West Valley City school named for Neil Armstrong

Deseret News

Published: Friday, Jan. 18 2013 12:29 p.m. MST

In this July 20, 1969 file photo, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, the first men to land on the moon, plant the U.S. flag on the lunar surface. Photo was made by a 16mm movie camera inside the lunar module, shooting at one frame per second.

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Granite School District has named its new STEM school Neil Armstrong Academy after the late, famous astronaut. The name was decided upon by the Granite Board of Education during its January board meeting.

WEST VALLEY CITY — Granite School District has named its new STEM school Neil Armstrong Academy after the late, famous astronaut. The name was decided upon by the Granite Board of Education during its January board meeting.

The school, which will serve pre-K through sixth-grade students, is being built at 5194 W. Highbury Parkway. The school will open its doors for the 2013-14 school year.

STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and such schools focus on those subjects.

“Neil Armstrong and those involved with the Apollo missions are powerful models of a STEM approach to learning,” said Principal Tyler Howe. “They drew upon a vast array of fields as a means to a tremendous end goal — putting a man on the moon.”

Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon as part of NASA's Apollo 11 mission in 1969. He died in August at the age of 82.

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worf

Mcallen, TX

Great!

11:52 a.m. Jan. 20, 2013
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MikeWinder

West Valley City, UT

I applaud the Granite School Board for putting this unique STEM school in our city. It will be a wonderful addition to the growing number of education choices our families here now have. And hey, who can argue with the name Neil Armstrong? A true More..

11:28 a.m. Jan. 19, 2013
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