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Twenty-eight Indianola ninth and tenth grade GEAR UP students recently toured the Outsiders House Museum in Tulsa, OK. Students started the tour by stepping into the house where the movie was playing in the main room. Tour guide Donnie Rich shared stories about how the actors came back and signed their names on the wall. He then gave a tour of the house where the movie was filmed. They viewed never before seen photos and movie artifacts. Some of the artifacts were of outfits ...from the movie, as well as the director's chair. Rich shared stories about scenes from the film. After the house tour, the students walked a few blocks down to Crutchfield Park, where the fight scene was filmed. The students then visited the gift shop and saw memorabilia from the movie and book. After the tour of The Outsiders House Museum, GEAR UP students ate lunch at Cici's pizza. The field trip was sponsored by Eastern Oklahoma State College GEAR UP. Eastern received a $17 million federal GEAR UP grant in 2017 and will serve over 3,000 students in 39 area schools for seven years. See more

Fifty-one Canadian freshmen and sophomore GEAR UP students recently toured the Tulsa Air and Space Museum and Planetarium. GEAR UP students received a guided tour of the museum. The guides shared stories of their time in the aviation industry as they explained the aerospace industry through the utilization of an array of visual aids spanning over 12 years. Students toured through the American Airlines MD-80 and competed to land a hot air balloon in one of the museum's simulat...ors. Last on the tour was the James E. Bertelsmeyer Planetarium. The Planetarium show explored the journey to the furthest reaches of our galaxy to experience both the awesome beauty and destructive power of "STARS." Students were left in awe of the Planetarium experience. The field trip was sponsored by Eastern Oklahoma State College GEAR UP. Eastern received a $17 million federal GEAR UP grant in 2017, and will serve more than 3,000 students in 39 area schools for seven years. IMG: CANADIAN 1 Canadian GEAR UP students tour the Tulsa Air and Space Museum and Planetarium. Pictured are (front row, left to right) Destiny Bell, Nella Nash, Kaylee Dever, River Melton, Grayson Moore, Gavin Wooten, Kimberly Belcher, Angel Williams, Nikita Crain, (row 2) Alaina Senna, Quinna Frank, Shekinah Harrington, Kayleigh Hardin, Ashley Diamond, Teona Billy, April Reiland, Karlie Bell, (row 3) Ava Moreno, Tammanie Anzlovar, Katelyn Woodruff, Sofie Welch, Jadon Snyder, Alfred Garbarini, Lana Sanders, (row 4) JoslynDickey, Seneca Loma, Kirsten Martin, Baylie Gardner, Dasie Graham, Zoe Davis, Alexis Reynolds, Gabriel Hubbard, Brandon, Ybanez, Daniel Howell, Darran Maynard, Evan Melton, (back row) Angeline Albaugh, Grace Shipley, Stetson Peek, Amber Hampton, Brook Davis, Reece Russell, Tommy Sims, Miya Bradford, Blade Davis, Camden Harris, Isaac Smith, Weldon Harrison, Chris Johnson and Dominic Emberson.

Fifteen Haileyville ninth and tenth-grade GEAR UP students recently toured The Outsiders House Museum in Tulsa, OK. The tour began with guide Donnie Rich telling the students about the book's author S. E. Hinton, who currently lives in the Tulsa area. Hinton wrote The Outsiders book her sophomore year in high school and received a D on the writing assignment. The book was then published in her junior year of high school. Students explored the house where the movie was filmed ...in 1983. They viewed never before seen photos and movie artifacts. Some of the artifacts were of outfits from the movie, as well as the director's chair. Rich shared stories about scenes from the film. After the house tour, students walked to a lot and to Crutchfield Park, where the fight scene was filmed. At the end of the tour, they visited the gift shop and saw memorabilia from the movie and book. After the Outsiders House Museum tour, GEAR UP students ate lunch at Cici's pizza. The field trip was sponsored by Eastern Oklahoma State College GEAR UP. Eastern received a $17 million federal GEAR UP grant in 2017 and will serve over 3,000 students in 39 area schools for seven years. See more