American Dynasty

Todd and a few of his students from the Colegio Internacional de Carabobo in Valencia, Venezuela. The posters advertise two of the missions he tells in his Dream Flight Adventures simulator. Experiential Education Starship Simulators to be Highlighted in October's Edition of The International Educator.      Todd Lichtenwalter is one of the few, the proud, the chosen in the educational community. He's the teacher everyone wants because of his enthusiasm and limitless imagination.  His students at the Colegio Internacional de Carabobo in Valencia, Venezuela have the IKS Artemis Charger Dream Flight Adventures simulator thanks to him; and what a ship it is - the only international Voyager inspired simulator flying the Space EdVentures' flag.  The Bridge of the IKS Artemis Charger in Valencia, Venezuela      The IKS Artemis Charger is in the school's Education Immersion Center, I'm sure Todd's home away from home if he is like any of t...

My first class of 6th Graders at Central. The Pegasus was their Starship      Where did the summer go?  I started my 37th year in education last Tuesday;  30 years at Central Elementary School and the Space Center and now starting my 7th year at Renaissance Academy.        I will have met my goal at the end of this school year.  I taught 6th grade full time at Central from 1983-1990. I opened the Space Center in 1990 while I was teaching 6th.  From 1990-2013 I administered the Space Center AND taught at least one period of math (before the field trips arrived). The first three years of the Space Center I taught that one period of math at the start of the day and a 6th grade history class at the end of the day. Talk about burning the candle from both ends!       I retired from the Alpine School District in 2013. One of my goals for retirement was to go back to full time teaching.  I wanted to te...

Honor's Night at the Christa McAuliffe Space Center August 8, 2019      The Christa McAuliffe Space Center held its last summer Honor's Night in the current building last Thursday. Next year's summer's end Honor's Night will be in the new Space Center and Central School.  Unfortunately I was unable to attend so must rely on what little I can scour from the CMSC Facebook site.        This is Mason and JJ M.  If my memory is correct I'm guessing that JJ M won overall Lord of the Votes for the summer season.  The little trophy Mason holds was given to the person with the fewest votes, at least that is what we used it for back in the day.  Or it could mean that Mason took second place.      Congratulations to the Magellan staff for taking top simulator for 2019 summer camp season with an impressive 95.1% overall satisfaction score.  What made this even more special was the fact that this was Co...

A Flight Director Begins and Another Sees an End, All on One Saturday      Shall we start with a celebration before we get to the news of the soon to be sadly departed?   The Space EdVentures community celebrates Mason Perry, a new flight director at the Christa McAuliffe Space Center.      Mason's time at the CMSC started when he was junior high school. He was one of my Farpoint Cadets for our Long Duration Mission Program. You see him in the photo on the left with his squadron on a cold Saturday morning.  He volunteered at the CMSC around the same time learning the ropes as he progressed.       In August 2018 Mason graduated to "Time Lord" status and was awarded his Supervisor Blues.  August 2018       Mason chose the Phoenix as his simulator of choice for flight director training. Jordan Smith was his Set Director and trainer.        Just a few weeks ago ...