Adopt-a-School Signature Program
The Adopt-a-School Signature Program will amplify our commitment to bringing STEM education to every student, by creating opportunities for students of all backgrounds to learn about and pursue aerospace careers.
Adopt-a-School Mission
The Adopt-a-School program aims to attract underrepresented and underserved communities to introduce aerospace concepts to the classroom while establishing positive community relationships.
It's really fun...I like it because we get to interact and talk to the people. I learn a lot from it, and I'm sure everybody else does, too.
– Student from Atoka Elementary School in Atoka, OK
Program Details
The Adopt-a-School Program will:
- Foster relationships between FAA experts, teachers, and students
- Generate professional connections for students while promoting community benefits of aerospace.
- Provide in-person, virtual, or hybrid lessons and activities about aviation and aerospace careers to 4th-grade students in selected schools.
- Focus lessons and activities on advancing aerospace career awareness and supporting STEM literacy skills, like creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, and inquiry.
The goal of the Adopt-a-School program is to attract the next generation of diverse talent to the aviation and aerospace industry while establishing positive community relationships with educators, students, and parents connecting schools with the resources to raise awareness of Aviation and Aerospace industries such as Girls in Aviation Day, Airport fly-ins, and Civil Air Patrol educator flights.
Students
- Engage in hands-on learning
- Widen horizons for the future
- Demonstrate STEM literacy
- Identify role models in their community
- Increase awareness of aviation and aerospace career opportunities
Teachers
- Encourage STEM literacy
- Build connections with industry and national partners
- Increase library of educational resources
- Support career awareness
Schools
- Collaborate with FAA and other partner entities
- Enhance reputation for advancing students' STEM skills
- Provide unique learning opportunities
Click the icons below to view learning materials on each topic. Additional downloadable activities for teachers and students can be found here.
Schools will be selected by 
the FAA Headquarters team. This program is targeted at fourth-grade students and educators from underrepresented, underserved diverse populations, proximity to FAA facilities and/or the location of potential partners will also be taken into consideration. Additional factors to consider include:
- Regional community involvement needs
- Executive Order 13895, On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities through the Federal Government
We have identified 16 schools that currently meet our criteria. We plan to expand while maintaining the integrity and quality of experiences for students each year.
Alaska
Airport Heights Elementary Anchorage, AK
California
Michelle Obama Elementary, Panorama City, CA
Georgia
Cleveland Elementary, Fayetteville, GA
Spring Hill Elementary, Fayetteville, GA
Kansas
Franklin Elementary, Wichita, KS
Maine
Gerald E. Talbot Elementary, Portland, ME
Maryland
Indian Head Elementary, Indian Head, MD
Michigan
P.A.C.E. Academy, Southfield, MI
New York
P.S.232, Queens, NY
Oklahoma
Atoka Elementary, Atoka, OK
Texas
Jack Lowe Sr Elementary, Dallas, TX
Mount Auburn STEAM Academy, Dallas, TX
Martha Turner Reilly Elementary, Dallas, TX
L.O. Donald Elementary 1, Dallas, TX
Thomas L. Marsalis STEAM Academy, Dallas, TX
Charles Rice Learning Center, Dallas TX
Washington
Midway Elementary, Des Moines, WA
More Information
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