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Build and Launch Your Own Rocket

Registration is now closed. Thank you for your interest.
 
Please read the Program Participation Policies. You will need to acknowledge that you have read them and understand them.
 
Questions?  Please do not reply to the announcement mail.
Who: 4th-12th grade students. You need not have attended the Rocketry Introduction Workshop.  A parent is required to stay. Must be TGIF members.

Where: Glenmoor Elementary

What: Help the students build their cyclone kits, learn how to get the rocket ready for flight, instructions on how to load the rocket on the launch pad and connect the igniter leads. 

Mentor for this Workshop: David Raimondi, President, LUNAR*

* LUNAR is Number one largest rocketry club in the world. http://www.lunar.org/
When: 
Build Your Own Rocket: February 8, 2013
  • Grades 7-12:  6:30pm- 7:30pm - Reporting time: 6:15pm
  • Grades 4-6:  7:30pm- 8.30pm - Reporting time: 7:15pm
Launch Your Own Rocket: Two days, four time slots available on each day:
  • February 16, 2013 and March 16, 2013 - 9am to 1pm; each time slot is one hour each.  Please choose two preferences in the registration form.
Cost: $15.74 towards the rocket kit, two motors, misc. materials and payment processing cost
 
Please do not forget to wear your TGIF T-shirts (If you have one)
 
What to bring: Pen/ pencils and notepad to take notes.
 
Registration closes: 11pm, January 16

Cancel registration by: 11pm, January 16 - please follow this link to cancel an existing registration

The registration is a two step process.  You are not done till you receive two e-mails - from PayPal (Step 1) and TGIF (Step 2).  You will

  1. Pay through PayPal for the cost of the kit ($15.74) first, note the transaction ID or receipt number from the PayPal e-mail you receive, and
  2. Complete the TGIF registration (you will need the PayPal Transaction ID for this step).  If you do not receive an automatic acknowledgment e-mail from TGIF, you did not successfully submit the form.  Please repeat the step.
Step 1: PayPal payment:
Step 2: TGIF registration: