Odyssey, new is the name of the game. If you’ve participated in Odyssey before, you and your team are used to the format typically used to solve verbal problems during spontaneous competitions: Although working as a team, in reality during an “in person”…

Word from the Association Director Happy New Year All! It’s 2021 and that can only mean one thing…Odyssey of the Mind tournament season is almost here! Coaches are trained and coaching…Teams are building, creating, building again … again… and again…NOW judges are registering and getting trained and filled with excitement for the new solutions that…