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Challenger Learning Center Gets $60,000 Boeing Grant
More than 100 local teachers will get the chance to take part in activities similar to those performed by NASA astronauts, scientists and engineers thanks to The Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis and The Boeing Company.
The Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis has received a $60,000 grant from Boeing to provide funding for Kindergarten through eighth-grade teachers at underserved schools to participate in programs at the Center. The educators will be receiving funds to offset the cost of training workshops, curriculum materials and student programs for the 2008-09 school year.
“Boeing is proud to continue its support of the Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis where teachers are able to provide their students with experiences that will ignite their interest in and excitement about math, engineering, technology and science,” says Randy Maier, Education Relations Manager at Boeing.
The award-winning Challenger Learning Center, located at 205 Brotherton Road in Ferguson, offers space education programs for schools, scouts, and corporate groups as well as for the general public. It features a replica Mission Control center and an orbiting space station.
The Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis is a partnership of the Ferguson-Florissant School District, the Saint Louis Science Center and the Cooperating School Districts and is part of the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, an international not-for-profit education organization founded in April 1986 by the families of the astronauts tragically lost during the Challenger space shuttle mission.
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