Campus, city school students enjoy
game, ‘Aviation Challenge’
MURFREESBORO — A
math- and science-related paper airplane activity — one schoolchildren have
been working on in the classroom — became the educational aspect featured
during the fourth Education Day MTSU women’s basketball game Thursday (Dec.
17).
In what became the second most-attended game in MTSU history,
the “Aviation Challenge” became a competition between a number of Murfreesboro
City Schools and Homer Pittard Campus School before the Lady Raiders beat
Missouri State 70-54.
To view video from the challenge and sights and sounds of
Education Day, visit https://youtu.be/4Dph7gWy4_c.
The crowd of 11,411, including more than 7,300 students from
12 city schools and Rutherford County Schools’ Campus School and more than 500
teachers, staff and administrators, kept it loud throughout the nonconference
game.
For the fourth time since 2012, the 13 schools brought good
luck to the Lady Raiders on the eve of their final day of classes before the
Christmas and New Year’s holiday break.
“It was awesome. I was happy and nervous at the same time,”
said Giannah Bass, 11, a Mitchell-Nielson sixth-grader who participated in the
airplane challenge. “(In class), we had so many planes to see which one would
fly better.”
Classmate Keegan Thornton, 12, said it was “fun to make the
plane and also fun to throw the plane. I was nervous, but at least we placed.”
Mitchell-Neilson placed second to Overall Creek in the
contest.
Twelve Campus School students enjoyed doing the pregame
high-five with the Lady Raiders.
Fifth-grader Makena Sanders, 10, said all the classes from
Campus School, a K-5 school operated
by MTSU, walked to the game.
“I’ve had a lot of
fun,” she said. “It was a little chilly, but it felt good.”
Campus School
classmate Sophie Wells, 11, part of a Wells family of triplets (along with
sister Mallie and brother Carter), said the event “is a big deal.”
“I’ve had a lot of
fun,” she said, then mentioning cheering and dancing — and we watched a lot of
videos of how to make the plane.”
City schools
Director Linda Gilbert, who has earned three MTSU degrees, termed it a “total
day of collaboration” by all parties, including MTSU and city police
departments, bus drivers, MTSU Parking Services and others.
“This is really
about bringing the community together,” Gilbert added. “It’s a terrific
opportunity for our children to see where they can be. Teachers have been using
information about MTSU and basketball in classrooms before today. It’s a great
learning experience.”
MTSU associate
athletic director Diane Turnham calls Education Day “a special time for us
every year.”
“It’s a day to
bring a lot of students to our campus who otherwise might not get to come
here,” she said. “And it’s great for our student-athletes to show them how to
give back to the community.
“I truly believe
we have great role models,” added Turnham, referring to the MTSU athletes. “They
are someone even my children would look up to. We tell them people are always
watching them now as they become adults. When they hear us talk about it, hopefully
it’ll help them be ready for the real world.”
Other city schools
attending the game included Black Fox, Bradley Academy, Cason Lane, Discovery
School, Erma Siegel, Hobgood Elementary, John Pittard, Northfield, Reeves
Rogers and Scales.
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