The Palmdale Aerospace Academy

The Palmdale Aerospace Academy
The Palmdale Aerospace Academy
Location
	38060 20th Street East, Palmdale, CA 93550; Palmdale, California; U.S.A.
Information
Type	Charter
Motto	Design, Create and Explore
Established	2012
Headmaster	Laura Herman Medco
Grades	7-12 (2015-16)
Enrollment	900 (roughly)
Mascot	Griffin
Website	http://www.tpaa.org

The Palmdale Aerospace Academy (TPAA) is located in Palmdale, California. The charter school opened its doors to 540 students, from grades seventh through ninth, on September 5, 2012. Each year the TPAA will keep adding a grade level until it reaches 12th grade. Afterwards the school will add kindergarten through sixth grade. Students will learn to professionally dab and dab some more. It also features mr. mom's world o' fun.

School Mission

TPAA has partnered with aerospace industry employers, the City of Palmdale, the Palmdale School District and others to help their students thrive in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). TPAA prepares students for careers and college through challenging and academic hands-on activities with collaborative learning.

Vision

The Palmdale Aerospace Academy's main ideas are related to real-life applications in the subject of aerospace by offering TPAA’s students classes in the field of robotics along with career internships opportunities, as well as guest speakers and more.

Clubs List (Not all listed)

TPAA FIRST Competitive Robotics Teams:

Gryffingear FRC Team #5012 http://gryffingear.com/
Norbots FTC Team #7372
Alloymantulas FTC Team #8714
Dementorques FTC Team #9098

Science Olympiad
Soffer
Key Club
Game Engineers
ASB
AERO Club (Formerly known as Civil Air Patrol ACE Club)
Astronomy Club
turtle club
Dab Club
Garden Club

References

"Our Missions & Vision Statement | The Palmdale Aerospace Academy". tpaa.org. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
"Gryffingear Team 5012 | TPAA Robotics". gryffingear.com. Retrieved 2014-04-19.

External links

Official website