Newly Crowned National Champions From Newport Rocketry Team To Share Experiences At School Board Meeting - 05/18/22
The students from Newport High School’s National Championship first and second place rocketry teams will attend the Thursday, May 19, 2022, regularly scheduled meeting of the Bellevue School Board. The students will present their experience competing in and winning the national competition. Members of the press are invited to attend this general public meeting.
What: Presentation by the Newport High School Rocketry Team at the Bellevue School District School Board meeting.
Who: Newport High School Rocketry Team, Bellevue School District
When: Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.
Where: WISC (Wilburton Instructional Service Center, 12241 Main St, Bellevue, WA 98005, USA (map))
Background
On Saturday, May 14, 2022, Newport High School students competed in the American Rocketry Challenge, the world’s largest student rocketry competition. Out of 724 teams from 41 states that participated in the competition this year, in an unprecedented finish, Newport teams came in both first and second place.
To qualify for the finals, teams had to build a rocket that could safely carry two raw eggs with a target flight duration of 41-44 seconds and an altitude of 835 feet. At the national competition, the top 42 teams conducted a launch required to reach 860 feet with a duration of 42-45 seconds.
Newport students will now represent the United States at the International Rocketry Challenge at the Farnborough Airshow outside London in July.
Media Instructions
Members of the media are invited to attend this event. Email Janine Thorn to confirm your attendance.