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Partners and Funding Agencies
California Department of Education's Specialized Secondary Program has provided (spread through four years) $250,000 in funding in support of curriculum development, equipment purchases, salaries for Academy personnel, and much more.
East Bay Computer Using Educators provided us with a $900 grant for developing educational modules for use in our physical science and physics classes using web cams to videotape motion and other phenomena.
Antioch Unified School District provides facilities, grant management support and accounting services, allows Academy classes to be taught and approves curriculum changes.
Deer Valley High School provides planning expertise for the development for the academy concept and the strong support from our Principal. The DVHS Library is cooperating and assisting in the placement of the planetarium facility and important contacts and advice.
Teacher Leaders in Research Based Science Education provides training for research based projects for students, access to professional astronomers, curriculum for the research course, and funding for teachers to attend science conferences.
Hands On Universe at Lawrence Hall of Science provides curriculum for the planetarium production class, access to the HOU telescope network for remote imaging, and the director serves on our steering committee. LHS also plans to donate their old planetarium equipment to us when they complete plans for renovation.
Contra Costa County Office of Education and the Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation provided funding for the cardboard dome web site developed as a result of a CTAG grant.
SETI Institute provides access to specialized curriculum, and important contacts and advice.RA1420 Radio Telescope Project provides design and logistical support for the development of a permanent, steerable radio telescope facility mounted on the roof of the school. Funding for this project was was based on a grant which was entirely student written and supported in part through the Antioch Education Foundation and a generous donation of equipment (a steerable radio telescope dish) and time from the Seatel Corporation of Concord.
Mt. Diablo Astronomical Society provides access to speakers on a variety of topics at its monthly meeting in Concord. The past president serves on our steering committee, and the public star parties on Mount Diablo and monthly public lectures are often attended by Academy students.
AstronomyTeacher.com provides hosting for academy web pages, and a venue for students and teachers to publish interesting research and ideas.
Jeff Adkins, Director
astronomyteacher@mac.com
Cheryl Domenichelli, Assistant Director
cheryldomenichelli@antioch.k12.ca.us
4700 Lone Tree Way
Antioch, CA 94531
The ESPACE Academy is sponsored in part by a grant from the California Department of Education's Specialized Secondary Program.
