On March 1, 2011, we sent Rocket on his first adventure to visit with a homeschooling family in Australia. Here is a short video of the children getting him ready for his long voyage.
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Meet Rocket!
Meet our class mascot! Rocket is a chimpanzee (not to be confused with a monkey – See this funny YouTube Monkey song).
Robert Goddard, the Father of Modern Rocketry, is famous for the first successful launch of a liquid-fueled rocket from our town. Since chimpanzees had been used in space exploration in the 1960s by NASA, we decided to pick a chimp for our mascot.
Rocket is excited about traveling the world and learning about new people, places, and cultures. Our plan is to send him to visit classrooms all over the world.
Here are some photos of Maggie & James preparing for Rocket’s adventures.
Maggie works at the sewing machine to convert a patriotic towel into a travel bag as Rocket supervises her work.
Meanwhile, James calculates the dimensions for Rocket’s passport photo.
We decided that sewing the passport together would work better than staples so James tries his hand at the sewing machine while Rocket offers him words of encouragement.
Stay tuned to find out where Rocket is going to visit!
