Friday afternoon at Fulton Middle School, a group of eighth-grade science students started planning NASA's next mission to Mars.
It may sound far-fetched, but those students could have a voice in how that mission is conducted through Mars Bound!, a NASA-designed program for middle school students. Mars Bound! is an engineering simulation activity in which students use realistic techniques to plan a mission to Mars.
They have that opportunity because Lucy Shrout, this year's Fulton Public Schools Teacher of the Year, attended a special workshop in which she was trained to facilitate the program.
To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.