Garfield Elementary STEM rocket program

For the past 6 years the Rotary club of South Spokane has sponsored a STEM rocket program at the Garfield Elementary School which is mentored by a teacher named Sam Stachofsky.

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Tue., June 4, 2019

Michael Fortner reacts as he launches his rocket, Hunter, with classmates on Tuesday at Andrew Rypien Field in Spokane. The rocket launch was part of a STEM rocket program at Garfield Elementary School that is sponsored by The Rotary Club.

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Teacher Sam Stachofsky helps his students prepare their rockets for launch on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at Andrew Rypien athletic field in Spokane, Wash. The rocket launch was part of a STEM rocket program at Garfield Elementary School which is sponsored by The Rotary Club.

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A 5th grader presses the launch button on his model rocket on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at Andrew Rypien athletic field in Spokane, Wash. The rocket launch was part of a STEM rocket program at Garfield Elementary School which is sponsored by The Rotary Club.

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Arianna Zech, 11, reacts as her model rocket takes flight on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at Andrew Rypien athletic field in Spokane, Wash. The rocket launch was part of a STEM rocket program at Garfield Elementary School which is sponsored by The Rotary Club.

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A student's rocket deploys its parachute for a soft landing on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at Andrew Rypien athletic field in Spokane, Wash. The rocket launch was part of a STEM rocket program at Garfield Elementary School which is sponsored by The Rotary Club.

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Jace Tsoumpas, 11, runs excitedly to retrieve his rocket after launching it on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at Andrew Rypien athletic field in Spokane, Wash. The rocket launch was part of a STEM rocket program at Garfield Elementary School which is sponsored by The Rotary Club.

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