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For Release: February 19, 2003

Sally V. Harrington
Media Relations Office
216/433-2037
Sally.V.Harrington{at}nasa.gov

Local Schools Visited During National Engineers Week
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What do engineers do? This week many engineers will share their 
experiences and enthusiasm for the profession with students at 79 
local elementary, middle and high schools.

During National Engineers Week, February 16-22, more than 60 engineers 
and scientists from NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland will 
seek to open the minds of the younger students to the wonders of 
science and math and inspire the middle and high school students to 
pursue careers in the fields of engineering and science.

This program of classroom visits is part of the National Engineers 
Week activities in the Cleveland area and is supported by Glenn's 
Office of Educational Programs in conjunction with the Cleveland Area 
National Engineers Week Committee.

The National Society of Professional Engineers established National
Engineers Week in 1951. Its purpose is to increase public awareness 
and appreciation of the engineering profession. Engineers are 
practical inventors who use science and technology to turn ideas into 
reality, making our lives easier, healthier, more production and fun.

Each year National Engineers Week takes place at the time of George
Washington's birthday. His agricultural, military and land-surveying 
skills led to his acquiring the title of our nation's first engineer. 
He directed a growing society toward technical advancements, invention 
and education. An order issued by George Washington in June 1778 
called for engineers and engineering education and is considered to be 
the origin of the U.S. Army Engineer School.

Note to Editors: To determine which schools are participating in this 
year's program, please refer to the attached list. Media 
representative interested in covering these visits will need to make 
arrangements directly with the schools involved.

SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK

Akron
Ellet High School
Our Lady Of The Elms High School


Beachwood
Beachwood High School


Berea
Berea High School
Riveredge Elementary School
Fairwood Elementary School


Brecksville
Chippewa Elementary School


Broadview Hts
.. Assumption School


Brooklyn
Brookridge Elementary School


Brunswick
Brunswick High School
Crestview Elementary School
Huntington Elementary School
Kidder Elementary School


Cleveland
Artemus Ward Elementary School
Audubon Middle School
Charles A Mooney Middle School
Clara Westropp Elementary School
Clark Elementary School
Collinwood High School
Denison Elementary School
East Technical High School
Garrett Morgan Middle School Of Science
Gracemount Elementary School
Harry E. Davis Junior High School
James Ford Rhodes High School
Jane Addams Business Career Center
John F. Kennedy High School
Luis Munoz Marin Middle School
Martin L. King Middle School
Martin Luther King High School
Max S. Hayes Vocational High School
Orchard School Of Science Elementary School
Saint Francis School (K-8)
South High School
Urban Community School (K-8)
Watterson-Lake Elementary School
Wilbur Wright Middle School
William Cullen Bryant Elementary School


Cleveland Hts.
Oxford Elementary School


Columbia Station
Columbia Middle School


Cuyahoga Falls
Cuyahoga Falls High School


Cuyahoga Hts.
Cuyahoga Heights Middle School


Garfield Heights
Elmwood Elementary School
Garfield Heights Middle School


Huron
Mccormick Middle School


Independence
Independence Primary School


Kingsford
Kingsford High School

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