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Middle School Students Take Flight with Girls in Air Program

Students from Washington and Franklin Middle Schools in Green Bay participated in the Junior
Achievement of Brown County “Girls in Air” program. This collaboration between Junior Achievement,
the Green Bay Area School District and Jet Air offered students a firsthand view of potential career
opportunities in the aviation industry.

With a shortage of women in aviation positions and STEM (Science, Engineering and Math) fields, this
opportunity uncovered careers for students that will be available after they graduate. “Getting them
interested at this stage is definitely important, because they can start structuring their lives, taking the
correct course work,” says Allison Jahnke, a pilot.

Students experienced a flight simulator, toured planes and heard presentations from aviation
professionals, including pilots, public safety officers, air traffic controllers and customer service
representatives.

“A lot of men, they do a lot of these jobs, and most girls, they don’t do this type of stuff,” says Ashaunte
Williams, a 7th grader at Franklin Middle School. “It's pretty cool to see a girl out here doing all this
stuff.”
View the Channel 2 coverage of the Girls in Air event.