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Arcadia High School
4703 E. Indian School Road
Phoenix, AZ 85018
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Dr. Anne Marie Woolsey, Principal
Kevin Mooney, Dale Link,
and Nikki Alward, Assistant Principals

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Arcadia Announcements - updated January 26, 2012

Arcadia students will follow the T.H.R.I.V.E.S. schedule on Wednesday, February 1


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Rockets
This club will enter the Team America Rocketry Challenge.

The Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) is the world's largest rocket contest, sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and the National Association of Rocketry (NAR). It was created in the fall of 2002 as a one-time celebration of the Centennial of Flight, but the enthusiasm about the event was so great that AIA and NAR were asked to hold the contest annually.

Approximately 7,000 students from across the nation compete in TARC each year. Teams design, build and fly a model rocket that reaches a specific altitude and duration determined by a set of rules developed each year. The current goal is to design, build and fly a one-stage model rocket to an altitude of 750 feet, keep it aloft for 45 seconds, and return 2 raw eggs unbroken. The contest is designed to encourage students to study math and science and pursue careers in aerospace.

The top 100 teams, based on local qualification flights, are invited to Washington, DC in May for the national finals. Prizes include $60,000 in cash and scholarships split between the top 10 finishers. NASA invites the top 25 teams to participate in their Student Launch Initiative, an advanced rocketry program. AIA member companies, such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have sponsored additional prizes such as scholarship money and a trip to an international air show.
Group Announcements
Design Review for TARC Rockets
This Friday, 2/13, we will have a design review of the two TARC rocket designs. Each group should be prepared to:
  • show their rocket design in RockSim,
  • show the results of simulated flights,
  • discuss design trade-offs, and
  • answer questions about the design
Each presentation shold be no more than 15 minutes.
Rocketry Challenge Officers
Program Manager - Katie P.
Treasurer - Peter R.
VP/Secretary - Kyle R.
Buyer - Ryan
Fund Raising - Mitchel

The Rocket club will meet Wednesdays during lunch and Fridays after school in room 5610.
Discussion Topics
Group Tasks
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Group Contacts
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Group Web Pages
Group Files
 Contest documents
The contest rules and other dicuments from TARC.
 Rocket Design
Documents about rocket design, simulations, and where to get supplies.
 Prelim schedule.pdf
A preliminary schedule to meet the April 6 deadline to enter the contest.
Last Updated: 01/23/2011 10:28 AM

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