Kanawha County Schools

Students watching a video of Sharon getting ready for her space flight on a large projection screen in the school's auditorium.

Sharon Hagle, wearing her Blue Origin space suit, is standing at the front of the SAHS auditorium talking to the student body. Behind her is a projector that is playing her presentation.

Students in the auditorium watching a video on a large projection screen of Sharon's space shuttle take off. You can see fire coming out of the bottom of the space craft as it launches.

A projector screen showing a video about Sharon's non-profit, Space Kids Global. A student in the video is making an excited face.

The SAHS student body sitting in the school auditorium watching a short video (not pictured) of Sharon's flight to space.

Sharon Hagle, wearing her Blue Origin space suit, is standing at the front of the SAHS auditorium talking to the student body.

April 27, 2026

Kanawha County Schools

🚀 From St. Albans High School…to space.

That’s the kind of full-circle moment Red Dragons got to see when SAHS alum Sharon Hagle came back to where it all started.

Sharon has traveled to space, twice, and now runs SpaceKids® Global.
A nonprofit dedicated to inspiring students to pursue careers in
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) to ensure equal representation in the space industry.

✨The best part of the presentation wasn’t her resume...it was the reminder that you don’t have to leave where you’re from to go do something meaningful. 💫🌎