Edward Stone School

This school was named for famed physicist Edward Stone who was on hand to help dedicate the new middle school named in his honor. Stone, who has ties to Burlington, said having a middle school named after him is an extraordinary honor. “This is truly an honor because it comes from the community where my exploration journey began,” Stone said. Stone is a Burlington High School graduate, and graduate of Burlington Junior College. He is a former director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, chief of the Voyager 1 and 2 projects and namesake of Edward Stone Middle School. As project scientist for the Voyager Mission at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Stone coordinated scientific studies of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune along with Voyager’s continuing exploration of the outer heliosphere and the search of interstellar space. The $18 million school opened its doors to students Aug. 20.