Come support our 8th grade track team today after school as they host the Newton Knights in their last meet before the district championship. Be there!
7th grade track had their last meet of the season yesterday against Newton. It was a close match. Grace Murphy and Dylan Blaha were fierce competitors in their events. Maddie Pepe had her personal best and took first in the mile and the 400 meter. Harriet Jewel took first in the High Jump and Naomi Davis took first in the Long Jump. Lincoln Chandler took first in the 400 meter by over 11 seconds. The relay teams that included AJ Ceriani, Reid Hanna, Gabe Mendoza, Weston Tjemeland and Miles Upah ran competitively all season. Congratulations to all the 7th grade track athletes for an amazing season.
Pumas, it is that time of year, time for the Puma Prowl! The 24th annual fun run will be next Wednesday, Oct 5th from 4 - 5 pm. Come run with your friends and/or family on the 1.2 mile course around Puma Park and finish with a fun raffle for your chance to win some great prizes! There is no need to sign up, just show up next Wednesday on the upper field and get ready to run!! See you there!
Ellen Ochoa
Born in Los Angeles and raised in La Mesa, California, Ellen Ochoa, PhD, was the first Hispanic woman in space. After earning her doctorate in engineering from Stanford University, Ochoa joined NASA in 1988 as a research engineer and was selected to be an astronaut in 1990. Her first mission in space was aboard the shuttle Discovery in 1993. She went on to serve three more missions, spending almost 1,000 hours in orbit. Ochoa was the 11th director of the Johnson Space Center and the center’s first Hispanic director. Her historic firsts put her in great company with other pioneering women who changed the world.