Park Ridge 6th grade girls picked as winners in national competition conducted by NASA

Catholic school honored some sixth grade students Friday, after they were picked as winners in a national competition put on by NASA.

These are not stodgy scientists. They’re 6th grade girls at Saint Paul of the Cross School, poised to teach us a thing or two. "What they build will actually be sent in a rocket up to space," said Dr. Erika Mickelburgh, St. Paul of the Cross principal during Friday morning mass, where she honored the girls for being among the winning teams in NASA's TechRise Student Challenge. Their winning idea is a space junk collector.

They just received a box from NASA to actually build that space junk collector, under the guidance of their STEAM teacher, Dr. Karl Ochsner."I know my parents said we were going to go to New Mexico to see the launch and that’s really exciting," said Mary Ann Gleason.

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