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Programs

• Flight Path Learning Center
  The Flight Path Learning Center of Southern California is dedicated to recognizing and preserving Southern California's aerospace heritage as well to guiding individuals and young people and their education paths toward careers in science and technology with emphasis on aviation/aerospace. LAWA is represented on its board of directors.
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• Airport Tours
  Los Angeles World Airports' Community Relations Division is offering tours every Thursday at 10:00 am for 2nd through 4th grade students at the Flight Path Learning Center Museum. Students will have an opportunity to tour the museum which features a panoramic mural saluting the 100th anniversary of flight and includes authentic historic photographs from Southern California's formative years of aviation through the 21st Century. Other exhibits include models, photographs, uniforms and other artifacts highlighting the role of airlines, aircraft manufacturers, aerospace companies that influenced the history of Southern California. Students will experience flight by operating a flight simulator, listen to the live broadcast of the air traffic controllers in the tower and LAX's K-9 Bomb Detection unit and Fire Department will offer special presentations. To book a field trip, call (310) 215-5291. For details check the Flight Path Flyer for Schools.

• LAX Area Advisory Committee
  Community Relations serves as the liaison with the 19-member LAX Area Advisory Committee which includes representatives of communities adjacent to LAX. The committee works in conjunction with the Board of Airport Commissioners and airport staff to review airport operations issues that may impact their communities and to develop recommendations that address these issues. Meetings are held the second Thursday of the month, 7 p.m., at the Samuel Greenberg Board Room in the Clifton A. Moore Administration Building at Los Angeles International Airport, 1 World Way, Los Angeles, California, 90045. Visit www.lawa.org for more information and committee agendas.
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• LAWA Speaks
  This community outreach program offers presentations to community, business and civic organizations at their locations. Topics cover all aspects of LAX, including History and Overview, Economic Impact, Environmental Efforts, Careers in Aviation, Airport Enhancements, Airport Operations, Public Safety, Small Business Outreach, Passenger Services, and more. Please contact Shirley Hoffmann at (310) 646-5742 for more information.
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• Team LAWA
  Team LAWA is a group of Los Angeles World Airport employees who volunteer their time for various projects in the communities surrounding LAX. Whether it is planting flowers at a local school or painting benches at a local park, Team LAWA is out there to improve our communities.
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• Community and Special Events
  In addition to hosting its own airport-related special events, Los Angeles World Airports supports it communities by sponsoring and participating in selected industry and aviation-related community events. The division's involvement includes staffing exhibits at and publicizing events that tie into the airport's activities and help increase awareness of LAX's community outreach and educational programs and services.
  
  

• Affiliations with Chambers of Commerce/Civic Organizations
  Representatives from the division maintain a strong community presence by representing LAX as directors on the boards of local Chambers of Commerce and community organizations.
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Educational Outreach

• Aviation Career Education (ACE) Academies
  Los Angeles International Airport's Aviation Career Education (ACE) Academy is a free week-long motivational program to provide students with a basic understanding of career opportunities within the aviation industry, as well as a general knowledge about Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

  The program is open to all Los Angeles area seventh-and eighth-grade students (between the ages of 12 and 14) and high school students in communities surrounding Los Angeles International Airport, including El Segundo, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Lennox, South Los Angeles, and Westchester/Playa del Rey. Applications will from students will be accepted, however, priority will be given to student in the surrounding areas of LAX.

  After-School ACE Dates:
  October 1-5, 2007
  May 7-11, 2008

  Summer 2008 Dates
  July 7-11, 2008 LAX Junior ACE (grades 6th through 8th)
  July 21-25, 2008 LAX High School ACE (grades 9th through 12th)

  For more information, please contact Gail Gaddi at (310) 646-5742 or via e-mail.
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• Wings to Fly Mentoring Program
  This mentoring program connects airport employees as positive adult role models with at-risk youth in local high schools. Students come to LAX twice a month for professionally facilitated workshops, guest speakers and one-on-one time with their mentors, and learn about airport opportunities in a fun atmosphere. The nonprofit Youth Mentoring Connection administers the program as a partner with Los Angeles World Airports.

• AIRCademics
  This education program includes an eight-week curriculum promoting learning in the subjects of science, math and reasoning while providing youth an introduction to aviation.

Other Informational Programs/Services

• Website Infoline
  To ensure passengers and visitors receive the information they need to make their local travel experience a positive one, Community Relations responds to questions and comments submitted through the LAWA website at www.lawa.org.

• LAWA Historian
  Community Relations researches and responds to inquiries on historical issues associated with LAX.
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