Space Academy Program
The Washington State Migrant Education Program (MEP) is inviting outstanding migrant students to apply to attend Space Academy, located at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
The Washington State Migrant Education Program will send nine eligible migrant students to Space Academy in July 2011. They will be selected from MERO 105, 171, and 189 service regions.
The scholarship is open to qualifying migrant students in the state of Washington who are 12 through 14 years old at the time they attend Space Academy, to be held July 31-August 5, 2011, in Huntsville, Alabama. (Students must be born between July 30, 1996, and July 1999, to be eligible.) The program offers an all-expense paid, week-long trip to NASA Space Academy. Expenses for the students' participation, including meals and lodging during their stay at the Center, will be paid by the MEP. Each student will be provided a round-trip ticket on a selected airline and terminate at a point near his or her home.
Student applications were due February 11, 2011.
Three chaperoning teachers will be provided.
• News release announcing recipients of 2010 student and teacher scholarships
• Archive of past MEP Space Academy participants
• Marleen Martinez (1997 Space Academy migrant student) Realizing A Dream (English)
• Marleen Martinez (1997 Space Academy migrant student) Realizing A Dream (Spanish)
Application Information:
| Student Application Forms for 2011 | Teacher-Chaperone Application |
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• 2011 Timeline for Space Academy |
MEP invites middle school mathematics and/or science teachers of migrant students to apply for its scholarship to attend "Space Academy for Educators" at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Three selected teachers will serve as chaperones for the nine middle school migrant students who will be attending Space Academy.
All expenses for the teacher/chaperones' participation, including travel, registration, meals and lodging during their stay at Space Camp, will be paid by the MEP. The one-week U.S. Space Academy for Educators will be August 1-5, 2011. Teachers wishing to apply must complete an application packet. Download the 2011 Complete Teacher Application, or contact Donald Bender at (509) 454-2856. Teacher Applications are due December 17, 2010. |
| Students and teachers in the MERO 105 service area should send applications to: | Students and teachers in the MERO 171 service area should send applications to: | Students and teachers in the MERO 189 service area should send applications to: |
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Donald Bender |
Kathy Thornock |
Kelly Pingree |
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Click on the MERO area map to determine the region for sending your application. |
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