Team 7A's "Awesome Arizona" Speakers

• Chuck Sundstrom, Operations Manager & Race Director & Dwayne Harksell, Director of Marketing for Firebird Raceway

• Townsend Saunders, Olympic Silver Medalist in wrestling at the Atlanta Games & Tricia Saunders, America's most successful women's wrestler and pioneer in women's wrestling

Tuesday, October 16, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

• Fieldtrip to the IMAX Theater at Arizona Mills Mall to see 'Hurricane on the Bayou' and 'Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D'.

Wednesday, November 7, 11:48 a.m.-1:45 p.m.

• Betsy Youngman, former Olympic cross country skiier, current science teacher at Phoenix Country Day School, and scientist studying the ice of the Artic and Antartica in relation to global warming'e effects. Also avid kayaker of category 4 and 5 rapids and leader of student trips to various locals.

Thursday, November 8, 12:18-12:53 p.m.

• Kevin Nee, one of the top five competitors in the World's Strongest Man (WSP) competition. He was featured in the MTV reality series 'True Life" and has been named one of the '25 Fittest Men in the World' by Men's Fitness magazine. Was the Sports Illustrated Athlete of the Week in 2002.

Tuesday, December 4, 9:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.

• Fieldtrip to Arizona State University
• SESE Planetarium - A 50 minute planetarium show.
• Mars Education Program
• Lunar Reconassaince Orbital Camera Center
• ASU Memorial Union

Thursday, December 6, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

• Arizona Game & Fish Department presents 'Bats! Thats Where Its At!' This is a 2 hour presentation exploring the world of bats and learning some amazing facts about these mysterious creatures. This delightfully animated and hands-on program is fun and educational. You're "guano" love it!

Friday, December 14

• Olympia Scott of the 2007 WNBA World Champion Phoenix Mercury shares with all three grade levels along with assistant coach Bridget Pettis.

Thursday, January 10, 9:26 a.m.-10:34 a.m.

• Arie Luyendyk Jr., auto racing driver on the A1 Grand Prix cicruit and son of Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk. [website]

Friday, January 11, 12:18-12:53 p.m.

• Ken Thom, President, Bondurant School of High Performance Driving

Thursday, January 24, 2:00-2:45 p.m.

• The Morris Brothers assembly to all of the seventh grade on bullying.

Friday, January 25, 12:18-12:53 p.m.

Professor David Barker of the Arizona State University Herberger College School of Theatre and Film will be sharing the art of mime.

Monday, January 28, 12:18-12:53 p.m.

• Rob Brothers or Aletheia Polygraph Services will be coming in to explain and demonstrate how a polygraph or lie detector analysis works.

Monday. February 4, 2008, 9:26-10:34 a.m.

• Michael Otis - Everest climber, accomplished traveler, competitive runner, scuba diver, mountain biker, extreme skier, and plane crash survivor - will come and share his experiences and stories of his climbing of the world's highest mountain.[Pic #1] [Pic #2] [Pic #3]

Friday, February 8, 2008, 12:18-2:04 p.m.

• Dan Horn, a local standup ventriloiquist for the past 25 years, brings his one man show to Team 7A sharing the art of ventriloquism. He will be joined by Jerry Layne, comedy ventriloquist and "dummy maker". [website]

Friday, February 15, 2008, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

• Kevin Cherilla, Base Camp Manager for Erik Weihenmayer's historic summit of Mt. Everest (the first blind climber to reach the summit) featured in the documentary 'Farther Than The Eye Can See' which won several Emmys. [website]

Tuesday, February 26,2008, 12:18-12:53 p.m.

• David McCalister and Dr. Karl Huff of the Arizona Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Riders Club share the history of the original Buffalo Soldiers of 1866.

Monday, March 17, 2008

• Team 7A Fieldtrip to the Arizona Science Center.

Friday, May 2, 2008

• Fieldtrip to Fiddlesticks and Peter Piper Pizza.