On Monday (June 15th), students from Des Moines’ Aviation High School’s senior class, along with members of the school’s Airline Career Experience (ACE) Club hitched a ride on the delivery flight of a brand new Boeing 737-800 thanks to Alaska Airlines.
The flight took students from Boeing Field north to circle the peak of Mount Baker before heading south for a landing at Sea-Tac International Airport.
Alaska Airlines is a primary sponsor of Aviation High School. About 50 Alaska employees serve as mentors to AHS students. Dennis Hamel, Alaska’s Vice President for Human Resources and Labor Relations, serves on the AHS board of directors.
Aviation High School’s slogan is “Where the sky is not the limit,” and is administered by Highline Public Schools. It is open to students across the Puget Sound region, and serves as a model science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) school. The curriculum is college preparatory, and all subjects are taught in the context of aviation and aerospace.
As we reported on March 26th, Aviation High recently received a $4 million grant from James Raisbeck. It will be re-named Raisbeck Aviation High School, and will move to the Museum of Flight in Seattle; construction is expected to begin in March of 2010.
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