Space Camp in Ridgewood inspires young students
July 18, 2014 Last updated: Friday, July 18, 2014, 12:31 AM
By Jodi Weinberger
STAFF WRITER
Ten-year-old Richard Augustine-Hamilton plans on being an astrophysicist when he grows up.
With his best friend, Connor O’Hara, by his side, the two carefully studied the instructions for a model rocket ship, the culminating project of Ridgewood’s two-week Space Camp.
“This isn’t, like, rocket science or anything. Oh, wait…” Connor joked to Richard.
“Imagine how hard it must be to make an actual rocket,” Richard replied, staring at the rocket parts. “I just can’t imagine.”
Each summer, classroom 141 at Hawes School is transformed into a space station of sorts, with the school’s gym serving as the astronaut’s training center and a neighboring classroom housing a planetarium.
It’s Richard and Connor’s third year at Space Camp, so they build the rockets on their own; meanwhile teachers Tom Harney and Tom Trubac guide the other 9- and 10-year-old earthlings through the process.
“I like getting messy,” said Emma Remis, 10, handling a bottle of Elmer’s glue.
Other girls at the table chimed in with their favorite parts of space camp – including the zip lines set up in the gym and hearing stories of the constellations.
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