A New Beginning

The school year is well under way, and this year, rocketry in school is taking a giant leap forward. With the kind approval of Mariposa School's Principle, I've started an after school rocketry club with the help of Mrs Adams and Mrs Blanchard. It's a school year program, longer than any we've done in the past, and the mission is to teach as much math, science, history and English composition as possible through rocketry.

It will culminate in a competition with neighboring Linda Verde School to see who can design and build a rocket that will launch an egg into the air and bring it back intact. A tall order for 4th and 5th grade students but I know they can do it.

Over at Linda Verde, the principle, Mrs. Zapata, welcomed the idea of a rocketry program at her campus and enlisted the aid of Mrs. Leemus, who transferred there from Mariposa. Some of her kids flew with me last year, and she is no stranger to the rockets. Here's her happy class after getting their rockets today.


This will lead to a friendly competition between both schools in the Egg-straordinary Space Challenge later in the spring of 2010. These are future Team America Rocketry Challenge students in the making!