NASA's Summer of Innovation activities targeting middle school students' involvement in STEM education have been underway in the local area. Russ Billings, NASA Dryden's pre-college programs manager at the AERO Institute in Palmdale, was quoted in the Bakersfield Californian after model rockets were flown at CSUB to culminate 200 students' experiences in the second annual eight-day summer program: "There are endless problems to be solved. These kids will be the ones to work on those problems in a few years." http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x2131987846/Student-made-rockets-take-to-the-sky-in-NASA-program Similar launches took place at Westmorland Union Elementary School in the Imperial Valley through its MESA program. Twenty-four students took part in the launch, which was part of a two-week program involving 225 students, many of whom are visiting NASA Dryden as a culminating event. http://www.ivpressonline.com/news/ivp-news-westmorland-mesa-students-have-fun-with-nasa-rockets-20110624,0,362752.story
Joe Walker Middle School in Quartz Hill has also hosted week-long robotics and rocketry workshops during the month of June, including over 100 students. Eastside, Lancaster, and Palmdale School Districts have also provided events for their students. Each of the programs will continue with extended activities for the students during the upcoming school year.
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