Three years after launching in 2019, the spring 2022 SOAR into STEM project-basedlearning experience for middle and high school students was more hands-on than ever. Lead teacher Robert Powell, education director for the Challenger Learning Center of St. Louis, was new to program this year. …
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This past year we faced the unique challenge of delivering our hands-on Soar into STEM programming within the constraints of a virtual learning environment. The result is a more structured, in-depth curriculum that will continue to provide students a robust learning experience whether it is …
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On August 31, Kirkwood High School junior, Ethan Peterson, made his first solo flight at Elite Aviation at Spirit of St. Louis Airport. Ethan’s journey to earning his wings began last April, when he was one of 20 students to participate in the pilot session …
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PHOTO: Charity James & Meghann Pytka Like most educational programs, Soar into STEM is going virtual for the winter 2020 session. Transforming our highly successful in-person curriculum to an equally robust and engaging virtual program that stays true to its goal of inspiring students to …
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Students worked on plane during 2019 Soar into STEM program On Saturday, January 25, Wings of Hope volunteers, staff and supporters gathered around a Cessna 182 bound for Paraguay to deliver desperately needed medical and humanitarian aid to 20 indigenous communities in the rural northeast …
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If you happened by the Wings of Hope hangar on a Saturday this past April, you might have seen some very young “mechanics” working on our aircraft. These were 20 students from the Kirkwood, Jennings, Ferguson-Florissant school districts and the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri …
Wings of Hope is in the final stages of designing a new program to engage youth in hands-on STEM learning through working on aircraft. Stakeholders were convened over three extensive sessions to develop the Soar into STEM program’s curriculum and outcomes. Led by STEM expert …
On January 28, we gave a true Wings of Hope sendoff to a very special Cessna 182. The plane was used in a hands-on STEM program for students in Texas. Now, it is flying medical air transport missions for Adventist World Aviation in Guyana. Surrounded …
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On a recent Friday at a Dallas-area high school, some students chose to forego the traditional “Friday Night Lights” to see a special Friday night flight. As the bright blue and yellow plane soared overhead, the students – who had spent several Saturdays working on …
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Fifty middle and high school students from the Lancaster Independent School District in Texas are spending their Saturdays rebuilding a Cessna 182 Wings of Hope delivered to a hangar near the Dallasarea school earlier this fall. This intensive, hands-on STEM challenge was designed by Experience …
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