Construction of a permanent facility for Springs’ Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy (FAPA) is making progress, reported principal Robin Davis, with an office and 10 classrooms having been completed and work on a hangar and installation of plumbing underway. Inspections will follow once the work is complete, and the building is expected to be ready for occupancy by January.
Springs’ Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy (FAPA) in Riverside was awarded a $24,400 American Airlines Flight Education grant to encourage students to consider careers in aviation, specifically becoming pilots. The funding will be used to provide students with a tour of Boeing aircraft manufacturing facilities, for the purchase of remote control airplanes, for flight lessons and a tour of Coast Flight Training flight school in San Diego. Continue reading
Middle school students in Springs’ Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy’s (FAPA) first robotics class are learning to program microcontrollers in its “What’s a Microcontroller” class. Students completed their initial egg drops and are learning about the engineering design process so that they can engineer an updated verson of their first “egg delivery system.” Continue reading
Springs released a video keeping with its 2019-20 school year theme “There’s no place like Springs,” prompting Paul Henry, grandparent of a Springs student, to write: “This video reminds me of the seven years I homeschooled my autistic grandson. He is now a sophomore at [Springs’] Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy [FAPA]. Continue reading
Springs’ Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy (FAPA) has hired new teachers for the 2019-20 school year, including Arlene Bernath, middle school teacher, Tatyana Temple, math, Bryce Alderton, English, and Rene Erickson, special education. Continue reading
The Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy (FAPA) 8th grade “ended the school year with a bang!” reported Principal Robin Davis. End of the year activities included an outing to Knott’s Berry Farm and a promotion ceremony. Continue reading
Ryder Price, 12, a 7th-grade student at Springs’ Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy (FAPA), has begun an informal internship with the technology company Software Anywhere. In a meeting at the company headquarters, he discussed designing websites and games, and the coding behind it. Continue reading
Teresa Vandenberg, 18, a senior at Springs’ Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy (FAPA), has been accepted as a member of the U.S. Air Force. She will begin training two weeks after graduating from FAPA this June. Continue reading
Shawna Lewis, teaching vice principal of Springs’ Flabob Academy, and husband Roy have featured interviews in a promotional video for the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) Flying Start Program. The program is an effort to reach out to local communities and “bring those interested in aviation to the airport for a first-hand look at the wonders of flight.” Continue reading
Crystal Johnston is a new biology and chemistry teacher at Flabob Academy. She comes to Springs after working for UC Riverside in Entomology for 11 years. Continue reading
Springs Charter Schools are parent choice schools where the community is our classroom. Our mission is to foster the innate curiosity of our students, empower their parents, and promote optimum learning by collaboratively developing a personalized learning program for each student.
Eagle = Choice, Freedom, Initiative
River = Community
Book = Empowering Parents (Knowledge is Power)
Torch = Curiosity, Passion for Learning
Hands = Collaboration
Keys = Personalization, Unlocking the Student’s Potential
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