American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum Receives $55,000 Grant From Boeing
November 01 2016 - 4:09PM
Today The Boeing Company awarded the American Airlines C.R. Smith
Museum a one-year grant for $55,000 that will allow the museum to
extend its flagship “Flight Workshop” education program to students
from low-income areas. More than 5,000 students in nearby Title I
elementary and middle schools will gain access to hands-on Science,
Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) content about flight and
aviation, thanks to these funds.
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“This grant will provide us the opportunity to engage students
with STEM topics who might not otherwise have the chance to learn
about the miracle of flight or visit the museum outside of school,”
said Declan Lee, vice president of Engineering, Quality and
Training at American Airlines and president of the C.R. Smith
Museum’s Board of Directors. “This kind of early exposure can
ignite passion and shape a child’s life and career in school and
beyond and we thank Boeing for seeing the impressive reach of the
C.R. Smith Museum.”
“Boeing is proud to support this opportunity for nearly 6,000
local students to get exposure to science, technology, engineering
and math educational programs at the museum and explore potential
careers in aviation,” said Ellen Power, Boeing Richardson site
leader. “The students will work on engineering challenges
co-created by Boeing and education experts for the company’s
Centennial celebrated this year. Through the inspiration of
aerospace, the program focuses on the next generation of aerospace
visionaries.”
Additionally, the grant allows the Museum to bring its programs
to educators to reach an even greater number of students.
“As a first step toward putting this generous grant into action,
we will bring in more than 50 teachers to learn new STEM-focused
skills and approaches that they can take right back to the
classroom. By allowing us to teach teachers, this grant has the
ability to affect and benefit students for several years to come,”
commented Uli Sailer Das, executive director of the C.R. Smith
Museum.
C.R. Smith Museum programs, workshops, field trips and summer
camps specifically target STEM, the science behind flight and
careers in aviation.
About the American Airlines C.R. Smith
MuseumThe C.R. Smith Museum is an independent nonprofit
organization in the American Airlines family. The Museum takes
visitors on a flight through American Airlines history, with
interactive exhibits that entice participation by all age groups.
The museum features hundreds of historical artifacts, photographs,
full-scale aircraft engines and a rare open-access Douglas DC-3
airliner. In addition, the museum's state of the art 4K digital
theater features Pursuit of Flight, a film, featuring the history
and physics of aviation from ancient times through today. The
Museum is located at 4601 Hwy 360, Fort Worth, TX and is open
Tuesday-Saturday 9:00AM – 5:00PM. For more information, please
visit www.crsmithmuseum.org.
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and American Eagle offer an average of nearly 6,700 flights per day
to nearly 350 destinations in more than 50 countries. American has
hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami,
New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C. American is a
founding member of the oneworld alliance,
whose members and members-elect serve nearly 1,000 destinations
with 14,250 daily flights to 150 countries. Shares of American
Airlines Group Inc. trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol
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