Wathen Aviation High School Open for New Students
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Riverside, CA, 3rd April 2008 - After three years of success, innovation Wathen Aviation High School is ready to extend the measures in order to have more students in Grades 9-12. The WAHS public is a free Charter High School, inside the historic Flabob Airport, in possession of Thomas W. Wathen Foundation. “We worked hard WAHS an extraordinary experience in aviation,” said Dr. Arthur Peterson Wathen of the Foundation. Our children go to school is in a very active airport for general aviation. We are pleased with the situation , to accept more students. ” WAHS uses aviation to inspire students to learn the mathematics, natural sciences, history and technology. The courses in college to teach and federal standards and the use of aviation as a way to motivate students to learn. “For example, if our children are studying the end of the Cold War, they learn, on the incredible technological achievements from the United States in the development of the SR71, and how the plane played a role in the history, “said Major General Pat Halloran, trustee of the Foundation Wathen. Halloran SR71 Blackbird flew during his military career and speaks now in the high school share his knowledge first-hand about the fastest planes in the world, and its oversight duties, l’Union Soviet. In addition to aviation, in the classroom, children receive WAHS an opportunity for development “hands-on” skills by a large number of ongoing projects in the history Flabob Airport. 108 students are currently Stinson restoration and maintenance of the navigability of a former group catering and stole an Aeronca Champ in Oshkosh and back. Children in reconstruction efforts in order to gain free flight lessons afterschool. In another room, Flabob, Dr Jim Spee single directs the construction of a wind tunnel of education, which, ultimately, is shared with the play of Fame Museum in Chino, California, USA. Even for children at school is an American Aeronautics and Space Administration’s project to build a flying replica of 1903 Wright Flyer. Aircraft are regular flights in exhibitions historic Flabob Airport. “We believe, aerospace is a good way to encourage children to learn to live,” says Wathen Foundation Executive Director John Lyons. “Of course, we hope that we have a spark of life, love of Air Navigation with our High School Kids, but no matter what you choose, career, what our students learn teamwork, integrity and community citizens are good skills, with which they Them for the rest of their lives. “ |