Thomas Brown smoothing out the rough edges

Thomas Brown and Reagan Byrne cutting out the foam board!

Hunter Powell, Whitney George, and Adam Chandler measuring the car to see how much foam board we need!

The team working together to secure the foam board on the car!

We have been making a lot of progress on Sundancer II. We have secured the foamboard on the top of the car and plan to wire our Schott solar cells this week! We are very excited and plan to finish our car by spring break!

Merry Christmas ET!!

Ellison and Turman opening their gifts!

Hillary Colbert and Karmen Spratlin cutting out the hole to hide the GPS in!

Suzy Reese, Whitney George, and Reagan Byrne using hammers to make holes in the Styrofoam

For the past few days our team has been playing secret Santa! Every day we have been bringing team sponsors Donna Turman and Anita Ellison (aka ET) a Christmas gift and candy! For their final gift, we will give them both a GPS but shhh don't tell them! It's a secret!

Christmas Parades!

December 2, our team participated in the annual Houston Christmas Parade! We brought Sundancer I and II plus, the dragster, chopper, and scooter! We also participated in the Tupelo Christmas Parade December 5!

The chopper and scooter zooming through the parade!

Jay Alford drinking some much needed hot chocolate!

Our team making our way through the parade!


The VFW also participated in the Houston Christmas Parade! We would like to thank them for their sacrifice to our country and for all of the support they have given our team!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Since Thanksgiving is right around the corner, we would like to thank everyone that has helped us throughout the years. We hope you have a safe and happy Thanksgiving! We can't express how much your contributions mean to us! Happy Turkey Day!!

IT'S ALIVE!!

Making sure there is plenty of air in our tires!

Taking Sundancer II out for the very first time!

How do you like Thomas's cheetah print helmet?!

Hunter Powell and Thomas Brown securing ropes to the car.

They are serving as our braking system for the moment until our brakes can be installed!

Reagan Byrne test driving Sundancer II with Hunter Powell and Thomas Brown acting as her brakes!

After much hard work, we have finally got Sundancer II running! We test drove it around the school today, but had to use ropes to stop it because we haven't installed brakes yet!

Team Pictures!!

Monday November 2, our team met to take pictures for our 2009 Sundancer Solar Car Team!! Members include Captain Will Turman, Thomas Brown, Jay Michael Alford, Hunter Powell, Adam Chandler, Nolen Hood, Austin Watkins, Nick Callahan, Team Captain Whitney George, Hillary Colbert, Reagan Byrne, Suzy Reese, Karmen Spratlin, Catherine Marsh, and our new members Elise Mobley, and Sydney Harrell

Team Meeting!!

Taking a minute to have a little fun!

Measuring our drivers for our new frame for Sundancer II

Sponsor BB Turman and Allyson Parker working on assembling our brakes!

This past Monday we had our first solar car meeting for the month of October!! We had planned to take a new team picture before the meeting started, but due to rain we were unable to. We started the meeting with a quick update from our team captains Will Turman and Whitney George, and then we went into the lab to work on our cars!! We had a very successful night and see great potential in all of our new members!!

Sundancer on Display in Jackson!

The team unloading Sundancer and getting ready for a great day!

We brought our trophies and helmets from the race to display!

Mrs. Ellison guiding our newest team sponsor BB Turman!

Could this be a future solar car member?

Various members of the team talking to the students

Jay Michael Alford and Reagan Byrne helping the students climb into the car

Taking a quick team picture before leaving the Ag Museum

Friday, October 2, our solar car team was invited to Jackson to display our Open Division car, Sundancer at the Ag Museum! We met several students from various schools in Mississippi and enjoyed a great lunch provided by the Mississippi Development Authority. It was exciting to talk to the students , and answer their questions about the car and our team. It was a great opportunity and I hope we can come back next year!

Trip to Huntsville Space Center!

An exhibit in the Huntsville Space Center Museum

Huter Powell and Thomas Brown trying to land the virtual space shuttle

Allyson Parker, Hillary Colbert, Whitney George, Mrs. Turman, and Suzy Reese taking a quick picture before leaving the space center

Whitney George and Hillary Colbert showing off their matching Apollo 11 shirts!

Tyler Moore and Adam Chandler getting ready to rock climb

The students viewing the museums exhibits

Paul Isabell scaling the huge rock wall

Hunter Powell, Thomas Brown, and Adam Chadler taking a second to pose for the camera

Mrs. Turman taking a shot at landing the space shuttle

The girls visiting the gift shop.....imagine that!

This past Thursday, our electricity class and the solar car team took a field trip to the Huntsville Space Center! We explored the various exhibits in the museum and experienced the different rides ,including the G-Force and the Space Shot. We viewed an imax movie and visited the gift shop! We can't wait to come back next year!

New Members!

The guys goofing off with new member Adam Chandler!

Catherine Marsh posing between our first and second place trophies!

Elise Mobley getting ready to take Sundancer II out for a drive!

The new school year has brought about a few changes. We have recently added Adam Chandler, Catherine Marsh, and Elise Mobley to our solar car team! We are very excited about the new editions and expect great things from them!

Homecoming!!

Due to rain, we had to cover our car with tarps to protect our cells.

Taking Sundancer II (Classic Division) to the parade!

Sundancer I and II at historic downtown Houston.

Team captains Will Turman and Whitney George introducing the team.

Taking the cars back to the school in pouring rain!

This week at Houston, we are having our homecoming. Every year during this special week we have a parade and a recognition ceremony for the teams at Houston High School. We were very excited to be invited to participate and appreciate the recognition.