U.S. SPACE CAMP Essay Contest Winners Announced

The Aerospace Education Foundation is pleased to announce the fifty winners of our U.S. SPACE CAMP essay contest. We received over 850 well written and creative essays from students nationwide including Puerto Rico. Our scholarship winners will receive roundtrip air fare, tuition and room and board for a week at SPACE CAMP during the week of August 15th. Our congratulations to all the winners and our thanks to all the students who participated�.you are all winners!

We would also like to extend our thanks to all the wonderful teachers who encouraged their students to learn more about space and participated in this contest.

We would especially like to thank our major donors for their outstanding support of our SPACE CAMP scholarships. Our major donors to this effort are: Lt. Col. Alton Parker, USAF (Ret.),Tampa, FL; Ms. Reba Ransom, Denver, CO and Lockheed Martin Systems Integration Group, Owego, NY.

You may read the top essays in each of the three categories by clicking on the links below.

Name	School	City, St
Carissa Luebbering	Immaculate Heart Prep School	Tucson, AZ
Chelsea Goritz	Immanculate Heart Prep	Tucson, AZ
Laura Stussie	Immanculate Heart Prep	Tucson, AZ
Monique Payne	Miguel Hidalgo Elementary School	Brawley, CA
Melanie Barnes	St. Michael's School	Poway, CA
Andrew Roblye	Home School	Colorado Springs, CO
Emma Young	Mountain Ridge Middle School	Colorado Springs, CO
Melissa Hallenbecke	Mountain Ridge Middle School	Colorado Springs, CO
Jasmine Vidrio	Erie Middle School	Erie, CO
Stephen Wakefield	Valley High School	Gilcrest, CO
David Sindel	Juliet W. Long Elementary School	Gales Ferry, CT
Michael Barbee	West Navarre Elementary School	Navarre, FL
Roman Williams	West Navarre Elementary School	Navarre, FL
Daniel Freeman	Home School	Newberry, FL
Ashley Van Galen	Sims Middle School	Pace, FL
Melissa Moye	Sims Middle School	Pace, FL
Maria Caronizodo	Millennium Middle School	Sanford, FL
Matt Winkelman	Millennium Middle School	Sanford FL
Savannah Knight	Millennium Middle School	Sanford, FL
Derek Wong	Millennium Middle School	Sanford, FL
Kelly Bucher	Millennium Middle School	Sanford, FL
Kyle Addington	Millennium Middle School	Sanford, FL
Logan Stokely	Apollo Elementary School	Titusville, FL
Melissa Duffey	Apollo Elementary School	Titusville, FL
Nicole Polodorn	Apollo Elementary School	Titusville, FL
Grant Arakawa	Kahala Elementary School	Honolulu, HI
Charles Kim	Community High School	W Chicago, IL
Andrew Powell	Baxter Middle School	Baxter Springs, KS
Chris Noe	Lee County Middle School	Beattyville, KY
Geoffrey Schoeffel	Apollo Elementary School	Bossier City, LA
Lauren Vignaly	West Boylston Middle/High School	West Boylston, MA
Kristopher Austin Poskey	Home School	Hopes Mill, NC
Lourelahi Valdes	Northwood Middle School	Jacksonville, NC
Paul Seymour	Northwood Middle School	Jacksonville, NC
Morgan Tate	Southern Elementary School	Glen Rock, PA
Gregory Scott	Northeast High School	Philadelphia, PA
Nicholas Tassos	Northeast High School	Philadelphia, PA
Wil Stokes	St. Anne's School	Sumter, SC
Shane Shackleford	New Center School	Sevierville, TN
Britton Smith	White County Middle School	Sparta, TN
Julia Kuludziej	White County Middle School	Sparta, TN
Jordan Maxwell	White County Middle School	Sparta, TN
Callie Hanson	Clark Middle School	Abilene, TX
Sharon Bryant	Clark Middle School	Abilene, TX
Monica Ek	Deerpark Middle School	Austin, TX
Sara Bass	Spanish Fork Middle School	Spanish Fork, UT
Rebecca Isbell	Toole Junior High School	Toole, UT
Ian Ping	Charles Town Middle School	Charles Town, WV
Jacob Ritenour	Charles Town Middle School	Charles Town, WV
Sean King	Charles Town Middle School	Charles Town, WV