Rutherford Weekly

Thursday, March 24-March 30, 2011 STARBASE HAS LANDED But this year it rolled in on four wheels instead of ar- riving in the UH-60 Black Hawk Heli- copter pro- vided by the North Carolina Army National Guard’s 131st Aviation Battalion, Company C, located in Salisbury, we all enjoy seeing. Instead the Black Hawk Helicopter is being prepared for its 4th tour in Afghanistan. Thus the STAR- BASE Company arrived with less fanfare but just as much excitement on Monday afternoon at Forrest W. Hunt El- ementary School, as seen with Del Webb’s Class as they learn their assignments and step up for their military Dog Tags. Later the students look over the STARBASE Agree- ment as they prepare for their week of learning. STARBASE is a premier educational program sponsored by the offi ce of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Re- serve Affairs. The program provides 20 -25 hours of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) curriculum to fi fth grade students. STARBASE uses a “hands-on, mind-on” approach to learning as students explore such concepts as Newton’s Law of Motion, Properties and states of matter, metric measurements, nanotechnology, and engineering and de- sign. The off- site program reaches students from rural areas that would not be able to experience STARBASE at one of its established sites. To date, the North Carolina STARBASE Program has served over 50,000 students in 86 counties throughout North Carolina. Communities In Schools of Rutherford County Executive Director, Charlotte Epley, explained, “We have been privileged to have STARBASE in Ruther- ford County on two earlier occasions, once at Forest City- Dunbar Elementary and again at Spindale Elementary. A mother of one of the former participants declares STAR- BASE started her daughter’s love of science and resulted in a Science Award at the middle school the next year.” STARBASE under the command of Barbara Miller will be at Forrest W. Hunt Elementary through Friday. 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