Into the Wild Blue Yonder and Beyond

Into the Wild Blue Yonder and Beyond

by

Bob Diepenbrock

Within the last few weeks, I’ve been contacted about USD 331 graduates who are excelling in their professions.  Mr. Ron Work, Physics teacher, contacted me about an alum of Norwich, Ashley Balzer, who is currently working for NASA in the office of education and works with the Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program. Mr. Work and Mr. Curtis Albin, co-physics teacher at Kingman, are working collaboratively to teach physics by connecting classrooms in both high schools via interactive television and are planning to set up experiments with Ashley using the interactive television.  

I was also contacted about a graduate of Kingman High School who is a pilot for the United States Air Force Thunderbirds. The Thunderbirds are scheduled to perform in an air show at McConnell Air Force base in Wichita the last weekend of September. We hope to make a connection to Captain Blaine Jones (KHS alum) when he comes into the area this upcoming fall as well. You can read about Captain Jones at the Thunderbirds website at http://afthunderbirds.com/site/members/Officers/ .

Congratulations to all of our alumni for their great contributions. We hope to connect to other alumni in the near future.