IKS Dreamcatcher (Penn Hills, PA)

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Location:  Penn Hills Elementary, 1079 Jefferson Road Pittsburgh, PA 15235

Flight Directors:  Jamie Harris, Melissa Tamburrino, Jeremy Rega, and Jeff DerVanik

Crew Complement:  17

Plan a Visit:  The IKS Dreamcatcher is based at the new Penn Hills Elementary School.  It primarily flies missions for the district’s 3rd and 4th grade students, but it will welcome visitors from other grades, districts, and groups from the community.  Please stay tuned to our blog for updates.

Launch Date:  January 28, 2015

History:  The IKS Dreamcatcher is made possible by the generous support of the Grable Foundation.

Recent Happenings at the IKS Dreamcatcher

Mission simulator offers Penn Hills students lessons in teamwork, independence

Over the past few weeks Jamie Martines, a reporter at the Tribune-Review, paid several of our simulators in the Pittsburgh area a visit.  Check out the great article she wrote about us! Fifteen crew members were at their stations aboard

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December 2016 Community of Practice Meeting

The space between Christmas and New Years provides a rare reprieve from the standard whirlwind of life—which gives us a bit of time to write about our most recent Community of Practice meeting.  Earlier last week, moments before kicking off Winter

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December Community of Practice Meeting

Merry Christmas everyone, and a happy New Year! All the holiday festivities have made us a bit tardy in sharing an update about our latest Community of Practice meeting, which took place on the 15th.  This was a historic event,

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