FALLS CHURCH, Va. – July 11, 2017 –The Northrop Grumman Foundation has sponsored scholarships for middle school students and teachers from Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States to attend Space Camp®, July 9-14 at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center® (USSRC) in Huntsville, Alabama. The Foundation is sponsoring 48 teachers and 80 students to attend this year year’s camp, the ninth year they have supported participation.
“Space Camp is a fantastic experience for students who want to explore the marvels of space and for teachers who want to expand their STEM tools and create more excitement in the classroom,” said Sandra Evers-Manly, president, of the Northrop Grumman Foundation and vice president of global corporate responsibility, Northrop Grumman. “Support to the Space Camp program is part of our education strategy, which centers on encouraging, supporting and inspiring middle school students and their teachers.”
Here are the students and teachers Northrop Grumman and the Northrop Grumman Foundation are sponsoring:
School Location Participants
Academy Science Foreign Language Huntsville, Alabama 2 Students
Aurora Frontier P-8 Aurora, Colorado 2 Students
1 Teacher
Austin Middle School Irving, Texas 1 Student
Bernalillo Middle School Bernalillo, New Mexico 1 Student
1 Teacher
Black Mountain Middle School San Diego, California 1 Teacher
Bowie Middle School Irving, Texas 1 Student
Buckhorn Middle School New Market, Alabama 1 Student
Bundamba State Secondary College Bundamba, Queensland, 2 Students
Australia 1 Teacher
Casimir Middle School Torrance, California 1 Student
Castlewood Elementary Castlewood, Virginia 1 Teacher
Cheyenne - Eagle Butte School Eagle Butte, South Dakota 1 Student
1 Teacher
Cleeve School Cheltenham, 2 Students
United Kingdom 1 Teacher
Columbia Middle School Sunnyvale, California 1 Student
Desert Junior-Senior High School Edwards, California 1 Student
1 Teacher
Edgewood Middle School Edgewood, Maryland 3 Students
1 Teacher
El Segundo Middle School El Segundo, California 1 Student
1 Teacher
Esperanza Middle School Lexington Park, Maryland 1 Student
Forest Glen Middle School Suffolk, Virginia 1 Teacher
Forest Heights STEM Academy Little Rock, Arkansas 2 Students
1 Teacher
Garfield STEM School Albuquerque, New Mexico 1 Teacher
Hale Charter Academy School Woodland Hills, California 1 Student
1 Teacher
Howitt Middle School Farmingdale, New York 2 Students
1 Teacher
Ipswich State High Brassall, Queensland, 2 Students
Australia 1 Teacher
Jane Addams Elementary Palatine, Illinois 1 Teacher
Jardine Middle School Topeka, Kansas 1 Student
1 Teacher
John F. Kennedy Middle School Suffolk, Virginia 1 Student
Joyce Clark Middle School Sierra Vista, Arizona 1 Student
1 Teacher
Kerr Middle School Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 2 Students
1 Teacher
King George Middle School King George, Virginia 1 Student
1 Teacher
King's Fork Middle School Suffolk, Virginia 1 Student
Knob Noster Middle School Knob Noster, Missouri 1 Student
1 Teacher
Lakeland Elementary / Middle School Baltimore, Maryland 3 Students
1 Teacher
Lebanon Middle School Lebanon, Virginia 2 Students
Leonardtown Middle School Leonardtown, Maryland 1 Student
1 Teacher
Luther Jackson Middle School Falls Church, Virginia 2 Students
1 Teacher
Mann Middle School Colorado Springs, Colorado 2 Students
1 Teacher
Maryvale Middle School Cheektowaga, New York 2 Students
1 Teacher
McKinley Middle School Washington, D.C. 1 Student
1 Teacher
Millennial Tech Middle School San Diego, California 1 Student
Mission Middle School Bellevue, Nebraska 1 Student
1 Teacher
New Directions/Twin Peaks Middle School Poway, California 1 Student
Nolan Middle School Killeen, Texas 1 Student
1 Teacher
Norwood Middle School Oliver Springs, Tennessee 1 Student
1 Teacher
Opelika Middle Opelika, Alabama 2 Students
1 Teacher
Richard Henry Dana Middle School Hawthorne, California 1 Student
1 Teacher
Salt Lake Center for Science Education Salt Lake City, Utah 1 Student
1 Teacher
Schroeder Middle School Grand Forks, North Dakota 1 Student
1 Teacher
Sebastian Middle School St. Augustine, Florida 2 Students
1 Teacher
Spring Ridge Middle School Lexington Park, Maryland 1 Teacher
Stone Middle School Melbourne, Florida 2 Students
1 Teacher
Sutherland Middle Charlottesville, Virginia 2 Students
1 Teacher
Synergy Kinetic Middle School Los Angeles, California 2 Students
1 Teacher
The Palmdale Aerospace Academy Palmdale, California 2 Students
1 Teacher
Twin Peaks Middle School Poway, California 1 Student
1 Teacher
Uozu Seibu Junior High School Uozu-shi, Toyama-ken, 2 Students
Japan 1 Teacher
Van Buren Middle School Albuquerque, New Mexico 1 Student
Westlawn Middle School Huntsville, Alabama 1 Student
1 Teacher
Will Rogers Middle School Lawndale, California 1 Student
Winston Campus Jr. High Palatine, Illinois 2 Students
Winton Woods Middle School Cincinnati, Ohio 2 Students
3 Teachers
Students will participate in activities such as building and launching rockets, experiencing astronaut-training simulators and simulating space shuttle missions. Their science teachers will attend the Space Academy for Educators®, a program designed to provide teachers the tools to enhance how they use STEM concepts in their classrooms.
The USSRC Space Camp® is the premier provider of authentic, inspiring and entertaining educational experiences in space science and aviation. The Space Academy for Educators® amplifies that mission by using the excitement of the program to create an immersive learning environment where teachers learn new ways to present concepts in their classrooms effectively. Additional information about this year’s Space Camp® can be found at http://www.spacecamp.com/.
Northrop Grumman and the Northrop Grumman Foundation are committed to expanding and enhancing the pipeline of diverse, talented STEM students globally. They provide funding for sustainable STEM programmes that span from pre-school to high school and through to university levels, with a major emphasis on middle school students and teachers. In 2016, Northrop Grumman and the Northrop Grumman Foundation continued outreach efforts to support diverse STEM-related activities and groups such as: in the U.S., the Air Force Association CyberPatriot cyber security competition and the Northrop Grumman Foundation Teachers’ Academy (in partnership with the National Science Teachers Association); in the U.K., the CyberCenturion cyber defence competition and the IMechE’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Challenge; Cyber Arabia; and the REC Foundation VEX Robotics competition which includes Australia, Japan, South Korea and the U.S.