SPS News Roundup
Good News It is very pleasing to see different high schools do well with programs at their schools. Ballard excels with video production, Roosevelt and Garfield with jazz bands and now Ingraham is doing great with their Rocket Club. Last Saturday, Ingraham participated in the Team America Rocketry Challenge in Virginia, coming in third. Over 700 teams competed. There were three Ingraham teams with Foxtrot winning 3rd and $1,000 for the school. Each team had to create and build an under-two pound rocket by themselves. They were judged on how close they came to their predicted trajectory and landing their rocket in less than 60 seconds. Foxtrot was just one foot off the 800-foot target and landed about 48 seconds after liftoff. Team Foxtrot's first score of 1.0 was the best single flight score in the history of the competition. Speaking of Ballard filmmakers , SPS Communications is reporting that Ballard was the ONLY school to w...