Popular Post FaithManor Posted May 15, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2016 The Deford Dazzlers 4H Rocket Team from Tuscola County, MI, our rocket team made up of seasoned members of our 4H Science club earned 2nd place in the Nation to day. The competition began this winter with 775 teams, the top 100 were invited to the Finals, and after thr first flight round we were in 9th. The top 24 get a second flight to compete for scholarships, and those were barely completed for a thunderstorm hit the field. SECOND PLACE! They earned $15,000 in scholarships, $1000 additional for our 4H club, a gorgoeus trophy, and a flag that made it to space Dec. 5, 2014 on an Orion test flight. It was beautifully framed with a letter from NASA and Lockheed Martin. We are so proud, so incredibly wowed by these kids. The hugs dh and I received from them in thank you for the years we have spent mentoring them were super special. I just had to brag! :D 96 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jen3kids Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Congratulations ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 That is so cool!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Well done!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteryJen Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Oh, wow!!! Wonderful, wonderful!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Years of hard work paid off! Wow! Congrats to all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okra Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 That is GREAT! :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 :party: That is so cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 (edited) Congratulations!!! :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: Edited May 15, 2016 by Corraleno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistyMountain Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 That is so cool! Congratulations! That is a great accomplishment! I have a child who is really into rockets who would love being on a rocket team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Smashing!!! What a wonderful bunch of prizes! I hope some of these winning team members are kids that have been with you for a while and are seeing fruit from their efforts. We are all proud of you and your dh, Faith; a team doesn't get that far without excellent coaches. Well done. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 :party: :party: :party: :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 (edited) Well, that's awesome! :party: Edited May 15, 2016 by trulycrabby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Wow Faith, that is amazing. Thank you for all you and your Dh put into that program and those kids. The world needs people like you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Brag away! That is fantastic! Woo hoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkTulip Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Very, very cool - congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Congratulations!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 That is incredible! Can you give us details on exactly what the team did? Is it about the rocket flying higher? Or kids' knowledge? A flag from outer space -- amazing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 :party: :party: That is so awesome! Congratulations!!! It's such terrific news to wake up to this morning. Enjoy the payoff for your time and effort! :party: :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted May 15, 2016 Author Share Posted May 15, 2016 (edited) Thanks everyone. These are the last three of our original eight. One by one we have graduated them. Their first year as a bunch of 7th and 8th graders they finished just outside the score window to be invited to Finals. They were young, inexperienced, and at times quite zany. We finished the year thinking, "We have successfully herded monkeys!" The next year they settled in a bit better, built on the previous year's experience, and made it to the Finals. It was a SUPER wonderful year for weather conditions which was good because they had done most of their launching in mild weather so did not have a bank of data on higher wind speeds and such, got lucky in that respect but they also showed a lot of skill too. They finished 10th which was amazing. They shared $2500 in scholarship money, earned a beautiful trophy, and received a Congressional honor from our Michigan senator, Debbie Stabenow. We received $1000 for our program which dh used to take training at NASA in Huntsville which helped him enhance our engineering, astrophysics, and astronomy pursuits with our club. The next year they finished fourth in the engineering presentation program and 14th - the point spread between 9th and 14th was really tight. Late afternoon rain complicated everything. The next year they won the engineering presentation competition which is a huge test of knowledge and skill. We are extra proud of that accomplishment because no luck is involved. However they drew a late flight window and wind speeds were pushing 20 mph sustained. They finished 40th. No one from the last flight windows were in the top 25. It was the same the next year with the field sitting in their vehicles waiting for lightening to pass. It was a horrible year with a crazy number of teams ending up with broken rockets. The team took everything in stride, great attitudes. That year they worked the Lockheed Martin tent, presented on behalf of 4H, and were recognized for volunteerism. They finished 43rd. And then this year! In this time they have become quite amazing model rocket engineers, they have been recognized by Debbie Stabenow, former senator Carl Levin, our county commissioners, and Michigan State University. They have spoken on STEM topics at MSU and at General Motors, and have reached 200+ youth directly assisting them with model rocketry and physics projects. They have toured the Smithsonian museums, the National Monuments, the Library of Congress, the Capitol Building, Arlington National Cemetary, Manassas Battlefield, and Gettysburg. They have been interviewed by senators, state reps, newspapers, NASA, and Raytheon officials, joined the National Association of Rocketry, built and flown high powered rockets, and have been offered college internships. And sniff, sniff one by one they have graduated. Next year we only have one left and he would like us to switch gears and mentor a First Tech Challenge Robotics team. This year may be our last in TARC but we earned our title of Legacy Team - an organization that has sent a team to the National Finals 5 consecutive times - and sure went out with a bang! For me, it has been the most amazing teaching experience of my life. Treasured forever. Edited May 15, 2016 by FaithManor 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 The Deford Dazzlers 4H Rocket Team from Tuscola County, MI, our rocket team made up of seasoned members of our 4H Science club earned 2nd place in the Nation to day. The competition began this winter with 775 teams, the top 100 were invited to the Finals, and after thr first flight round we were in 9th. The top 24 get a second flight to compete for scholarships, and those were barely completed for a thunderstorm hit the field. SECOND PLACE! They earned $15,000 in scholarships, $1000 additional for our 4H club, a gorgoeus trophy, and a flag that made it to space Dec. 5, 2014 on an Orion test flight. It was beautifully framed with a letter from NASA and Lockheed Martin. We are so proud, so incredibly wowed by these kids. The hugs dh and I received from them in thank you for the years we have spent mentoring them were super special. I just had to brag! :D How amazing!!! Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Congrats! WOW! Huge accomplishment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Wow! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 (edited) Oops! Edited May 15, 2016 by Nan in Mass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Wow! Congratulations!! What an amazing journey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hopskipjump Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 That's awesome!! Congrats to the team and to the coaches! :) Well done!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNative Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 That is incredible!! Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CT Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Faith, I've so enjoyed following your mentoring adventures over the years. How wonderful for the team and for you and your husband to see such recognition for the years of commitment and work. Mazel tov to all of you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthwestMom Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 WONDERFUL!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranquilMind Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Congratulations! That's awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 :party: :party: :party: Congratulations to the kids, to your dh, and to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Coast Sue Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Congratulations!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratford Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 What a tremendous accomplishment! Congratulations to you and your team! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Thanks everyone. These are the last three of our original eight. One by one we have graduated them. Their first year as a bunch of 7th and 8th graders they finished just outside the score window to be invited to Finals. They were young, inexperienced, and at times quite zany. We finished the year thinking, "We have successfully herded monkeys!" The next year they settled in a bit better, built on the previous year's experience, and made it to the Finals. It was a SUPER wonderful year for weather conditions which was good because they had done most of their launching in mild weather so did not have a bank of data on higher wind speeds and such, got lucky in that respect but they also showed a lot of skill too. They finished 10th which was amazing. They shared $2500 in scholarship money, earned a beautiful trophy, and received a Congressional honor from our Michigan senator, Debbie Stabenow. We received $1000 for our program which dh used to take training at NASA in Huntsville which helped him enhance our engineering, astrophysics, and astronomy pursuits with our club. The next year they finished fourth in the engineering presentation program and 14th - the point spread between 9th and 14th was really tight. Late afternoon rain complicated everything. The next year they won the engineering presentation competition which is a huge test of knowledge and skill. We are extra proud of that accomplishment because no luck is involved. However they drew a late flight window and wind speeds were pushing 20 mph sustained. They finished 40th. No one from the last flight windows were in the top 25. It was the same the next year with the field sitting in their vehicles waiting for lightening to pass. It was a horrible year with a crazy number of teams ending up with broken rockets. The team took everything in stride, great attitudes. That year they worked the Lockheed Martin tent, presented on behalf of 4H, and were recognized for volunteerism. They finished 43rd. And then this year! In this time they have become quite amazing model rocket engineers, they have been recognized by Debbie Stabenow, former senator Carl Levin, our county commissioners, and Michigan State University. They have spoken on STEM topics at MSU and at General Motors, and have reached 200+ youth directly assisting them with model rocketry and physics projects. They have toured the Smithsonian museums, the National Monuments, the Library of Congress, the Capitol Building, Arlington National Cemetary, Manassas Battlefield, and Gettysburg. They have been interviewed by senators, state reps, newspapers, NASA, and Raytheon officials, joined the National Association of Rocketry, built and flown high powered rockets, and have been offered college internships. And sniff, sniff one by one they have graduated. Next year we only have one left and he would like us to switch gears and mentor a First Tech Challenge Robotics team. This year may be our last in TARC but we earned our title of Legacy Team - an organization that has sent a team to the National Finals 5 consecutive times - and sure went out with a bang! For me, it has been the most amazing teaching experience of my life. Treasured forever. Thank you for posting all these details! I had very little idea of the level of work involved. I am beyond impressed. Many, many congratulations to you, your family and the team for such a well-deserved recognition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiof5 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 That's awesome!!!! Congratulations!!! :) :) :) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mominco Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 :hurray: Wow Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Huge congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momofeat Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 I am so excited for you all, and I'm very glad that you shared about your experiences. Congratulations!!! :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Thanks everyone. These are the last three of our original eight. One by one we have graduated them. Their first year as a bunch of 7th and 8th graders they finished just outside the score window to be invited to Finals. They were young, inexperienced, and at times quite zany. We finished the year thinking, "We have successfully herded monkeys!" The next year they settled in a bit better, built on the previous year's experience, and made it to the Finals. It was a SUPER wonderful year for weather conditions which was good because they had done most of their launching in mild weather so did not have a bank of data on higher wind speeds and such, got lucky in that respect but they also showed a lot of skill too. They finished 10th which was amazing. They shared $2500 in scholarship money, earned a beautiful trophy, and received a Congressional honor from our Michigan senator, Debbie Stabenow. We received $1000 for our program which dh used to take training at NASA in Huntsville which helped him enhance our engineering, astrophysics, and astronomy pursuits with our club. The next year they finished fourth in the engineering presentation program and 14th - the point spread between 9th and 14th was really tight. Late afternoon rain complicated everything. The next year they won the engineering presentation competition which is a huge test of knowledge and skill. We are extra proud of that accomplishment because no luck is involved. However they drew a late flight window and wind speeds were pushing 20 mph sustained. They finished 40th. No one from the last flight windows were in the top 25. It was the same the next year with the field sitting in their vehicles waiting for lightening to pass. It was a horrible year with a crazy number of teams ending up with broken rockets. The team took everything in stride, great attitudes. That year they worked the Lockheed Martin tent, presented on behalf of 4H, and were recognized for volunteerism. They finished 43rd. And then this year! In this time they have become quite amazing model rocket engineers, they have been recognized by Debbie Stabenow, former senator Carl Levin, our county commissioners, and Michigan State University. They have spoken on STEM topics at MSU and at General Motors, and have reached 200+ youth directly assisting them with model rocketry and physics projects. They have toured the Smithsonian museums, the National Monuments, the Library of Congress, the Capitol Building, Arlington National Cemetary, Manassas Battlefield, and Gettysburg. They have been interviewed by senators, state reps, newspapers, NASA, and Raytheon officials, joined the National Association of Rocketry, built and flown high powered rockets, and have been offered college internships. And sniff, sniff one by one they have graduated. Next year we only have one left and he would like us to switch gears and mentor a First Tech Challenge Robotics team. This year may be our last in TARC but we earned our title of Legacy Team - an organization that has sent a team to the National Finals 5 consecutive times - and sure went out with a bang! For me, it has been the most amazing teaching experience of my life. Treasured forever. I love the long version coupled with the OP. :party: and :cheers2: Way to have made a difference in our world! :thumbup: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Thanks Creekland. Dh just completed a phone interview for a local radio station. That was neat! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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