Achievers

Samantha Richardson of Chapel Hill will travel to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston this summer to participate in a one-week summer internship.

Nominated by Kevin Eltife she has been selected as one of 350 high school juniors from across Texas to be part of High School Aerospace Scholars. They have been working to complete 10 Web-based assignments during the school year. They will apply what they have learned during the year, which will challenge them to work as part of a team to design a mission to Mars.

The weeklong experience at JSC includes a tour of JSC facilities and briefings by noted NASA employees — including astronauts. These students and teammates will conclude their experience by presenting their proposal at a luncheon to their parents, members of the Texas Legislature, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Rotary NASA and JSC senior management.

With this program, NASA continues the Agency’s tradition of investing in the nation’s educational programs. It is directly tied to the Agency’s major education goal of attracting and retaining students in STEM disciplines critical to NASA’s future missions, which include missions returning to the moon, on to Mars and beyond.

Thirty-two Chapel Hill drafting students won a total of 102 awards during the state Technology Students Association contest earlier this month.

6 Drawings and Projects:

27 Best-in-Class Ribbons/Patches

54 First-place Ribbons

17 Second Place Ribbons

4 Third Place Ribbons

6 On-Site Events:

Qualified for Nationals in three of four events entered;

Structural Engineering-3rd Place

Architectural Model- 1st Place

Technical Sketching-1st Place

State Recognition:

Won Class 3A First Place for On-Site Events

Won Class 3A Second Place for High Point Average

Individual Awards:

6 Alfred Alfaro, (2) Best-in-Class, (4) First, (1) Second; 6 Edwin Cornejo, (1) Second; 6 Fabio Echsler, (1) Best-in-Class, (3) First, (2) Second; 6 Seth Fuller, (1) First; 6 Caitlin Cook, (1) First; 6 William Miller, (1) First, (1) Third; 6 Ricky Nations, (1) First, (2) Seconds; 6 Iban Nunez, (1) Third; 6 Josh Roberts, (3) Best-in-Class, (4) First, (1) Third, National Qualifier; 6 Colton Rudd, (2) Best-in-Class, (2) First, (1) Second, National Qualifier; 6 Conner Smith, (2) Best-in-Class, (2) First; 6 Cameron Tant, (2) First; 6 David Barber, (1) Best-in-Class, (2) First; 6 Bryce Bender, (1) Second; 6 David Byrd, (1) Best-in-Class, (2) First; 6 Jaime Cajero, (2) Second; 6 Tyler Chafin (3) Best-in-Class, (3) First; 6 Austin Cockrell, (2) Best-in-Class, (3) First; 6 Jared Easterling, (1) Best-in-Class, (1) First, (1) Second; 6 Roy Greenlee, (1) Best-in-Class, (3) First; 6 Cebastian Hunt, (1) Best-in-Class, (3) First; 6 Jake Martin, (1) First, (1) Second; 6 Chris Mass, (1) Second; 6Keyona Mayfield (1) Best-in-Class, (1) First; 6Josh Mayne (1) First; 6 Sam McMahan, (2) Best-in-Class, (3) First; 6 Stephen Molock, (1) Best-in-Class, (1) First, (1) Second; 6 Thacker Reeves, (1) Second, (1) Third; 6 Landon Rodgers, (2) First; 6 Kenson Tave (1) Best-in-Class, (2) First, (1) Second; 6 Christin Turner, (1) First; 6 Chance Wood, (2) Best-in-Class, (3) First.

Chapel Hill High School students awarded for drafting technology are (left to right), Caitlin Cook, David Barber, Stephen Molock, Roy Greenlee, Iban Nunez, Seth Fuller, Jamie Cajero, Tony Adams, inst., Jake Martin, David Byrd, Ricky Nations, Alfredo Alfaro, Edwin CorneJo, Austin Cockrell, and Josh Roberts.
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