Dear Teachers, Technology Coordinators, & Administrators:
Academic year 2007-2008 is underway (hip, hip, hooray!) and the staff at the Challenger Learning Center has been gearing up for a banner year! We want you to consider how e-Missions can help you make this year the best yet for you and your students! Please check out our current list of e-Missions that we offer at:
http://www.e-missions.net/.
Each mission scenario has a website complete with a wide range of lesson plans and materials that have been aligned with state and national standards ready for you to deliver in the classroom.
At the Challenger Learning Center, one of our goals is to help teachers provide positive, productive, and engaging learning experiences for students and our staff is ready and willing to help you do just that!
Using the e-Mission program, you would complete the minimum number of lesson plans, or if you choose, the entire list of lesson plans provided. You will ‘connect live’ via video conference with Challenger Mission Control on a scheduled mission date and time. Your trained class will assemble into an Emergency Response Team made up of specialist groups and use their math, science and reading skills to help NASA solve problems.
In essence, this program equals the thrill of a field trip for your students without leaving the classroom. We can connect with any classroom, anywhere with the use of a few computers, video conferencing equipment, and internet access. E-missions are virtual field trips unlike any other and they are great tools to expose your students to technology while covering core math and science topics.
If you have not yet scheduled your e-Mission(s) for this year, NOW is the time! To help you book your mission(s), I have attached a reservation form that you can fill out and return to us, or you can contact the following:
Kathleen Frank, Assistant Director kfrank@cet.edu (1-304-243-2495)
Lori Flynn, Lead Flight Director lflynn@cet.edu (1-304-243-8729)
Barb Crawshaw, Program Registrar crawshaw@cet.edu (1-304-243-8740)
We are available to answer any of your questions or to help you select and schedule your mission(s).
********IMPORTANT UPDATE***********
From the launch of our first e-Mission back in 1999, the Challenger Learning Center has worked hard to keep our mission price structure the same despite soaring costs to deliver this program year after year. It was a battle worth fighting, and we are proud to have delivered these quality curriculum packages for the past 9 years without an increase in cost to you. We fought long and hard again this year, but after a comprehensive review of our operating budget, it became evident that we are no longer capable of continuing without a price increase.
Beginning January 1, 2008 our new pricing will be as follows:
For all e-Missions (except Storm-e) - $550/mission; if you schedule 10 or more in an academic year, the price is reduced to $400/mission.
For Storm-e, the price is $200/mission.
Many of you have already budgeted for academic year 2007-2008, so we realize it would be difficult for you and your school/district to participate in this program if we didn’t allow for some exceptions. Therefore, if you schedule your mission(s) before January 1, 2008, regardless of when the actual mission is flown during this academic year, the price structure will remain the same as last year. Teacher training events will continue to be included in the curriculum package price and are FREE via video conference.
For missions scheduled before January 1, 2008, the prices will remain:
For all e-Missions (except Storm-e) - $500/mission; if you schedule 10 or more in an academic year, the price is reduced to $300/mission.
For Storm-e, the price is $150/mission.
We strongly encourage you to look at your school/district calendars now and work with us to schedule your events before January 1, 2008. Additionally, we will work with each of you personally to secure funding for next academic year by providing information on possible funding sources and background information/research on our e-Mission programs that may assist you in your grant writing efforts, etc.
We value each of you and your commitment to quality education and our staff at the Challenger Learning Center will continue to provide you unconditional support. As always, we look forward to working with you to help bring these exciting distance learning experiences to your students.
Kathleen Frank
Assistant Director
e-Mission Programs
Challenger Learning Center
Wheeling Jesuit University
316 Washington Ave
Wheeling WV, 26003
304-243-2495
304-830-1023 (Cell)
Academic year 2007-2008 is underway (hip, hip, hooray!) and the staff at the Challenger Learning Center has been gearing up for a banner year! We want you to consider how e-Missions can help you make this year the best yet for you and your students! Please check out our current list of e-Missions that we offer at:
http://www.e-missions.net/.
Each mission scenario has a website complete with a wide range of lesson plans and materials that have been aligned with state and national standards ready for you to deliver in the classroom.
At the Challenger Learning Center, one of our goals is to help teachers provide positive, productive, and engaging learning experiences for students and our staff is ready and willing to help you do just that!
Using the e-Mission program, you would complete the minimum number of lesson plans, or if you choose, the entire list of lesson plans provided. You will ‘connect live’ via video conference with Challenger Mission Control on a scheduled mission date and time. Your trained class will assemble into an Emergency Response Team made up of specialist groups and use their math, science and reading skills to help NASA solve problems.
In essence, this program equals the thrill of a field trip for your students without leaving the classroom. We can connect with any classroom, anywhere with the use of a few computers, video conferencing equipment, and internet access. E-missions are virtual field trips unlike any other and they are great tools to expose your students to technology while covering core math and science topics.
If you have not yet scheduled your e-Mission(s) for this year, NOW is the time! To help you book your mission(s), I have attached a reservation form that you can fill out and return to us, or you can contact the following:
Kathleen Frank, Assistant Director kfrank@cet.edu (1-304-243-2495)
Lori Flynn, Lead Flight Director lflynn@cet.edu (1-304-243-8729)
Barb Crawshaw, Program Registrar crawshaw@cet.edu (1-304-243-8740)
We are available to answer any of your questions or to help you select and schedule your mission(s).
********IMPORTANT UPDATE***********
From the launch of our first e-Mission back in 1999, the Challenger Learning Center has worked hard to keep our mission price structure the same despite soaring costs to deliver this program year after year. It was a battle worth fighting, and we are proud to have delivered these quality curriculum packages for the past 9 years without an increase in cost to you. We fought long and hard again this year, but after a comprehensive review of our operating budget, it became evident that we are no longer capable of continuing without a price increase.
Beginning January 1, 2008 our new pricing will be as follows:
For all e-Missions (except Storm-e) - $550/mission; if you schedule 10 or more in an academic year, the price is reduced to $400/mission.
For Storm-e, the price is $200/mission.
Many of you have already budgeted for academic year 2007-2008, so we realize it would be difficult for you and your school/district to participate in this program if we didn’t allow for some exceptions. Therefore, if you schedule your mission(s) before January 1, 2008, regardless of when the actual mission is flown during this academic year, the price structure will remain the same as last year. Teacher training events will continue to be included in the curriculum package price and are FREE via video conference.
For missions scheduled before January 1, 2008, the prices will remain:
For all e-Missions (except Storm-e) - $500/mission; if you schedule 10 or more in an academic year, the price is reduced to $300/mission.
For Storm-e, the price is $150/mission.
We strongly encourage you to look at your school/district calendars now and work with us to schedule your events before January 1, 2008. Additionally, we will work with each of you personally to secure funding for next academic year by providing information on possible funding sources and background information/research on our e-Mission programs that may assist you in your grant writing efforts, etc.
We value each of you and your commitment to quality education and our staff at the Challenger Learning Center will continue to provide you unconditional support. As always, we look forward to working with you to help bring these exciting distance learning experiences to your students.
Kathleen Frank
Assistant Director
e-Mission Programs
Challenger Learning Center
Wheeling Jesuit University
316 Washington Ave
Wheeling WV, 26003
304-243-2495
304-830-1023 (Cell)