The Tuskegee Airmen Education Center (TAEC) Program is launching Project Hope. This is a series of fun and educational workshops for our kids. The summer camp will expand to an after-school pilot program in September 2014. The workshops are as follows:
1) Video Game Workshop - Don't just play video games, create your own
2) Photography Workshop - "Do you see what I see?" - learn photography
3) Theater & Art - create, write, sing, dance, perform our own PSA
4) Mechatronics - build my own PC - you build it, you own it
In countless interviews, the Tuskegee Airmen and their families said their commitment and dedication to education, excellence and service led to their achievements. Therefore, we are “Keeping history alive for another generation through Education” by establishing the Tuskegee Airmen Education Center (TAEC). We are serving our city by advancing the education of all our children, from disadvantaged backgrounds, regardless of race.
Project Hope has broad support and collaboration from our consortium members, including Ohio State, school administrators, city council, community leaders, United Way, private businesses, teachers, parents, and many more. The launch is in the Driving Park neighborhood whose elementary school ranked 5th from the bottom in the entire state and the 5th grade reading proficiency is 16.3%.
Please stay tuned for more details and updates.
The consortium and collaborators supporting this initiative include:
Tuskegee Airmen Inc Driving Park Civic Association
The Ohio State University United Columbus
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Buckeye Tigers ACE Academy
Coalition for a Nonviolent Columbus
Columbus City Council
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Columbus Regional Airport Authority
Hope Lutheran Church
Netjets
Ohio Adjutant General's Department
Ohio Attorney General Office of Mike DeWine
Ohio Govenor Office of John Kasich
Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio Secretary of State Office of John Husted
Ohio Department of Education
Social Services Agencies
United Healthcare
United States House of Representatives - Office of Joyce Beatty
United States House of Representatives - Office of John Boehner
United States House of Representatives - Office of Pat Tiberi
United States Senate - Office of Sherrod Brown
United States Senate - Office of Rob Portman
United Way
Youth Aviation Adventure
and many, many more