Girls from Bartow Middle School visit NASA
PHOTO BY MARY CANNADAY
These six Bartow Middle Schools were part of a contingent of about 100 eighth grade girls who were invited by NASA to spend a day at their facility, the Kennedy Space Center. The goal is to garner interest in the aeorspace field among female students.
Back row (l-r) Jessica Echeveria, Olivia Kilvane and Magha Justin.
Front row (l-r) lindsey Waters, Leena Chrispin and Alexis Roop.
Eighth-grade girls from all around the county, 100 in all, had a day of fun and learning recently at the Kennedy Space Center. The trip, sponsored by NASA, was part of their initiative to increase female personnel in the aerospace industry, according to Lisa Patterson, Title One coordinator at Bartow Middle School. About 30 of the girls were from BMS and by all accounts had a great time.
The girls were nominated for the trip by their teachers.
