January 2004
Berg, Emily. A.V. Students invited to view next Rover Landing. Daily Press [Victorville, CA]
11 Jan. 2004.
APPLE VALLEY - Last summer, 14-year-old Sarah Underwood and her fellow students rose early in the morning and headed off to the Academy for Academic Excellence to do a few high-tech chores for NASA.
Berg, Emily. Greenhouse Offers Hands-On Learning. Daily Press [Victorville, CA]26 Jan. 2004.
The plants had sucked in too much heat in their new home, a greenhouse. Perez is one of Bill Deppe's students who is working in the new greenhouse. The seventh-grader attends the Academy for Academic Excellence, the charter school at the Lewis Center for Educational Research in Apple Valley.
Berg, Emily. Students Watch Opportunity Land. Daily Press [Victorville, CA]27 Jan. 2004.
Students and staff at the Academy for Academic Excellence, the charter school associated with the Lewis Center for Educational Research, eagerly snatched the chance to watch history in the making. The students and staff joined NASA scientists and their families to monitor the landing of the Mars rover Opportunity.