Students Work Toward NASA
October 19, 2009
Filed under News, Top Stories
Mary Rojo
Managing Editor
Working toward new experiences and looking for new opportunities, is what High School Aero Space Scholars (HAS) have been doing in order to get to Mars. HAS has been providing juniors with new and exciting ways to learn about engineering, and juniors are in a mad rush to finish the application process, which should be completed by Nov. 13.
“With this program the opportunities are pretty much unlimited,” HAS intstructor Robin Segrest said. “If a student scores high enough on the tasks they have to complete, they get to go down to NASA and do really cool and fun stuff.”
All juniors who are interested in the HAS program will spend their spring semester completing online assignments, in order to get the required HASGPA. All assignments include math problems, 500 word essay, a 10 question quiz, and also an occasional drawing.
“Assignments are due every two weeks and are reviewed by a HAS reviewer,” Segrest said. “The assignments have something to do with launching a mission to Mars and/or setting up a manned space colony on mars.”
If the HAS GPA is met, then the qualified individuals are able to go to the Johnson Space Center that following summer.
“At the end of the semester the students are reranked and the top 350-400 students are invited to attend a week-long summer experience at the Johnson Space Center,” Segrest said.
The HAS program deals heavily in math and science and helps students understand the higher level of knowledge that is always available.
“HAS is a high level math and science and who is directly dealing with NASA in Houston,” Career and Technology Director Stephen Rhodes said. “HAS starts networking you into science and math in higher education.”
If any of our current juniors are interested in being a part of the HAS program, they should contact Mrs. Segrest in room E119.
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