Mission 14 Patch Competition

  As  part of the activities around Mission 13 the Stockton SSEP sponsored a  mission patch art competition at the K-8 and the High School/University Level.   Mission patches are a time honored tradition in the space flight  program and the art reflects the values and ideals of the mission  participants.   The winning patch designs will fly to the International Space Station in early spring 2020 from Cape Canaveral Florida on a NASA resupply mission.

The Stockton University SSEP Community held two patch design competitions: one for K-8 students, and a second for grades 9-12. A total of five hundred and fifty-two (552) total patch entries from 517 students ranging from elementary through high school level were received. Four hundred and fifty-six (456) were in the K-8 division, with each student submitting one patch design, representing twelve schools in the region. In the secondary competition, sixty-one students created ninety-six (96) patch designs representing six high schools. Participating K-12 schools were: Absegami High, Atlantic City High, Brighton Avenue, Cedar Creek High, Dr. Joyanne D. Miller, Eugene A. Tighe, Fernwood Middle, Hammonton High, Manalapan HS, Nellie F. Bennett Elementary, Northfield Community, Point Pleasant Beach High, Port Republic, Roland Rogers, Sovereign Avenue, Toms River Intermediate North, and William Davies Middle Schools. The winning patch design in the upper division was Aldair Diego, grade 11 from Atlantic City High School, and in the lower division was Jannat Jerin, grade 8 from Sovereign Avenue School.

 As  part of the activities around Mission 12 the Stockton SSEP held a  mission patch art competition at the K-8 and the High School/University Level.   Mission patches are a time honored tradition in the space flight  program and the art reflects the values and ideals of the mission  participants.   The winning patch designs accompanied the SSEP Mission 12 experiment to the International Space Station in July, 2018 from Cape Canaveral Florida on NASA resupply mission CRS-15.  

The Stockton SSEP Community Mission Patch competition received six hundred and fourteen (614) total patch designs. Five hundred and thirty-five (535) patch designs were in the K-8 division from fourteen elementary and middle schools. Seventy-nine entrants were in the High School and University upper division from four high schools and Stockton University. Participating K-12 schools were: Alder Ave Middle, Atlantic County Institute of Technology, Avalon Elementary, Brigantine North Middle, Cedar Creek High, Dawes Avenue Elementary, Eagleswood Township Elementary, Eugene A. Tighe Middle, Manalapan High, Nellie F. Bennett Elementary, Northfield Community, Pineland Regional Junior High, Point Pleasant Beach High, Port Republic, Roland Rogers Elementary, Southern Regional Middle, Toms River Intermediate North, and William Davies Middle. The winning patch design in the upper division was Robert Lind, grade 9 from the Atlantic County Institute of Technology high school and in the lower division was Kirra Fenton, grade 4 from Northfield Community.

 As  part of the activities around Mission 11 the Stockton SSEP held a  mission patch art competition at the K-12 and the University Level.   Mission patches are a time honored tradition in the space flight  program and the art reflects the values and ideals of the mission  participants.   The winning patch designs accompanied the SSEP  experiments to the International Space Station in August, 2017. 

Absegami High School- Greater Egg Harbor Regional, Galloway, NJ; Chelsea Heights Elementary School, Atlantic City, NJ; J.A. Citta Elementary School, Toms River, NJ; Toms River Intermediate, Toms River, NJ; West Dover Elementary, Toms River, NJ; William Davies Middle School, Mays Landing, NJ.   

The Stockton University School of Arts and Humanities- Two-Dimension Digital Design  class with  Chung-Fan Chang, Assistant Professor of Art.  School of Natural Science and Mathematics, Physics classes with Jason Shulman, Associate Professor of Physics and SSEP students.