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12A DETROIT FREE PRESSFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1999 SOME OF THE LUCKY ONES ace ca or so Christie Volante, Melissa Dietz, Shailee Patel, Bobby Cox, 10, from Isbister 10, from Isbister 11, from Isbister 10, from Isbister High-flying opportunities U.S. Space Camp gives kids the chance to simulate astronaut training. Tuition, which is $675, includes meals, lodging and program materials, but not transportation. About 35,000 students attend the camps each year, although the camps expect to increase capacity to more than 100,000 iext year. Ho Huntsville, Offered at the U.S.

Space Rocket Center space museum. Mountain View, Located at the entrance of Moffett Federal Airfield, home to NASA's Ames Research Center, where researchers specialize in astrobiology, information technology and aviation systems. Space Camp, from Page 1A the first paragraph of the letter she brought home and did a double take." Isbister students will depart March 7 for the five-day camp, followed by students from Tonda Elementary in Canton Township. One school at a time will attend until fifth-graders from all 14 Plymouth-Canton elementaries have gone. Details on when the Taylor schools are going this spring were unavailable.

"As a teaching tool, a common experience like this is invaluable. It's kind of like a field trip but the most sophisticated field trip they will ever have," said Isbister principal Lee Harrison. About 1,200 Plymouth-Canton fifth-graders have been asked to attend, as well as 1,300 students from Taylor Public Schools and the third district. At the request of Wayne County educators, the Free Press is not naming the third district until teachers there can tell students and parents about the opportunity today. Plymouth-Canton students will attend the Titusville, space camp, while students from the other two districts will go to Mountain View, Calif.

A third space camp operates in Huntsville, Ala. The camps are near NASA facilities but are not operated by NASA. The California and Florida camps are run by the U.S. Space Camp Founda Titusville, Next to the entrance of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, where space shuttle launch operations occur. Shares a complex with the U.S.

Astronaut Hall of Fame. 3 Deloitte louche The answer is Stay: Five days Food: Try freeze-dried space food Moon walk: Feel what it's like to move on the moon Space walk: Experience free-floating in outer space Ship spin: Roll with a tumbling spacecraft Prepare for mission: Shuttle mission orientation Do It: Work with a team to accomplish a mock mission Detroit Free Press Ctm Dtloiite TauchcLLF and DrioH Comulltits U.C llehlttc Tauche refer) Delaine Tomhe LLP, Deloim Comitlllng LLC mid related entitles, "A common experience like this is invaluable. It's kind of like a field trip but the most sophisticated field trip they will ever have." LEE HARRISON, Isbister Elementary principal To help them keep all their coupons in order, Valassis counts on the Audit and Compliance Services of Deloitte Touche. But as one of Michigan's largest professional services firms, we offer our clients assistance In other disciplines. From Multistate and International Tax Services to Risk Assessment, and from Employee Benefits to Mergers and Acquisitions.

Which is why so many Fortune 500 companies are clients of ours, here and across the globe. For more information, call (313) 396-3000. tion, a nonprofit organization, while the Alabama camp is run by the U.S. Space Rocket Center. Students were still walking on air Thursday afternoon.

We cleared up wireless. Melissa Dietz, 10, said she has already started making a list of what to pack. "I'm really anxious to go. It's like something I've always wanted," she said. "It's just spectacular." Shailee Patel, 11, said she's so excited, "I've been doing work for three hours, and I only got two papers done." Students offered different reasons for their excitement.

"I want to go on that moon thing where there's one-sixth gravity," said Christie Volante, 10. Patel said math and science are her favorite subjects, and she's always wanted to go to space camp. But that doesn't fully explain her excitement: "I'm looking forward to not doing my chores at home for a week." Isbister teachers said that no matter what subject they worked on Thursday, students veered inevitably back to space camp. When they talked about state reports, students wanted to know who got Florida. When they talked about maps, students wanted to check on the route from Michigan to Titusville.

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Hear the difference today. his students' unabashed enthusiasm illustrates why fifth grade is the perfect age for such an experience. "No one has squashed the dream yet, saying You can't be a fireman or an astronaut' Added teacher Tracy Racer, "They're at an age where it's still cool to like learning, yet it's OK to dream." Wing has spearheaded similar programs in Houston, Mississippi and Alabama. He said he chose Wayne County to seek out benefactors because of its history of sending students to space camp. In the last four years, the Wayne Regional Education Service Agency, or RESA, has sent 50 students a year from Wayne, Macomb and Oakland counties with scholarships from the Loctite Corporation of Troy.

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