FBISD Destination Imagination Teams Advance to Global Finals

FORT BEND ISD (April 28, 2026) – Fort Bend ISD Destination Imagination teams are advancing to the 2026 Destination Imagination Global Finals in Kansas City this May following outstanding performances at the Destination Imagination Lone Star Finals.

Competing against top teams from across the state, multiple FBISD teams earned top placements to secure their spot on the global stage.

ELEMENTARY LEVEL

Scientific Challenge

1st Place – DInamic Thinkers, Settlers Way Elementary
Kyle Hartfield, Samuel Law, Tara Pandurangi, Arush Samant, Eesha Samant, Prisha Samant and Sainishika Sangam
Team Managers: Rashmi Panduragi and Roopa Samant

Fine Arts Challenge

3rd Place – The Scottie Squad, Highlands Elementary
Vivienne Brenke, Mila Dixit, Riya Dixit, Emmy Simmons, Livi Wommack and Charlotte Wright
Team Manager: Elizabethe Brenke

4th Place – Team Ocean, Fort Settlement MS
Yasmeen Akhtar, Safia Gurji, Emma Huang, Saachi Shah, Avery Tran and Srihan Varagani
Team Managers: Dana Tran and Maliha Akhtar

Service Learning Challenge

7th Place – The Waste Warriors, Madden Elementary
Vivaan Mehta, Keval Paghadal, Aarush Patel, Prisha Patel, Keisha Shyani and Nisarg Varia
Team Managers: Malavika Malaviya and Snehaben Prajapati

MIDDLE LEVEL

Engineering Challenge

1st Place – Mechanical Cheetahs, Quail Valley Middle School | First Colony Middle School | Fort Settlement Middle School
Shaheer Azim, Ayaan Dhedhi, Nikhil Erukulla, Raghav Pandurangi, Dhev Sudheer and Neil Tyagi
Team Managers: Mariyah Dhedhi and Rashmi Pandurangi

SENIOR LEVEL

Engineering

1st Place – 6th Dimension, Clements High School | Dulles High School | Austin High School
Rishabh Aggarwal, Rithik Aggarwal, Anshul Jhaveri, Suhani Sawant, Aaril Shah and Shivani Sunderamoorthi
Team Managers: Jigisha Doshi and Linda Christensen

Technical Challenge

1st Place – Trailblazers, Dulles High School
Rishaan Chanana, Vivaan Joshi, Ayushi Kawedia, Sowmith Kolla, Rohan Pandurangi, Nicole Pinto and Shivansh Shukla
Team Manager: Beena Hempkar

Scientific Challenge

4th Place – Smart Sharks, Clements High School | Dulles High School | Thornton Middle School
Samvidasri Boyapati, Vrishni Krishnan and Chinhitha Pamulapati
Team Managers: Vedha Sampath and Venkata Ramanujam