Barry, if you feel it appropriate, could you have Steve forward to the SM's as requested by Rosalie? (Ed. note, I removed the last name of the kids from this- Mark, HDX) ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: White, Rosalie, K1STO via Arrl-ariss <arrl-ariss@reflector.arrl.org> Date: Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 8:36 AM Hi, We've got some not-so-fun things happening in the world. So I want to share a lot of positives from one ARISS school. I wish I could share this with all Hq Managers and all the Directors, Vice Directors and SMs. Yes, not all ARISS schools do as much as this one. on the other hand, some ARISS schools do more. I hope you take 1 minute to read the background, but more importantly, please take 3 minutes to read the words the students spoke when thanking the local club, NFARL. Thanks, Rosalie K1STO a) A bit about the ARISS QSO: Kittredge Magnet School in Atlanta hosted an ARISS contact Feb. 24 with Drew Morgan; he answered 15 student questions. Attendance in two adjoining rooms totaled 600. The Brookhaven city mayor, reps from the city council, the Dekalb School District Board and the ARRL attended along with 2 TV stations’ crews. Livestream viewers totaled 1,700. After the contact, over 5,000 watched the video. Shortly before the QSO, six *Kittredge Magnet School Amateur Radio Club* members took turns at the mic to thank the North Fulton A.R. League (NFARL) for donating equipment to set up the school ham club station. They also thanked NFARL for helping 2 boys earn the Radio Merit Badge, for aiding a group of girls earn the Girl Scout ham patch, and for visiting classes to let students make QSOs with hams around the globe. In January, students and educators had taken part in NFARL's Techfest activities in Lawrenceville. The Kittredge teachers networked there with a teacher who is leading another school's ARISS activities. b) The thank you the 6 students presented at the ARISS contact: ** Narrator*: Hello! My name is Kirsten. The North Fulton Amateur Radio League has been working with our school this year. You might think that you hams simply volunteered your time to establish our school’s new ham radio station and to make today’s ARISS contact possible. But you have done much more. We want to share some of the impact you have had on our school community. ** Boy Scout*: My name is Harrison. I am a member of Boy Scout troop #764. Two of us worked on the Radio Merit Badge. Because of the radio station your club donated to our classroom, we had resources to earn our badge. I never thought I would get to learn about and use a radio station like that! Michael Bryant, please stand up with me and be recognized. From both of us, thank you. ** Girl Scout*: My name is Kaitlin. I am a member of Girl Scout troop #21443. This year our entire troop worked after school on the Girl Scout Amateur Radio patch. It was work and a lot of fun. We sent messages to each other in Morse code and learned about emergency work your club does. Would all students who earned the Girl Scout Amateur Radio Patch please stand up and be recognized? From all of us, thank you. ** 2 Students talking about the Ham Station*: My name is Ayush, and I’m Will. Having a ham station in our classroom certainly makes 6th grade interesting! All 6th graders used the radio during Social Studies class and on our ham club days. We talked to hams all over–from as close as Georgia Tech to as far away as Finland! They shared many interesting stories with us. We learned that one radio club in Tampa, Fla works with a hospital during hurricanes and that hams in American and Canadian navies work together in the Great Lakes region. Radio operators do fun things, we learned about one who took his radio to the top of a lighthouse in Maine to see how many contacts he could make! In October, the whole school took part in School Club Roundup. We contacted hams in 15 states and 11 countries. We each can remember our favorite contact including a middle school ham radio club in Texas. Would all students who had a chance to talk on the radio please stand? From all of us, thank you. ** Student telling about Ham Radio Class*: My name is Cora. Some 6th graders wanted to learn a lot more about ham radio, so we formed a radio class that meets during lunch. We have been working towards earning a license and learned some really interesting things! We learned how to read schematic diagrams, how radio propagation works in the atmosphere, about etiquette on the radio. We really enjoyed the day we went outside to climb around bushes and trees to study the wire antenna and learn how each part works! Next month, some of us will take the Technician exam. Hopefully, the next time you hear me on the radio I will have my own call sign! Would all students working toward a ham license please stand? From all of us, thank you. ** Narrator*: As you can see, your volunteer efforts impacted the whole school in many ways and opened doors to amazing new opportunities and adventures! We wanted to do a very special thank you. So the entire 6th grade worked together to design an artistic mosaic of your club logo that you can display when you volunteer in the community. That way we can say – from all of us, to all of you… Thank you! Photo: One of the many hams who helped the ARISS Kittredge Middle School ARISS contact. _______________________________________________ Arrl-ariss mailing list Arrl-ariss@reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-ariss