This summer, the NASA ASTRO CAMP Collaborative Partners (ACCP) team seated at Stennis Space Center went beyond usual efforts to reach large nontraditional audiences, most specifically children of Hispanic migrant workers in Yuma, Arizona.
The ACCP team partnered with the Yuma School District to virtually reach 595 Hispanic children of migrant worker families.
The partnership program provided sessions for campers starting June 6 and continued support through four weeks of camps ending July 16.
Plans call for the ACCP program activities to be continued by the Yuma School District throughout the school year.
Maria Lott, the NASA ACCP project lead at Stennis, said the Yuma group was very enthusiastic about having the opportunity to engage their students with NASA.
The outreach effort was possible thanks to a partnership with Yuma School District and an existing Arizona state-operated and federally funded program that helps support educational agencies providing services to students of migratory workers.
The Arizona program offers numerous benefits, such as adult education, family outreach, in-home support, language and cultural training, STEM/STEAM programs, out-of-school youth intervention, preschool programming, student leadership opportunities, and summer and extended day programming, as well as its newest service, NASA ACCP virtual camps.
