Fishkill Plains Welcomes Astronaut
Kevin Kregel
Fishkill
Plains Elementary School had a very special visitor on Friday, March 22, 2002.
NASA Astronaut Kevin R. Kregel from the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in
Houston, Texas visited our school and our students were very excited and enthusiastic!
Astronaut Kregel has been up in space four times and he has logged over 5,000
flight hours in 30 different aircraft's.
The Kindergarten,
first and second grade children welcomed him by standing outside holding their
red, white and blue balloons and waving the American Flag proudly. What a
sight to see!
A very big THANK
YOU to Sherry Johnson and Barbara Greenberg to setting up Astronaut Kevin
Kregel's visit! It took months of contact with NASA, endorsement letters from
Assemblymen Pat Manning, Joel Miller and Congresswoman Sue Kelly. It also
took approvals of agendas and arrangements of a hotel room, rental car and
airplane reservations. Sherry is Program Coordinator of Kinry Road School
and without her help, this would not have been possible.
When Astronaut
Kregel got out of the Dutchess County Sheriff's car, Mrs. Epstein and Barbara
Greenberg were there to greet him along with many happy smiling faces (our
students!).
Astronaut
Kregel's
Classroom Visit's
School
Assembly
