Story by Senior Master Sgt. Theodore Daigle | 307th Bomb Wing | 09.18.2024
You’ll have to excuse Easton Verheyden for seeming a little stunned. The Princeton Elementary student had no idea he was the 40,000th fifth-grader to enter the STARBASE Louisiana program when he stepped off the bus here Sept. 17....
Story by Senior Master Sgt. Theodore Daigle | 307th Bomb Wing | 03.27.2024
The event allowed Barksdale families to learn STEM principles together using learning scenarios created by STARBASE Louisiana educators....
Story by Senior Master Sgt. Theodore Daigle | 307th Bomb Wing | 04.18.2023
It’s a typical Hollywood movie scene. Closed school doors sit quietly when suddenly a bell rings. An instant later, those doors crash open to release a tidal wave of students all racing to get away from the classroom as fast as they can. That scene could never happen at STARBASE Louisiana, the Department of Defense STEM program housed here. When 5th grade students come here to dive deep......
Story by Staff Sgt. Tambri Cason | 307th Bomb Wing | 03.02.2022
CenterPoint Energy presented DoD STARBASE Louisiana with a $14,000 grant March 2 at Elm Grove Middle School, Bossier City, Louisiana....
Story by Senior Master Sgt. Theodore Daigle | 307th Bomb Wing | 12.11.2020
Louisiana National Guard Youth Challenge Program students took part in STARBASE Louisiana. Ironically, the COVID-19 pandemic created a unique opportunity. STARBASE, which normally serves students in Caddo and Bossier parishes, had gaps in its instruction schedule due to health concerns and logistical problems brought on by the disease. YCP students fit right in....
Story by Senior Airman Max J. Daigle | 307th Bomb Wing | 06.06.2019
STARBASE Louisiana celebrated the 20th anniversary of their first class with a ceremony and open house at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, June 5, 2019....