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  • PS 42 Eltingville
  • Staten Island, NY
  • More than a third of students from low‑income households

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As local government and mega companies such as Amazon are exploring the use drones for public safety and package delivery, we need to be preparing our students for careers that involve such technologies. As we are a hands on expeditionary school, I want to be able to provide such an opportunity for my students. “It’s easy to attract students and hook them with the coolness of flying drones, the burden is on us to show them the career connection — that a drone is a tool and that many industries use it” - Duane Roberson. Teaching the students how to use block coding to navigate drones through predetermined flight paths or having them free fly in unpredictable situations will be giving them valuable real world experiences that will make them leaders in an exciting new career field of unmanned aerial vehicles. Emerging job sectors include the military, public safety, agriculture, construction, entertainment, oil and gas companies. Help provide the future of coding, now.

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As local government and mega companies such as Amazon are exploring the use drones for public safety and package delivery, we need to be preparing our students for careers that involve such technologies. As we are a hands on expeditionary school, I want to be able to provide such an opportunity for my students. “It’s easy to attract students and hook them with the coolness of flying drones, the burden is on us to show them the career connection — that a drone is a tool and that many industries use it” - Duane Roberson. Teaching the students how to use block coding to navigate drones through predetermined flight paths or having them free fly in unpredictable situations will be giving them valuable real world experiences that will make them leaders in an exciting new career field of unmanned aerial vehicles. Emerging job sectors include the military, public safety, agriculture, construction, entertainment, oil and gas companies. Help provide the future of coding, now.

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