Wings Aerospace Academy Created By The Wings Over The Rockies Air And Space Museum

Wings Aerospace Academy, a charter school with a focus on aviation, welcomed its first students for orientation August 13 with classes starting August 25.

The school is a tuition-free middle and future high school charter program providing hand-on aerospace experiences, according to its website. This year, students in grades 6-8 will begin the program. One grade will be added each year until the program reaches through 12th grade with the class of 2020 being the first graduating class.

Wings Aerospace Academy (W.A.A.) offers a “blended learning” format, bringing together the best of two worlds—the best of education technology with on-line learning via core courses provided by a certified, multi-district charter school, the Elevate Academy; and the best of hands-on, aerospace-based STEM curricula provided by Wings in our aerospace settings.

Television station KUSA reports that, according to Director of Education Robert Stannard, students will attend classes one day per week at the museum, and the rest of the week they will learn online at home.

Mark Hyatt, chief operations officer for Wings Over the Rockies, told the station that the students will get a solid foundation in aviation, rockets, engineering, and coding. "They're gonna understand airplanes." he said.

(Image from Wings Aerospace Academy Facebook page)

FMI: www.wingsaerospaceacademy.org/