If you were admiring the bright blue late-May skies over CLCS this week and thought you may have seen a propelling object pierce the sauntering clouds—your eyes did not deceive you. You may very well have seen a rocket soaring into the endless blue—or one lazily descending to a safe landing somewhere in the vicinity of the baseball field.
Reviving a tradition from several sixth grades ago, Mr. Koster’s 2023-24 sixth grade class reinforced their study of Newton’s Law by building and launching model rockets they assembled themselves.
After the spectators were a safe distance behind him, one at a time, Mr. Koster helped the students load an engine into the rocket then place the rocket on the launch pad. He patiently explained to each student how to operate the launch controller. When the student was confident of the procedure, the group counted down to lift-off. The launch button was pressed, and the rocket was fired so rapidly into the sky that even the students’ young eyes had difficulty following the rocket’s path as it bolted upward leaving only a white, pillowing trail of smoke and some starry-eyed sixth graders searching the skies for the parachuting rocket.
