Look To The Stars

On August 23, 1966, the first American spacecraft to orbit the moon, Lunar Orbiter 1 robotic spacecraft, part of NASA’s Lunar. Orbiter program, sent back to Earth two photos of the Earth taken from the distance of the moon. The main focus of the trip was to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection of safe landing sites for future Apollo missions. None of this could have happened without the mathematicians, engineers, or scientists that had been working on these spaceflight programs.

So how does this relate to the students in Forney ISD? There are many different ways for a student in Forney to choose a career pathway that would educate them to become one of the many mathematicians, engineers, or scientists that ultimately could be working on the next wave of space exploration. The science of space travel is a huge employer of many different types of jobs. For example, biology to predict how the human body will react to space travel, and mathematics to project the fuel consumption for a flight. And then of course, engineering to create the spaceship itself.

Could the next employee of NASA be a graduate of Forney ISD? The answer is “yes,” due to not only the classes that students take but also the extra-curricular activities like robotics, computer science, art competitions, and video production. The inspiring teachers that Forney has help their students realize what their course of study can do to give them the future they want. And many of these teachers have requested grants from the Forney Education Foundation to help their students become the best they could be in their respective career pathways and receive the formal endorsement on their diploma that indicates that a student has completed a rigorous program of studies.

Won’t you join FEF in launching these wonderful students into their futures? Please go to www.forneyisdfoundation. org and see how your donation can enable them to voyage beyond their dreams and land their future.