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Gretchen Cook-Anderson
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-0836)               June 6, 2003

NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-057

NASA LAUNCHES BRONX STUDENT INTEREST IN SCIENCE

     NASA is headlining Career Day at the Lola Rodriguez de 
Tio Academy of Future Technologies at Intermediate School 
162 (600 St. Ann's Avenue) in The Bronx, N.Y. on Monday, 
June 9 from 7:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT.  

NASA's Associate Administrator for Education, Dr. Adena 
Williams Loston, is visiting the comprehensive technology-
themed model middle school, comprised primarily of students 
of color, to discuss various science and technology career 
options and to encourage more than 900 students to consider 
the agency as a future place of employment. Loston will also 
meet with science teachers to reinforce how educators can 
access NASA's teacher resources and classroom instructional 
tools to make learning science more fun for their students. 

The Academy of Future Technologies is made up of four mini-
academies: The Gifted and Talented Academy, the 
Multicultural Academy of Computers and Community Service, 
The Institute of Computer Publishing and Multimedia, and The 
School of Computer Technology.  Granted the distinction 
since 1995 as an Annenberg Schools Network School of 
Excellence, the school has been recognized by the New York 
City Public School System for its astrophysics scholars 
program, robotics instruction and student achievements in 
mathematics.

For more information about Loston's schedule at the Academy, 
or to request an interview, contact Gretchen Cook-Anderson 
at: 202/358-0836.

For more information about the Academy of Future 
Technologies visit:

http://www.nycenet.edu/SchoolsDistricts/Schools/Default.aspx
?DBN=07X162

For information about NASA's Education programs on the 
Internet, visit:

http://education.nasa.gov

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