2.4 Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy Fourth Graders to Receive STEM Kits from Georgia Tech, Friday

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                     

February 4, 2021

 

Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy Fourth Graders to Receive STEM Kits from Georgia Tech, Friday

Georgia Tech’s mascot, Buzz, and the school’s RamblinWreck will be at TAG


Fourth graders at Tuskegee Airmen Global (TAG) Academy will receive aerospace STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) kits, thanks to the school’s partnership with Georgia Tech’s Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering.

In alignment with Atlanta Public Schools’ COVID-19 safety and mitigation protocols, which include mandatory masks and social distancing, the kits will be given to parents in a drive-through procession in front of the school. Officials from Tech’s Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering and the institution’s mascot, Buzz, will participate and Tech’s RamblinWreck mobile will be at TAG as well.

For those fourth graders whose parents cannot drive by and pick up their kits, an APS school bus – with Buzz following behind – will deliver the kits to them.

Buzz will also inspect model airplanes created by TAG second graders. Throughout the District, students in grades PreK-2 whose families chose to return to the school building for in-person instruction, started class on January 25. Students in grades 3-5 and in grades 6-12 whose families chose in-person instruction are scheduled to return February 8 and February 16, respectively.


WHAT:                       Fourth graders at TAG Academy will receive aerospace STEM kits,

thanks to the school’s partnership with Georgia Tech’s Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering. The kits will be given to parents in a drive-through procession in front of the school. Officials from Tech’s Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering and the institution’s mascot, Buzz, will participate and Tech’s RamblinWreck mobile will be at TAG as well. For those fourth graders whose parents cannot drive by and pick up their kits, an APS school bus – with Buzz following behind – will deliver the kits to them.

WHEN:                      Friday, February 5 | 9-9:30 AM (at TAG)

                                    9:30-11 AM (delivery to parent homes)   

WHERE:                    Tuskegee Global Airmen (TAG) Academy | 
1626 Westhaven Drive, SW

INTERVIEWS:         Yolanda Weems, TAG Principal

Dr. Kelly Griendling, Georgia Tech Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering

                                    Consenting TAG parents

 

NOTE:  In alignment with the District’s safety and mitigation protocols, this will be an all-outdoor event. Strict adherence to masks and social distancing will be enforced.                 


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