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Registration is Open - Spots limited and filling fast- Scholarships available!
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Our Summer STEM Academies are all about hands-on exploration and discovery!
Click on the images below to find out more! You can register from our website.
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Mark your Calendars for the Amazing Geo-Challenge on the Kenai 2023!
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Our Amazing Geo-Challenge Fundraiser is always a big highlight of the year and the 2021 race was undoubtedly fantastic! It was full of business and family teams representing their science, technology, engineering, and math skills while running around the Peninsula to wherever the hidden coordinates pointed them.
Well, don't worry if you missed it because you can look forward to another Amazing Geo-Challenge Fundraiser in the fall of 2023!
It takes time to coordinate such an elaborate game for you all to enjoy and we appreciate the support to keep our Educational Programs and this fundraiser going, so we wouldn't want to disappoint! Contact colette.gilmour@akchallenger.org if your business would like to be a part of Challenger's Bi-Annual Geo-Challenge as a sponsor, or you can look forward to signing your employees up as a team!
www.akchallenger.org/geofundraiser
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Food Security and Sustainability
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Challenger Learning Centers and NASA have always incorporated food security into their studies and educational programs. Crop selection, soils, and nutrients are a part of exploring our own planet, let alone trying to visit and live on other planets or going into deep space. Challenger Learning Center of Alaska secured multiple grants to run a three-part Food Security and sustainability series for free. The first community workshop was on May 7th, presenting local experts, Lora Hagelund, Mike Arnold, Rusty Swan, Janice Chumley, and NASA's Dr. Carl Lewis, demonstrating the science of growing, seed saving, worm beds, soils, composting, harvesting, and preserving food, as well as supplies to bring home to make a self-watering grow bucket.
The second workshop is "Wild Harvest: I can eat that?", scheduled for August. Speakers will cover an array of harvesting topics pertaining to plants, fish, and game, what to look for, how to harvest, rules, and uses. The workshop will again be free with lunch provided. Keep in touch for further information coming.
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We are Hiring Multiple Positions!
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Administrative Assistant
The Receptionist is the first friendly face customers see entering the center. This position is responsible for greeting visitors, answering emails and phone calls, and data entry. The receptionist will be the main point of contact for customers to inquire about and book their educational programs or facility rentals. It is important to have excellent communication skills with customers and staff while coordinating schedules and managing calendars to ensure that activities are properly arranged with no conflicts. Other duties will include taking payments, filing, organizing, copying, and other basic office tasks.
Interested applicants can send resumes to marnie.olcott@akchallenger.org
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P/T Non-Formal Educators
If you enjoy helping students see their potential and doing exciting experiments to ignite their minds in the world of STEM, we have a unique career for you!
All our educator positions come with on-the-job training, flexible schedules, and loads of fun! This is a great opportunity for Juniors and Seniors to gain experience while getting paid, someone who enjoys informal education and camp counselors, or a great next step for retired teachers, or stay-at-home Moms or Dads!
Interested applicants can send resumes to marnie.olcott@akchallenger.org
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Divers and Instructors
Challenger's safety training department is also looking to hire additional Divers and Instructors! This position has flexible hours and entails facilitating cold water survival training (CSET), Helicopter underwater egress training (HUET), and outdoor survival training on a commercial, recreational, and youth level. If you are a person who values survival skills, being active, likes water, has experience diving, or are interested in learning, contact Greg at greg.olcott@akchallenger.org
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