Cherokee Students go to Houston for NASA Competition

Packed and Ready To Go This Cherokee Washington school vehicle was packed solid on Thursday morning, March 5, with the luggage of the Cherokee Washington High School students who were heading to Houston (via LeMars) for the 2009 NASA Space Settlement Design Competition. Photo by Dan Whitney [Click to enlarge]

Once again this year, a group of students from Cherokee Washington High School have gone to Houston, Texas to compete in the Space Settlement Design competition sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Five Washington High School students and their teacher, Jolene Hultgren, headed for LeMars on March 5. From there, they planned to board a bus for Houston with students from several other Northwest Iowa schools.

The group will return to Cherokee on Monday March 9.

Heading for Houston - Cherokee Washington students, left to right, Paige Stieneke, David Cook, Philip Bieber, Dylan Devitt, and Andy Braun headed for LeMars Thursday morning, along with teacher Jolene Hultgren. In LeMars, the group boarded a bus with many other area students, all heading to Houston, Texas for the 2009 NASA Space Settlement Design Competition. Photo by Dan Whitney [Click to enlarge]