Education Alley at the San Diego Convention Center
September 9, 10, & 11, 2008
Education alley was a wonderful success. Over 2400 students, teachers and chaperones attended the three day event. Once again, on behalf of the SD Section, Sharon Freeburn, San Diego Council Educator Associate, was a key member of the AIAA professional and volunteer planning team. Last minute support was obtained from the Aerospace Corporation, Aerospace Industries Association and Wyle. Some key statistics.
Volunteers from the From the San Diego Section Council included Joel Perez, Greg Marien, Keith Glassman, Doug Armstrong, Jenny Rhymer, Steve Harrington, Phil Smith and of course, Sharon Freeburn.
From NAVAIR we had Dan Nguyen, Alex Natchev, Walter Mohyi, Brett Gardner and Brian Frank (thanks Keith).
From the Science and Technology Teacher Resource Center we had Claudia von Wilpert, Jason von Wilpert, Terry Smith and Mary Deprizio.
From UCSD we had two students (thanks Jenny) and from SDSU two students
From the San Diego Eco Center we had Candace McGovern.
All told 36 different schools attended including Johnson Elementary, Patrick Henry High School, San Diego High School of Business, Feaster Charter, Innovations Academy, WOW Academy, High Tech Middle, Urban Discovery Academy, The Coastal Academy, Gonzalez Family Home school, Three R’s Academy, Rolando Elementary, Feaster Charter, Sweetwater Springs Community School, Lakeside Farms Elementary, El Toyon, Heritage Christian School, Adobe Bluffs Elementary, Spring Valley Middle School, Lakeside Farms Elementary, Kempton Elementary, Maryland Avenue, Murray Manor Elementary, Dehesa, Naranca Elementary, Sundance, Sunset Hills, Orange Acres Backpacking Club, Mar Vista Middle School, Montclair High School, Oaks Christian School, The Classical Academy, The Learning Choice Academy, Stuart Mesa Elementary, Adobe Bluffs and Rancho Santa Fe School.
Exhibitors included the Aerospace Industries Association, the AEROSPACE Corporation, NASA, Raytheon, National Air & Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, University of Houston, John Hopkins APL, NOAA, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Air Force Research Laboratory, National Coalition of Aerospace Education and the Federal Aviation Administration.
