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January 2013
Pennsauken Schools Make Grand Entrance In Holiday Parade
Families lined the streets of
Pennsauken to see the annual Penn -
sauken Township Holiday Parade on
The Pennsauken High School
Apache Marching Band lined up for
the Holiday Parade.
Delair School was well-represented
for the parade.
By Frank Sinatra, AAP Editor
From Pennsauken to outer space and
back again; the experiment created by
two Pennsauken High School students
as part of a special program designed to
inspire the next generation of scientists
has returned from the International
Space Station. Michelle Wan and Lacy
Smith, the PHS seniors who developed
the experiment, were eager to see and
record the results of their hard work.
The two students created an experiment
using chicken bones designed to
test the effect of uric acid on the human
body in space. Wan and Smith painstakingly
removed both the test and control
samples, recorded their observations and
weighed the samples. The initial results:
the test tube sample that spent time in
space deteriorated at a faster rate than
the control sample, confirming Lacy’s
thoughts on the experiment.
“I thought [the decay] would be faster
in space,” explained Smith. “Something
just told me that’s what was going to
happen.”
Both students expressed hope that
the data from the experiment might not
only help the astronauts during long-
Nov. 24. Pennsauken Schools were
proud to be a part of this event. Each
school was represented and carried a
Superintendent Martinez with students
and faculty from Baldwin
School before the parade.
The students of Fine School enjoyed
participating in the parade.
term missions in space, but also be used
to treat gout and similar conditions here
on Earth.
The PHS project was made possible
through the Student Spaceflight Experiments
Program, a U.S. national science,
school banner provided by the
Pennsauken Alliance Against Substance
Abuse (PASA).
Burling School students and staff
were dressed for the “Night Before
Christmas” as they walked along
with their mascot.
These smiling faces show what a
wonderful time everyone had walking
in the holiday parade.
Pennsauken High School Experiment Headed To
International Space Station
Michelle Han and Lacy Smith, two Pennsauken High School seniors, record the
data from their science experiment that just returned from the International
Space Station. PHS Teacher Peter Woodcock helps supervise the process.
technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) education initiative that
gives typically 300 to 1,000 students the
ability to design and propose real experiments
to fly in low Earth orbit on the International
Space Station.
Phifer Middle School News
Congratulations to Mrs. Fishers’ eighth grade science students from
Phifer Middle School, who are finalists in the Student Spaceflight Experiments
Program (SSEP) Mission 3 to the International Space Station.
These students will be testing to see if microgravity has an effect on
the rate at which egg shells decompose when placed in an acid. The
students will be conducting the experiment on Earth at the same time
as in space.
Delair School Receives Visit From Author
On Nov. 14, the students of Delair
School were treated to a visit from a children’s
author courtesy of the PTA.
Author Chrysa Smith, came to Delair
to talk about her career as an author, and
to let the students know about her new
book, “The Well Bred Book,” an adventure
about Groundhog Day.
This book is the fourth of a series of
self-published books under the series:
“The Adventures of the Poodle Posse.”
The first book contains two tales: The
Case of the Missing Steak Bone and
Who Let the Dogs Out? That book won
a Mom’s Choice Award for excellence in
Juvenile Fiction. Her next two books in
the series were, “The Princess and the
Frenchmen/No Dogs Allowed!” and
“Creepy Tails!,” a Halloween adventure
and activity book. The suggested age for
reading this series is grade two and up.
The students also had the opportunity
to purchase any of Smith’s books and
have them signed by the author.
This was a wonderful experience for
everyone.
Author Chrysa Smith posed with several students during her visit to Delair School.