FALLS CHURCH, Va.– July 26, 2013 – The Northrop Grumman Foundation has announced the sponsorship of middle school students and teachers from across the United States to attend Space Camp® July 27-Aug. 1 at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center (USSRC) in Huntsville, Ala. This is the fifth year that the foundation has funded Space Camp® sponsorships.
"We are committed to generating more student excitement about science, technology, engineering and math [STEM] and providing our teachers with more resources, tools and training," said Sandra Evers-Manly, president of the Northrop Grumman Foundation. "There isn't a better way to experience the wonders of space and discovery and the universe – than attending Space Camp, which has provided an enriching experience for adults and children for more than 30 years."
This year's sponsored space campers are 17 middle school teachers from eight states and 65 middle school students from 10 states and the District of Columbia. Two students and one teacher are from the United Kingdom.
School | Location | Participants | ||
O.W. Holmes Middle School | Alexandria, Va. |
3 students
1 teacher |
||
Luther Jackson Middle School | Falls Church, Va. |
3 students
1 teacher |
||
Gamble Rogers Middle School | St. Augustine, Fla. | 2 students | ||
McNair Middle School | Rockledge, Fla. | 2 students | ||
Berner Middle School | Massapequa, N.Y. |
1 student
1 teacher |
||
Adams Middle School | Redondo Beach, Calif. | 1 student | ||
Dana Middle School | Hawthorne, Calif. | 1 student | ||
Casimir Middle School | Torrance, Calif. | 1 student | ||
Joe Walker Middle School | Lancaster, Calif. | 1 student | ||
Endeavour Middle School | Lancaster, Calif. | 1 student | ||
Palmdale Aerospace Academy | Palmdale, Calif. | 1 student | ||
Henry T. Gage Middle School | Huntington Park, Calif. | 2 students | ||
Mesa Verde Middle School | San Diego, Calif. | 2 students | ||
Will Rogers Middle School | Lawndale, Calif. | 1 teacher | ||
Oak Valley Middle School | San Diego, Calif. | 1 teacher | ||
Depew Middle School | Depew, N.Y. |
6 students
1 teacher |
||
Walter R. Sundling Jr. High School | Palatine, Ill. |
5 students
1 teacher |
||
East Middle School | Westminster, Md. | 1 student | ||
Northwest Middle School | Taneytown, Md. | 1 student | ||
North Carroll Middle School | Hampstead, Md. |
1 student
1 teacher |
||
West Middle | Westminster, Md. | 1 student | ||
New Windsor Middle | New Windsor, Md. | 1 student | ||
Madiba Prep Middle School | Brooklyn, N.Y. |
2 students
1 teacher |
||
Castlewood Elementary School | Castlewood, Va. |
2 students
1 teacher |
||
Hughes Middle School | Reston, Va. | 2 students | ||
Twin Peaks Middle School | Poway, Calif. | 1 student | ||
Mesa Verde Middle School | San Diego, Calif. | 1 student | ||
Stephen White Middle School | Torrance, Calif. |
2 students
1 teacher |
||
Montgomery Ridge Intermediate School | Maryville, Tenn. | 1 student | ||
Coulter Grove Intermediate School | Maryville, Tenn. | 1 student | ||
Madison School | Sacramento, Calif. | 1 student | ||
Castillero Middle School | San Jose, Calif. | 1 student | ||
Winston Education Campus | Washington, D.C. | 2 students | ||
Campus | ||||
Bowie Middle School | Irving, Texas | 2 students | ||
Lady Bird Johnson Middle School | Irving, Texas |
1 student
1 teacher |
||
Austin Middle School | Irving, Texas |
1 student
1 teacher |
||
Lamar Middle School | Irving, Texas | 1 student | ||
King's Fork Middle School | Suffolk, Va. |
2 students
1 teacher |
||
Van Buren Middle School | Albuquerque, N.M. |
2 students
1 teacher |
||
J.I. Watson Middle School | Iowa, La. |
1 student
1 teacher |
||
John Yeates Middle School | Suffolk, Va. | 1 teacher | ||
Bourne Academy | Stamford, Lincolnshire, U.K. |
2 students
1 teacher |