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The CAS course is open to a maximum of 50 students and features highly individualized education, including detailed computer
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plane with an experienced pilot.
Strickland doesn’t like to em ­
phasize that part o f the program
because he understands the public
may be wary o f 10- to 12-year-old
children soaring the skies, but he
assures anyone with a doubt that
these kids are good.
“ Last year we had 27 kids in the
air and they know what they’re
doing," he said.
Strickland thinks a program like
GAS is most valuable in north and
northeast Portland because by in­
troducing low-income children to
the world o f aviation, it gives them
a shoe-in to a career that is percep­
tively viewed as very high status.
He said when the kids interact
with real world pilotsand see what
they do. is essentially the same
thing they're learning, it becomes a
true validation experience.
“ It makes them feel good," he
said. "It makes them thirjk, ’Hey. I
can do that."'
And that’s just what Strickland
wants toletkidsknow theycando
anything they aspire to do with an
education. He doesn't shun sports
but thinks spending after school
hours working towards an academic
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younger her brother brought home
a plastic model and she took it apart
and put it back together before he
noticed.
’ Last year we had 27 kids
in the air and they know
what they 're doing.
- Robert Strickland, CAS program founder
purpose may be more valuable to
their futures.
Dea’Naisa Thomas, 11, agrees.
If it w asn’t for CAS, she said she'd
be at home goofing o ff or sleeping.
A fter only one year in the course,
Thomas is already marks ahead o f
many o f her classmates and hopes
to fly as soon as she’s 17 even
though she has a fear o f heights.
Thomas became interested in
planes because her father always
aspired to be a jet pilot but never
“I wanted to see inside," Tho­
mas said. "But it was just empty."
Dantone Lowery, 10, has never
been on a plane but swears he'll get
one when h e’s older.
“ Instead o f driving my ear I’m
going to fly my plane," he said. “It’s
faster because you don't have any
traffic and you don't have stop
signs or red lights."
The CAS course is open to a
maximum o f 50 students and fea­
tures highly individualized educa-
tion. Strickland said there are rarely
lectures because students are ex­
pected to read their books in ad­
vance and come to class prepared
forquestionsandclarification. Ifhe
sees a case where it is advanta­
geous to introduce curriculum col­
lectively, he will do so, but in most
cases students set their own pace.
“ You really have to go about it
on an individual basis," Strickland
said.
Students can be accepted into
the free program if they are from a
singleparent home, are home alone
more than two hours a day, have
a parent or guardian with less
than a high school education,
have a sib lin g w ho failed or
dropped out o f school, speak a
language other than English in the
home or i f they come from a family
with an income at or below the
poverty level.
For more information or toenroll
a child in a Center for Airway Sci­
ence course, call 503-292-4542 or
v isit
the
In te rn e t
at
www.airwayseience.org.
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