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STARBASE Pensacola Opens To Escambia County Students
March 2, 2022
A ribbon cutting was held Tuesday to official open STARBASE Pensacola at the National Flight Academy onboard NAS Pensacola.
STARBASE is a Department of Defense program that allows fifth grade students from Title I schools in Escambia County to have a place to learn STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) related topics.
Students from Brentwood Elementary School were the first class to arrive Tuesday.
The STARBASE Pensacola director and instructors worked with Escambia County School District to develop a customized curriculum from a large offering of peer-reviewed learning opportunities in each STEM area such as Newton’s Laws and Bernoulli’s principle, robotics, coding, rocketry and 3D printing. Students will also be introduced to Computer Aided Design (CAD) to design space stations, all-terrain vehicles, and submersibles.
Additional programs will also be available at STARBASE Pensacola for students not at Title I schools outside of the traditional school schedule, such as during the summer. Additional details will be released on those programs.
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“What is a title 1 school? Why are these schools excluded? Shouldn’t all kids have this opportunity?
“Title I, Part A (Title I) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA) provides financial assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards.”
https://www2.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/index.html
The National Flight Academy programs are awesome. My grandson went the first year that they started their programs. He stayed a week and loved it! The next year he couldn’t wait to go again!. The programs that he went to weren’t cheap but the experiences that he had, the people he met from other all over the U.S. and beyond and the things he learned were well worth it. They put in a lot of effort, cost, and time to make this beneficial to the kids and to give them a great experience. I realize not everyone can afford it but if your school gets involved or some chance comes up that allows your child or grandchild the opportunity to do any kind of program associated with the Flight Academy, then grab it.
What is a title 1 school? Why are these schools excluded? Shouldn’t all kids have this opportunity?
Meanwhile the rest of us have to go through a background check just to visit a loved one at the cemetery and get the third degree treatment at the gate each time.
This STEM program is available to ALL 5th-grade students. Appreciate the Navy for providing this wonderful opportunity to our students.
So, will kids/parents even be able to use this or is it only for military kids? Since no one allowed on base unless you’re military.