AHLCON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: AHLCONITES AT NASA

Ahlcon international School following its vision of ‘Global Prospective Indian Values’ organized a visit of eighteen students and two teachers to NASA during summer break. This programme was organized in collaboration with International Space School Educational Trust, ISSET, a UK based educational organization.

Students reached Orlando on 18^th May and visited Kennedy Space Center. The first activity the students were made to do was Robotics followed by a visit to exhibition hall where children could see the models of rockets ,space suits and shuttles etc. They boarded NASA coach which took them for a tour to show different space shuttles which were launched and then they watched two movies in IMAX Theater. The movies were based on the astronauts and their preparation before going to Space. They had formal lunch and dinner with the astronauts Barbara Morgan and Scott Vangen. They also got golden opportunity to meet other astronauts like Tony and Jay Honeycutt, former president of KSC. Meeting these astronauts was just like dream come true. Students took their autographs and clicked many photographs with them. Astronauts were kind enough to answer all the queries of the curious students.

They visited The Disney Park (Magic Kingdom), Universal’s Islands of Adventure. Disney Parade at The Disney Park was specifically enjoyed at night. Next day they saw the magnificent beauty of Niagara Fall, which was ultimate indeed. In New York they visited the huge National History Museum, the biggest apple store, the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, National monument and The Brooklyn Bridge. Students were astonished to see the huge skyscrapers in New York.

They all had an awesome and amazing trip. It was a life time experience for all them which they are going to cherish forever. This trip was a perfect combination of education plus entertainment means ‘EDUTAINMENT’.

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NBA and WNBA legends visited AHLCON INTERNATIONAL

NBA Hall of the famer George Gervin and WNBA champion Katie Smith conducted basketball clinic at Ahlcon International on 1st march, 2011, courtesy US Embassy Sports Envoy program. The enthusiasm of the students impressed the legends. This once in lifetime experience prompted the students to promise that they will remember the tips on sideways movements, bending of left knee, light grip on the ball and its release and many other. The 6' 7" tall Gervin asserted that, "It was practice and practice alone that brings greater perfection."

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Few Interesting Facts about Earth Day:

Earth Day was started by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson.
The first Earth Day was observed on April 22, 1970.
Although Earth Day was started by a senator, it was successful because it was a grassroots movement, not a political mandate.
April 22 was chosen as the date of the first Earth Day because it would not interfere with college students’ academic, social or religious obligations. It’s not during Spring Break or exam time, and it doesn’t conflict with any religious holidays. This was important because students were the main target of Senator Nelson’s “teach-in” campaign. Also, it was a Wednesday, the best part of the week to encourage a large turnout for the environmental rallies held across the country. "It worked out perfectly, because everybody was at work and they all left," Kathleen Rogers, President, Earth Day Network says
The awareness and excitement generated by the first Earth Day led to the development of the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Environmental Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act. It also inspired necessary changes to the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.
The Earth Day Network is an international conglomeration that engages people in nearly 200 countries in community development and environmental activism activities.
Denis Hayes, a student in 1970, helped Senator Nelson organize the first Earth Day. Hayes founded the Earth Day Network, and continues to be its Chairperson. In 1970, he was enrolled at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, which he left after being selected by Senator Gaylord Nelson to organize the first Earth Day. Following the success of the first Earth Day, Hayes founded the Earth Day Network. Hayes continues to chair the board of the international Earth Day Network Denis Hayes has received the US national Jefferson Awards Medal for Outstanding Public Service as well as many other awards. Time Magazine named him as “Hero of the Planet” in 1999.
The first Earth Day (April 22, 1970) had participants and celebrants in two thousand colleges and universities, about ten thousand primary and secondary schools, and hundreds of communities. It is believed that some 20 million demonstrators participated.
Earth Day is now the world’s most widely observed secular holiday.
Many politicians linked to environmentally unfriendly industries were voted out of office in the 1970 midterm elections following the first Earth Day.

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