1 / 9Show Caption +Hide Caption –Rob Spykstra, headmaster, Morning Star Academy, briefs students from the academy about the Rock Island Arsenal museum April 27. (Photo by Jon Micheal Connor, ASC Public Affairs) (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)VIEW ORIGINAL2 / 9Show Caption +Hide Caption –Rob Spykstra, headmaster, Morning Star Academy, explains to students about this artillery piece at the Rock Island Arsenal museum April 27. Spykstra described himself as a history buff. (Photo by Jon Micheal Connor, ASC Public Affairs) (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)VIEW ORIGINAL3 / 9Show Caption +Hide Caption –Rob Spykstra, headmaster, Morning Star Academy, explains the strategic location of Fort Armstrong, located just outside the west gates of Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. (Photo by Jon Micheal Connor, ASC Public Affairs) (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)VIEW ORIGINAL4 / 9Show Caption +Hide Caption –Students from the Morning Star Academy watch a video on Abraham Lincoln at the Rock Island Arsenal museum April 27. (Photo by Jon Micheal Connor, ASC Public Affairs) (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)VIEW ORIGINAL5 / 9Show Caption +Hide Caption –A Morning Star Academy student displays a coin given to each student by the museum that was produced for the 100th anniversary of Rock Island Arsenal in 1962. (Photo by Jon Micheal Connor, ASC Public Affairs) (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)VIEW ORIGINAL6 / 9Show Caption +Hide Caption –Mark Struve, student trainee, Historian Office, U.S. Army Sustainment Command, gives some background information in the main floor entry in historic Quarters 1. Up until 2006, the building was the second largest living quarters in the federal government. (Photo by Jon Micheal Connor, ASC Public Affairs) (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)VIEW ORIGINAL7 / 9Show Caption +Hide Caption –Students from the Morning Star Academy listen as they are briefed on the dining room in Quarters 1. (Photo by Jon Micheal Connor, ASC Public Affairs) (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)VIEW ORIGINAL8 / 9Show Caption +Hide Caption –Students from the Morning Star Academy listen as they are briefed on the kitchen in Quarters 1. (Photo by Jon Micheal Connor, ASC Public Affairs) (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)VIEW ORIGINAL9 / 9Show Caption +Hide Caption –Mark Struve, student trainee, Historian Office, U.S. Army Sustainment Command, gives information on the significance of this second-level bedroom -- the Charles Lindbergh room. Lindberg slept in the room for one night. (Photo by Jon Micheal Connor, ASC Public Affairs) (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)VIEW ORIGINAL
Twenty students and faculty from Morning Star Academy, Bettendorf, Iowa, toured Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, April 27. The field trip included visits to the museum, Quarters 1, the Lock and Dam, the Clock Tower and an outdoor static display. The students were given a coin from the museum marking RIA's 100th anniversary back in 1962.
Founded in 1994, Morning Star Academy is an independent, non-denominational, classical Christian school. The school offers preschool through 12th grade.
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