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The Suborbital Aeroscience Studies (SAS) program is designed to attract all high school students, regardless of their skill level or economic status. This program is providing a chance for students to achieve academic and technical skills that will prepare them for the jobs of tomorrow, while providing opportunities for college education and training today.
SAS is a hands-on technology/pre-engineering/physics lab with the mission for taking the students toward the technology-based industries. At the end of the courses it is expected the students will master not only the curriculum focused on math and physics, but will also be introduced to the arts of research, design and development, problem-solving, critical thinking, team work, and communication skills.
Students Gain:
- Hands on experience- students are given the opportunity to research, design, order (which includes making contacts, asking for donations, and seeking professional assistance), and build projects. Students attain the gift of working in tight time constraints with small budgets; most of all they learn the ability of working under pressure with different personalities.
- Students achieve remarkable challenges- while gaining much needed work experience. Students are able to promote this experience on scholarship and college applications, as well as job applications.
  
- Students gain self confidence- Students learn that being a rocket scientist is not’t as difficult as once perceived. By allowing students to be more involved with the learning process, they quickly realize that they are capable of taking basic knowledge and applying it to everyday experiences, which then rolls over to their other academics. i.e. If a student can calculate the drag on their rocket design, then surely that student can master a new math formula presented in Algebra class, or if a student can write a proposal of a rocket design, then that student can surly write a 5 page paper for history course, and so on. Students gain the needed confidence to continue their education, in addition to understanding the reasoning behind their other academic courses.
- Students are earning college credit- The Fort Stockton High School students are now receiving college credit towards an Aerospace Manufacturing certificate, this certificate program is offered to adults on main campus in Midland Texas as a 30 week program which upon completion all students are guaranteed a job interview with Bell Helicopter/Textron out of Amarillo Texas. If the high school students complete the two-year aero-science program they will only lack 2 courses to graduate with this certificate. The certificate program has been design to be flexible so that it can be altered to fit the needs of any technical company.
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