Pinnacle Student Earns 2nd Place in NASA Contest

Katcha Papesh, a 3rd grade student at Pinnacle School, won second place in a NASA-sponsored construction project.  Katcha and another 3rd grader worked together to build a truss for the International Space Station that had to be over 24 inches long and hold over 4 lbs of weight. The "Space Princesses" team won second place against several 5-person teams of middle school and high school students! 

Katcha was at the Kennedy Space Center with her mother Ronna Papesh and Pinnacle teachers Aaron Bork and Sasha Land as part of Pinnacle's participation in the 2008 International Student Media Festival. 

According to Pinnacle Executive Director Denise Lessow, "Engineering and construction are important elements of Pinnacle's curriculum.  We are so proud of Katcha for her achievement at NASA." 

The truss Katcha (right) and her teammate constructed is inspected by NASA personnel.		Katcha's two-person team of 3rd graders earned Second Place!