11.05.07

Emily Sturgill
757-864-7022
emily.r.sturgill@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-057

NASA GOES BACK TO SCHOOL AT PIEDMONT ELEMENTARY



CHARLESTON, W. Va. - On Thursday, Nov. 8, representatives from NASA 
will spend the day with students and teachers of Piedmont Elementary. 
NASA Langley's Chief of Education Roger Hathaway and others will help 
kick off a newly established educational partnership through the NASA 
Explorer Schools (NES) program. Rocket Boy Willie "Billy" Rose is 
also planning to attend the family night event.



Piedmont Elementary was one of only 25 schools in the nation to be 
selected as a 2007 NASA Explorer School. The partnership between NASA 
and Piedmont was formally announced in May.



"NASA's visit will once again reinforce the commitment they (NASA) 
have toward education," said Steve Knighton, administrator of 
Piedmont Elementary School. "These opportunities to instill the dream 
of being associated with the space program would never have been so 
real without this affiliation."



What: Student Assembly
When: 12:45 p.m.
Who: NASA Langley's Chief of Education Roger Hathaway
Where: Piedmont Elementary School



What: Family Night
When: 7:00 p.m.
Who: NASA Langley's Chief of Education Roger Hathaway
Where: Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences



Media interested in covering the events or arranging interviews with 
Roger Hathaway should contact Emily Sturgill at 804-647-7668 or Steve 
Knighton at 304-348-1910 by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7.



The NASA Explorer School program provides exciting experiences for 
both students and teachers and supplies schools with classroom 
resources and innovative technology based on NASA's missions and 
discoveries. Since 2003, the program has been establishing three-year 
partnerships with schools across the country to develop the nation's 
future science, technology, engineering and mathematics work force. 
There are now 200 teams, representing all 50 states, the District of 
Columbia, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.



Over the next three years, Piedmont Elementary students will 
participate in digital conferences with NASA scientists and 
engineers. NASA educators will also take hands-on activities to the 
classroom to provide exciting learning experiences.



For more information on the NASA Explorer Schools Program, visit: 



http://explorerschools.nasa.gov/

	
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