NASA/MASTER 3rd Year

School is out and the NASA Program at Lehman College now begins its 3rd successful year. This summer our Masterites will become pilots, learn the skill of orienteering, build and program a robot capable of traversing a specially designed course, use the Internet for scientific research on topics related to NASA and investigate, through a series of experiments and field trips, the destructiveness of our living styles on our environment.

Dr. Anne Rothstein, the Program Director, stated that this is the 3rd year of a three year grant and she will apply for a renewal. Visitors from NASA will be on the Lehman College campus on July 20th and 21st. They will have an opportunity to see our fledgling scientists in action.

A new addition to the Program is the presence of Professor Palma Longo, a Lehman College faculty member. Professor Longo is the program's lead science educator. "We designed this program with the goal of students becoming confident that they can negotiate the increasingly scientific and technological world" stated Palma Longo.

Both Ms. McCabe and Ms. Grossberg are proud of the students who have accepted the opportunity to spend a portion of their summer vacation in academic pursuit. We are confident that our students can attain the goal articulated by Palma Longo.

The seventh annual Academic Olympics will kick off on Thursday, July 9 in Room B-04. MASTERITES will spend this week preparing for their first competition in the following ways:

1. Selection of a team name
2. Selection of three teams of three to compete
3. Perusal of the New York Times for current events information
4. Review of all course work

It is important that all Masterites come in the correct attire, "Purple T-Shirts", ready to do academic combat. It is hoped that each group takes time each day to prepare for this exciting competition.

Ms. McCabe, and Ms. Grossberg wish everybody Good Luck! -- There are NO LOSERS IN MASTER!

Our teams this year are as follows:

"NASA DAILY" Posts Winner

The time is 9:30 a.m. All activity in every NASA/MASTER classroom ceases. Papers are distributed. Students take pens in hand. The signal is given. The competition has begun in which students are to answer selected questions from the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) and the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). In order to win, students must answer the most questions correctly in the shortest amount of time.

Papers are collected. NASA/MASTER teachers review test items. Moans and groans and yeahs echo through the classroom.

Tomorrow there will be more winners! This week's winners are:

Elizabeth Bocs, Brian Dupree, Kimberly Ebanks, Asialone Edwards, Nathifa Fearon, Nicole McAllister, Deidra McBean, Amanda Persaud, Diane Shearer, Jennifer Strickland, Zakeya Vera.

Did you know that:

• We have a playwright in the NASA Program? His play "Upstairs" will be produced off-Broadway during the week of August 5 - August 8.
• Which students failed to follow instructions causing the Automatic Flight Instructor to have a temper tantrum?
• Which student in Mr. Byrne's class finished first and then assisted other students?
• Which student in Ms. Ahern's and Ms. Dineen's class conducted an experiment using her braces?
• Which group of students in Mr. Berlowitz's class claimed that their plane didn't crash on landing, it just landed upside down?
• Which NASA/MASTER group used a compass to keep track of their teacher while exploring the Lehman College campus?

Have you noticed that Mrs. Grossberg has been singing nursery rhymes? Well, she has become a grandmother. Korey Mills is 15 months old. She lives with her parents Tracey and Richie in Pennsylvania. Word has it that she is planning to be a Masterite in the year of 2010 and loves the purple T-shirt.

Mrs. Grossberg is also smiling because as of August 1st, she is going on sabbatical for study, for one year.

We wish her a healthy and happy year. Don't forget to visit.

Meet the Group Leaders!

• Petergail McFayden who is almost eighteen years old will begin her college career at City College, CUNY this Fall. She plans to major in Computer Science. Petergail spends her free time playing softball.
• Taisha Foy will attend John Jay College this Fall. She plans to spend the next four years preparing for a career in Criminology. After that, Law School!
• Lilith A. Emdin will attend SUNY Stony Brook in the Fall and will major in Computer Science. Lilith has a special interest in robotics.
• Kevin Lewis is an Air Force Cadet at the University of Connecticut. He will begin his sophomore year this September. His goal is to be a fighter pilot. This is why Kevin can be seen hanging around Mr. Berlowitz's class in his free time.

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Last Updated July 9, 1998 by Roz Krakowsky
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