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The Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis has received a $50,000 grant from The Boeing Company to provide funding for Kindergarten through-eighth grade teachers at underserved schools to participate in programs at the Center. Over 80 educators have been selected to receive funding for a one-day training workshop, curriculum materials and a student program.

“Boeing is proud to continue its support of this exceptional program and provide the opportunity to teachers who might not otherwise be able to participate. By helping teachers get this experience, we are ultimately helping our future generation of engineers, scientists and astronauts,” 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. Participants experience activities similar to those performed by NASA astronauts.

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.

This is 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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