Odyssey of the Mind
This international academic extracurricular competition asks students to work in collaborative teams to solve complex problems of all types. Coached by parents outside of school hours, Assumption students have done well in this competition traditionally and often compete at the regional, state and world level. We are multi-year Regional, and State champions and have competed in World competition placing in top 15 several times.
Congrats to our ABVM Odyssey of the Mind Teams Placing 1st and 3rd at 2022 State Championships and 8th at 2022 WORLD Finals!
Assumption teams have taken first place at LA Regionals 8 times, first place at State Championships in 2019, 2021 and 2022 and Placed in top 10 at World Championships in 2020, 2021 & 2022! 2022 State Champions Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is proud of its...
Congrats to our ABVM Odyssey of the Mind Teams placing 6th and 11th in 2021 World Finals!
Congratulations to our 7th grade team for placing 6th in World Finals! Congratulations to our 8th grade team for placing 11th in World Finals!
ABVM teams placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd at the 2021 Odyssey of the Mind Southern California State Championships!
Congratulations to Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s (ABVM) 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Odyssey of the Mind teams for winning the Southern California tournament! Our teams placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd! All three teams will be competing in the World Finals! Odyssey of...
Assumption Places in TOP 12 in the 2020 Odyssey of the Mind WORLD Finals!
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary School’s (ABVMS) Odyssey of the Mind teams missed out on state finals because of the pandemic, but 3 chose to compete at the virtual World finals! Shout out to ABVM’s 5th grade team who placed in the top 12 in the World Finals for...
ABVM teams placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd at the 2020 Los Angeles Regional Odyssey of the Mind Competition: We will be sending 5 teams to the State Championships!
We will be sending 5 teams to the State Championships in March! Go Gators! Assumption showed up in force at the Los Angeles regional Odyssey of the Mind competition at Westlake High School on Saturday Feb 22, 2020. We had 8 teams participate! These amazing kids worked...
Odyssey of the Mind Champions at Assumption School
Assumption students have been participating in the Odyssey of the Mind competition for over 10 years. When the school first learned about the competition, our teachers knew this was perfect for our students. Odyssey of the Mind is all about teaching kids to creatively...
ABVM wins 1st & 3rd place in California State in Odyssey of the Mind competition!
CA State Odyssey of the Mind champions 2019!!! The ABVM 8th grade team won the California statewide competition, making them 2019 STATE CHAMPIONS! The ABVM 6th grade team won 3rd Place in State for 2019! For the 1st time ever, Assumption is sending a team to the World...
ABVM’s Odyssey of the Mind 7th Grade Team Wins First Place!
ABVM's Odyssey of the Mind 7th Grade Team Wins First Place! On Saturday, Feb 24, in Westlake High School, Assumptions' 7th Grade team competed in Problem #1 - Triathlon Travels. With Head Coach Gino Mercurio and Assistant Coaches, Christian Benitez and...
ABVM Teams Win 3rd and 7th Place at Odyssey of the Mind LA Regional Competition
Our very talented ABVM Teams won 3rd and 7th Place at the Odyssey of the Mind LA Regional Competition last February 25, 2017! Both teams started preparing for the competition 4 months ago, worked incredibly hard and gave their all during the competition. This is such...
Odyssey of the Mind Competition!
ABVM 7th and 8th grade teams competed in the LA regional Odyssey of the Mind competition. Our students did really well and utilized creative problem solving skills in collaboration with their peers. Go Gators! ABVM 7th and 8th grade teams competed in the LA regional...
LA REGIONAL Odyssey of the Mind champions 2020!!!
Assumption showed up in force at the Los Angeles regional Odyssey of the Mind competition at Westlake High School on Saturday Feb 22, 2020. We had 8 teams participate!
These amazing kids worked so hard! We will be sending 5 teams to the State Championships in March! Go Gators!
Longshot Solution Division II
1st Place: ABVM Team A
2nd Place: ABVM Team B
Net Working Division II
2nd Place ABVM Team A
Balsa Limbo Division I
2nd Place: ABVM Team B
3rd Place: ABVM Team A
CA STATE & LA Regional Odyssey of the Mind champions 2019!!!
The ABVM 8th grade team won the California Statewide competition, making them 2019 STATE CHAMPIONS!
The ABVM 6th grade team won 3rd Place in State for 2019!
For the 1st time ever, Assumption is sending a team to the World Championships for Odyssey of the Mind! This year Opening Ceremonies will take place on Wednesday, May 22 at Michigan State University. Thursday, Friday and Saturday will be filled with competitions and other creative activities. The teams will present their solutions to the Long Term Problems. World Finals will culminate by crowning the World Champions of Creative Problem Solving during the Awards Ceremony on Saturday, May 25, 2019
ABVM teams were awarded 1st place in LA Regionals for their division in 2015 & 2nd Place in 2018
Odyssey of the Mind – Structure