April Legacy Letter

April 2019

Boeing Sends Students on a Mission to Mars

By Nicki Hensley

BPS students created out of this world habitats to plan for life on Mars, as part of Boeing’s “Destination Mars Mission Challenge Day – an event designed to provoke students’ imaginations and encourage them to pursue careers in STEM-related fields through hands-on class activities. Throughout the year, students work on several challenges in class and then gather together to demonstrate their work and findings. This year’s challenges included:

· Designing wearable technologies that would help people live on Mars

· Coding and designing in Minecraft, a block-based building video game, to create a dome-like habitat

· Programming robots and rovers to maneuver and complete tasks on a Martian map

· Creating a pod-like model to help humans live on Mars

The ‘Challenge Day’ event involved more than 160 students representing 14 schools. Boeing representatives were on hand to judge the competition.

Winning teams included:

Category: Minecraft Biodome

1 ^st place – Holland Elementary

Honorable Mentions – West Melbourne School for Science, South Lake Elementary

Category: Ozobot Rovers

1 ^st place - West Melbourne School for Science

Honorable Mentions – Freedom 7 Elementary, Holland Elementary

Category: iWear

1 ^st place – West Melbourne School for Science

Honorable Mentions – Endeavour Elementary, Ocean Breeze Elementary

Category: Martian Base Camp Pod

1 ^st place – Freedom 7 Elementary

Honorable Mentions – South Lake Elementary, Westside Elementary

Special Awards Categories

Top Overall Score – Freedom 7 Elementary

Team Collaboration – Palm Bay Elementary

Creative Problem-Solving – Cape View Elementary

STEM Sportsmanship – South Lake Elementary

VIP Choice Award – Holland Elementary

This curriculum was made possible with grants from Boeing , the ShareSpace Foundation and the Brevard Schools Foundation .

The following is a paid advertorial from Hospice of St. Francis.

Lunch, Laugh, Uplift at the Purple Iris

If you have a passion for helping children, mark your calendar for Wednesday, May 1, 2019 and join Hospice of St. Francis for its 2019 signature Purple Iris Luncheon.

The luncheon will be held at Rockledge Country Club beginning at 11:30 a.m. This year’s proceeds will help fund the North Star Program for Grieving Children, one of Hospice of St. Francis’ most unique grief support programs.

“The North Star program offers grief support services to any child in Brevard County who has lost a loved one. Children experience grief differently than adults and the child’s particular age adds another dimension of need. Our professional counselors provide a comforting, nurturing environment in which children can express their feelings and process their grief. The program and the hope it brings to children and their families truly embody our mission of uplifting lives in our community,” said Dorothy Allen, Chief Philanthropy Office at Hospice of St. Francis.

Linda Larsen, award winning motivational speaker and humorist will entertain and inspire luncheon guests, sharing her lively, insightful presentation entitled, “YOU! Superstar! Superhero! Super Exhausted!”

A new women’s giving club, the Elisabeth Circle, will be launched at the luncheon. Annual dues from Circle members will be used once a year to support a program selected by the members. In this inaugural year, the Elisabeth Circle will support the North Star program. “We all love kids and when they grieve, our hearts break, too. Imagine a group of like-minded women making it possible for this special service to help children in need. We are excited about the incredible possibilities”, said Allen.

Register online at purpleiris2019.eventbrite.com . For more information on the luncheon or Elisabeth Circle membership, call 321-360-3456.

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