Calendar of Programs from September 2010 - September 17, 2011
The Program Director is Linda Fritsche Castner, part-owner/operator of Alexandria Field Airport in Pittstown, NJ. The airport is serving as a program co-sponsor. The programs include offerings for pre-school, K through 12, and college levels, ending in corporate internships. As a small general aviation airport, Alexandria Field will act as a "Living Laboratory" to accomplish many of the DOT goals. The program will share the excitement of aviation with students, stimulating their interest in transportation through hands on experience with small aircraft and aviators, and demonstrating the possibilities that result from studies in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) areas. The airport will open fields of technology by incorporating engineering through the airport facility lens.
The programs will begin with awareness and provide support for students and teachers throughout the educational process therefore allowing for greater retention resulting in an increased, qualified Transportation System Workforce.
This site presents what happened during the year-long grant and is for your review.
Current and Ongoing Activities - The programs in red will continue: Contact Linda Castner for more info
- Alexandria Field Aviation Science Club: View the club's page here for up to date information on events and meetings.
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Kitfox Build - we are currently looking for adult technical knowledge - contact Tucker Gott at j_3cub@yahoo.com
- Ongoing internships and shadowing opportunities
- Ongoing Community outreach - Class lectures, assemblies, labs, etc.
- Airport Tours - School and Engineering
- RVCC Early Credits STEM Courses to be completed in the Fall of 2011 through Ken Micai at HCRHS and Audrey Loera at RVCC.
Past Grant Activities
- STEM Path Aviation Forum:September 17, 2011 1PM-4PM at DVRHS, please click here for more details. 84 in attendance (47 in audience, 28 panelists, 9 volunteers/staff).
- Women Take Flight®: August 26-27, 2011 (10th-12th Grade Girls; Leadership Development; Up, Up, and Away in Hunterdon inc.)
- Aviation Science Club: August 19, 2011 - The Courtesy Car is finally finished!
- Airport Tour: Woodbrook Elementary School in Edison, NJ (parent organized) on August 15, 2011 - total of 19 participants
- Aviation Science Club: August, 14, 2011 - nine participants helped wrap the club's courtesy car (images are below).
- AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI: July 25-29, 2011 - Presentations given by Sue Stafford (Professor: Simmons College) and Jim Gessner (Chemistry teacher: DVRHS) about STEM through the Lens of Aviation Transporation and the GAMTTEP grant.
- "Cleared for Take-off" Aviation Science Camp (final of two): July 25-29,2011 - Had a total of eight campers (11-17 yrs. old) from various school districts, five of which received a GAMTTEP scholarship to pay for the camp tuition. Four camp assistants, one camp director, and six aviation professionals participated. The camp activities included aerodynamics, helicopter demonstration, building model airplanes, parachutes and rockets, building/drafting wing ribs from engineer plans, weather experiments and theories, sky dive lecture with divers and pilot, model airplane experiential activities, radio communications, flying lessons, and lots more!
- All Women Take Flight® workshop participants have been selected and notified: July 21, 2011.
- Airport Tour: Hunterdon Learning Center on July 21, 2011 with a total of 11 students and 3 teachers participating.
- Airport Tour: Hunterdon Learning Center on July 19, 2011 with a total of 9 students and 3 teachers participating.
- Shadowing with Custom Alloy Inc. Corporate Flight Department - Jim Klein with company pilot in a Cessna 421 on July 15.
- "Cleared for Take-off" Aviation Science Camp (one of two): July 11-15,2011 - Had a total of seven campers (9-13 yrs. old) from various school districts, five of which received a GAMTTEP scholarship to pay for the camp tuition. Four camp assistants, one camp director, and six aviation professionals participated. The camp activities included aerodynamics, helicopter demonstration, building model airplanes, parachutes and rockets, balloon demonstration, weather experiments and theories, sky dive lecture with divers and pilot, model airplane experiential activities, radio communications, flying lessons, and lots more!
- Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting for Adventure Package and Courtesy Car Promotion:June 30, 2011, with nine chamber members in attendence.
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Leaders Take Flight® Workshop: June 24-25, 2011 (Faculty development; Up, Up, and Away in Hunterdon inc.) 12 female STEM faculty participants from DVRHS, HCRHS, Rutgers, RVCC, and Alexandria Middle School, 2 ground facilitators, and 3 flight facilitators.
- Aviation Science Club Meeting: Saturday, June 11, 2011 with 32+ participants and 4 professionals/volunteers. Agenda included aircraft design/building (rubber band planes & R/C planes), internships and shadowing opportunities, and Courtesy Car sustainability project ("wrapping" contest).
- Community Outreach: Presentations given to Holland Township School by Jim Gessner: June 3, 2011 - (4 classes for a total of 85 students & 3 faculty members).
- Community Outreach: Presentations given to Delaware Township Middle School by Linda Castner: June 3, 2011 - 6th and 7th grade students (5 classes for a total of 102 students & 3 teachers).
- All Leaders Take Flight® workshop participants have been selected and notified: June 1, 2011.
- Rich Brookman donated a 1950's era light microscope (worth $8000 at the time of manufacturing) to the science department at HCRHS on May 27, 2011
- Airport Tour and "A is for Airport" Lecture with Apples and Books Learning Center of Branchburg: May 19, 2011 - Participants of the airport tour included 13 students and 6 adults.
- Women In Science & Engineering (WISE) Exploration Day at Johnson & Johnson (WISE partnership with GAMTTEP): May 14, 2011 - Wonderful time with 200+ partcipants.
- Community Outreach: Presentations given to Kingwood Township School by Jim Gessner (second visit): May 11, 2011 (1 Class for a total of 20- 5th grade students and 1 teacher)
- Presentation at New Jersey Aviation Conference: May 6, 2011 - GAMTTEP video sustainability effort. 150+ participants, 2011 MAAC award presented to Linda F. Castner
- Community Outreach: Presentations given to Kingwood Township School by Jim Gessner: May 2, 2011 (1 Class for a total of 20- 5th grade students and 1 teacher)
- Community Outreach: Presentations given to Kingwood Township School by Linda Castner on April 29,2011: Presentations given to Kingwood Middle School (Grades: 5,6,7,8 - Total of 203 students & 8 STEM Teachers)
- Alexandria Township - Community Outreach: April 11, 2011 - Presentations given to 5th, 6th, and 7th grade students for a total of 222 students plus 10 STEM teachers by Linda Castner.
- First N85 GAMTTEP Engineering Tour and Aviation Science Club meeting: Saturday, April 9, 2011. 33+ participants and 8 professionals/volunteers. Tour included the first engineering tour and a maintenance shop presentation.
- HCRHS Family Science Night: Room set up for GAMTTEP presentations on April 7, 2011.
- HCRHS Aviation Science Class: Feb. 1, 2011 (Jay Kreisman-instructor) Concluded on April 7, 2011 with 25 students
- Community Outreach: April 4 & 5 at J.P. Case Middle School by Jay Kreisman and his Aviation Science class presentations to a total of 45 students over both days with a topic of "Science of Aerodynamics."
- FAA Technical Center Trip: Took place on Wednesday, March 30, 2011. 45 students and five teachers combined from DVRHS and HCRHS. 9AM to 4PM at the Atlantic City location. Click here for the article about the field trip.
- Two Polytech lectures to Health Sciences classes: March 28, 2011.
- Winter Ground School: February 3,2011 - March 17, 2011 (6-8:30PM for 13 Classes) Concluded March 17,2011 with twelve students and four on scholarships.
- First GAMTTEP Aviation Science meeting: February 15, 2011.
- Second Kitfox Meeting: February 12, 2011 - Two builders, five others (students/adults), and two family members attended.
- Winners of the Winter Ground School scholarships, which begins on February 3rd, 2011, are Sean McManus, John Baska, Laura Delvers, Kyle Davi. Congratulations!
- Kitfox Build's First Meeting after transporting kit to Tucker Gott's garage: January 22, 2011, three buildings, four teenagers, and three family members attended.
- Several library donations from local pilots to both schools. First library donation to DVRHS by Rich Davi on behalf of his son Kyle, a full set of The Time Life Epic of Flight Collection: Monday December 6, 2010
- DVRHS Career Day: December 17, 2010 - two booths: GAMTTEP with Linda Castner and "Be a Pilot" with Jim Gessner (200+ participants)
- "Next Steps" Meeting for Interested Persons: Monday, December 6, 2010
- Kick-Off Event: Saturday, November 13, 2010 (click here for more information)
- Alexandria Field Business Internship: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 (offered quarterly; first intern: John Weigele of HCRHS)
- Pre-school Airport Tour and "A is for Airport" Lecture: Monday, September 27, 2010 (26 students, 8 parents, 3 teachers) - Milford Pre-school
- Organizational N85 Aviation Science Club Meeting: Sunday, May 23, 2010 (Included a trip to see the Kit-Fox aircraft)
Final program evaluation will be turned in October 31, 2011.
Note:
HCRHS - Hunterdon Central Regional High School
DVRHS - Delaware Valley Regional High School
Activity and Program Pictures (Chronological order - Start of grant to final grant activities)
September 27, 2010
Milford Pre-school Airport Tour
 
Monday, December 6, 2010
"Next Steps" Meeting
 
Friday, December 17, 2010
DVRHS Career Day
 
Linda Castner representing GAMTTEP Captain Traci White and Chemistry Teacher
Jim Gessner talking to students about airline careers (200+ participants)
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Tucker Gott and his Kitfox building team broke everything out of the boxes today!
 
The next meeting is scheduled for February 12, 2011. Email Tuck at J_3cub@yahoo.com if you would like to attend.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
First GAMTTEP Aviation Science Club Meeting
March 28, 2011
Polytech Lectures (two)
 
March 30, 2011
FAA Technical Center Field Trip, Atlantic City, NJ
50 Participants
Click here for the article about the field trip published in the Center's newspaper.
 
Ken Micai (HC), Jim Gessner (DV), Adam Greco (FAA), Jay Kreisman (HC)
National Airport Pavement Test Facility
 
April 7, 2011
HCRHS Family Science Night
 
April 9, 2011
GAMTTEP Aviation Science Club - Engineering Tour Combination
Brent Kowalenko and Orville Williamson give a presentation on careers in aviation maintenance
Walking tour of the airport - viewing the AWOS sytems, taxiways, runway, etc.
Engineer, Tom Watkinson, explains water retention with the aid of several types of blueprints.
 
Practical engineering applications - PAPI Light System explained by airport owner, Bill Fritsche.
Food, fun, questions & answers for 33+ people
April 11, 2011
Sending District Aviation Career Day Program - Alexandra Twp. School
 
How experience leads to "making bananas fly." Alexandria Field as the "Living Laboratory" is explained to students with an aerial photo of the local airport.
Presentations given to 5th, 6th, and 7th grades for a total of 222 students plus 10 STEM teachers.
7th graders were treated to a flying disk demonstration by aviation camp assistant, Tucker Gott.
April 29, 2011
Presentations given to Kingwood Middle School (Grades: 5,6,7,8 - Total of 203 students & 8 STEM Teachers)
 
May 2 & 11, 2011
Presentations given to 5th grade students at Kingwood Township School for Mrs. Pope's Discoveries program working on Challenge 20/20 (2 Classes for a total of 40 students)
May 14, 2011
Women In Science & Engineering Exploration Day at Johnson & Johnson (WISE partnership with GAMTTEP)
200+ troop leaders, young girls and their parents learned about GAMTTEP programs and aerodynamics from
Jim Gessner (DVRHS), Linda Castner (Alexandria Field), and John Weigele (intern)
  
  
May 19, 2011
Airport Tour and "A is for Airport" Lecture with Apples and Books Learning Center of Branchburg, NJ
Participants of the airport tour included 13 students and 6 adults.
 
 
May 27, 2011
N85 pilot, Rich Brookman, donates 1950's light microscope (worth $8000 at the time of manufacturing)
to HCRHS's science department. Teachers from Hunterdon Central receive microscope from intern, John Weigele.
 
June 3, 2011
Presentations given to Delaware Township Middle School 6th and 7th grade students
(5 classes for a total of 102 students & 3 teachers)
June 3, 2011
Holland Township School class presentations (4 classes for a total of 85 students and 3 faculty members)
 
June 11, 2011
Aviation Science Club Meeting: Saturday, June 11, 2011 with 32+ participants and 4 professionals/volunteers. Agenda included aircraft design/building (rubber band planes & R/C planes), internships and shadowing opportunities, and Courtesy Car sustainability project ("wrapping" contest).
 
Local businessman, Warren Moser, interviewed by program evaluators, Jen Shillingford and Sue Lubking.
Airport volunteer, Orville Williamson, leads group in building rubber band powered aircraft.
 
John Weigele and Tucker Gott provide assistance and demostrations.
 
Local businessman, Bill Muller, provides a courtesy car through Muller Hyundai. The 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid will be part of the Hunterdon Country Chamber of Commerce "Adventure Package" to sustain the Aviation Club programing. Look for more details as the project moves forward.
June 24-25, 2011
Leaders Take Flight® Workshop
Group photo taken by Kyle Phillips, followed by photos taken by Adam Ciccarino
12 female STEM faculty participants from DVRHS, HCRHS, Rutgers, RVCC, and Alexandria Middle School, 2 ground facilitators, and 3 flight facilitators.
 
 
 
June 30, 2011
Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting for
Adventure Package and Courtesy Car Promotion
L-R Bill Fritsche (Alexandria Field), Sales Rep. (Muller Hyundai), Linda Castner (GAMTTEP),
Chris Phelan (HCCC), and Warren Moser (Mighty Monkey Marketing)
July
11-15, 2011
"Cleared for Takeoff" Aviation Science Camp (1st of two camps)
Seven students, five staff, and six invited aviation professionals joined for a successful, education, and fun week!
 
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July 19, 2011
Airport tour for students from the Hunterdon Learning Center
 
Intern John Weigele teaches the students about the four forces and how an airplane flies
Joe from Skydive Jersey explains the procedures in packing parachutes
July 21, 2011
Airport tour for students from the Hunterdon Learning Center
 
July 25-29, 2011
"Cleared for Takeoff" Aviation Science Camp (2nd of two camps)
Eight students, five staff, and six invited aviation professionals joined for a successful, education, and fun week!
 
 
 
 
 
July 26-29, 2011
Presentations given at AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI by Sue Stafford (Professor: Simmons College) and Jim Gessner (Chemistry teacher: DVRHS) about STEM through the Lens of Aviation Transporation and the GAMTTEP grant.
 
 
August 14, 2011
Aviation Science Club's Courtesy Car "wrapping"
A very rainy day but nine hardy souls worked together to wrap the car.
(Sage Lau not pictured)
August 15, 2011
Airport Tour: Woodbrook Elementary School in Edison, NJ (parent organized) - total of 19 participants
 
August 19, 2011
The Courtesy Car is finally finished!
Check out the video above created by Tucker Gott (N85 flight school student)
on a time-lapse of the car being "wrapped"!
August 26-27, 2011
Women Take Flight® Workshop
Sandwiched between an earthquake and Hurrican Irene, twelve young women took part in the Women Take Flight® workshop at Alexandria Field. Five facilitators, two program evaluators, and several volunteers showed their ability to adapt and the entire curriculum was presented.
The twelve participants, facilitators, and volunteers pictured in front of
the new Alexandria Field courtesy car and the workshop aircraft.
 
 
September 17, 2011
STEM Path Aviation Forum at DVRHS, please click here for more details.
84 in attendance (47 in audience, 28 panelists, 9 volunteers/staff).
 
 
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