Pumpkin Launch

On Thursday, November 12, $350 was raised for parts and supplies for the the third generation of the super mileage vehicle car, courtesy of student and faculty pumpkin launchers. For $5 a pumpkin, anyone who was interested could pick out a pumpkin and launch it from Dean Tiffany's (PE/Athletics) handmade trebuchet in the Clayton Road parking lot. After each lunch period, a new stream of students ventured out to test their skill in selecting and then launching a pumpkin.

Kudos to Claire Krupela '15 whose pumpkin traveled the longest distance, 100 feet, and to Mark Troianovksi '10 whose pumpkin didn't go very far but had the most impressive "splat!"

It was a beautiful day and the event was covered by the Suburban Journals, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Channel Five. Here are the links to the STLPD and Channel 5 web sites and to the Journals' article:

http://videos.stltoday.com/p/video?id=7276666

http://www.ksdk.com/news/education/story.aspx?storyid=189593

http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/articles/2009/11/17/west/education/1118wc-jbpumpkin0.prt

 And here some candids from Andrew Newman (fine arts, school photographer).