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Student project reaches new heights
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Fifth-graders and Frederick prepare to release a balloon. The handlers wore latex gloves so their sweat and skin oil wouldn’t weaken the material. - photo by NAT GURLEY
The school year may be coming to a close, but a group of Wauka Mountain Multiple Intelligences Academy students made sure it went out with a “pop.” Students of all grades gathered Tuesday on the baseball field to witness the launch of a “space balloon,” a class project months in the making. “We invited the whole school to come out and watch,” said Principal Jo Dinnan.