STARBASE Robins

STARBASE ROBINS offers a positive proven approach to engaging students in STEM to open up their possibilities in the classroom as well as in the world they are surrounded by.  Through our fifth grade program, after-school program, summer programs, and strategic partnerships, we foster critical thinking skills, collaboration, and teamwork through hands-on, minds-on experiential learning that is inviting, fun and an awesome learning experience.  We are hopeful that our efforts will position students to enter the STEM workforce pipeline here in Georgia and the nation.  

STARBASE began in 1989 as an idea in the minds of three people. Barbara Koscak, a Michigan elementary school teacher, Brigadier General David Arendts (Ret.), Commander of the 127th Fighter Wing at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan, and Lieutenant Colonel Rico Racosky, an F-16 pilot and creator of dream + action= Reality.

Our Mission:

• Create an exceptional educational and technological center for students and teachers to enjoy learning S.T.E.M.
• Engage in activity-based S.T.E.M. lessons that meet students’ needs to relevance.
• Provide career goal-setting opportunities and information on reaching career goals.
• Encourage parents to become involved with their children’s education.
• Provide experiences where students view complex information from more than one vantage point.
• Foster clear communication and group cooperation in problem solving, critical thinking, and decision making.
• Correlate STARBASE curricula with Georgia Standards of Excellence.