Fort Bend ISD Teams Earn Top Finishes at Destination Imagination Global Finals

FORT BEND ISD (June 10, 2026) - Nine Fort Bend ISD teams recently competed in the Destination Imagination Global Finals in Kansas City, earning multiple top 10 finishes against teams from around the world.

Fine Arts Challenge

Elementary Level

3rd Place: The Scottie Squad - Highlands Elementary

Team members include Vivienne Brenke, Mila Dixit, Riya Dixit, Emmy Simmons, Livi Wommack, and Charlotte Wright.

Team Manager: Elizabeth Brenke

Middle Level

5th Place: Team Ocean - Fort Settlement Middle School

Team members include Yasmeen Akhtar, Safia Gurji, Emma Huang, Saachi Shah, Avery Tran, and Srihan Varagani.

Team Managers: Dana Tran and Maliha Akhtar

Scientific Challenge

Elementary Level

6th Place: DInamic Thinkers - Settlers Way Elementary

Team members include Kyle Hartfield, Samuel Law, Tara Pandurangi, Arush Samant, Eesha Samant, Prisha Samant, and Sainishika Sangam.

Team Managers: Rashmi Pandurangi and Roopa Samant

11th Place: IncreDIbles - Cornerstone Elementary

Team members include Mariya Bhabhrawala, Sneha Jayanti, Geetinder Kaur, Ocean Lei, Onish Mehta, Swara Tadanki, and Reesha Verma

Team Manager: Swathi Verma

Senior Level

7th Place: Smart Sharks - Clements High School, Dulles High School, and Thornton Middle School

Team members include Samvidasri Boyapati, Vrishni Krishnan, and Chinhitha Pamulapati

Team Managers: Vedha Sampath and Venkata Ramanujam

Service Learning Challenge

Elementary Level

8th Place: The Waste Warriors - Madden Elementary

Team members include Vivaan Mehta, Keval Paghadal, Aarush Patel, Prisha Patel, Keisha Shyani, and Nisarg Varia.

Team Managers: Malavika Malaviya, and Snehaben Prajapati

Engineering Challenge

Middle Level

7th Place: Mechanical Cheetahs - Quail Valley Middle School, First Colony Middle School, and Fort Settlement Middle School

Team members include Shaheer Azim, Ayaan Dhedhi, Nikhil Erukulla, Raghav Pandurangi, Dhev Sudheer, and Neil Tyagi.

Team Managers: Mariyah Dhedhi and Rashmi Pandurangi

Senior Level

5th Place: 6th Dimension - Clements High School, Dulles High School, and Austin High School

Team members include Rishabh Aggarwal, Rithik Aggarwal, Anshul Jhaveri, Suhani Sawant, Aaril Shah, and Shivani Sunderamoorthi.

Team Managers: Jigisha Doshi and Linda Christensen

Technical Challenge

Senior Level

9th Place: Trailblazers - Dulles High School

Team members include Rishaan Chanana, Vivaan Joshi, Ayushi Kawedia, Sowmith Kolla, Rohan Pandurangi, Nicole Pinto, and Shivansh Shukla.

Team Manager: Beena Hemkar