Using the Power of Flight to Change Lives!
The Bob Hoover Academy creates opportunities that inspire under-served teens to engage in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education and to take flight in aviation. Aviation is a metaphor for the deeper mission, which is to capture students’ minds, focus their energies, and to cultivate success in the classroom and in life.
We believe that an investment in Bob Hoover Academy (BHA) is an investment in our community and the success of our students. We train at-promise students to fly airplanes with a world-class aviation curriculum while they earn a high school diploma. We had a 100% graduation rate last year! We are adding an Aviation Maintenance Program, where we will build a CubCrafter airplane. Our program is to inspire our students to change the trajectory of their lives by giving them confidence in themselves with hope and plans for their future.
We rely on your donation to offer the very best programming to our students. Our students learn with aviation superstars while they foster bonds with dedicated local pilots. With your help, we would like to grow our food and wellness program, continue to provide driver’s training and increase field trips. Thank you for helping us to give that much more!
We have a unique public/private partnership with the Monterey County Office of Education. As such, our school is open to the entire Monterey County. At BHA, our students become self-sufficient members of our community.
BHA supports the development of at-promise students into adults with promising futures. We expose them to the power of flight while promoting a change in paradigm from low-income, with limited futures, to high wage earners- the skies the limit! We provide opportunities in the community for citizenship and leadership. When our students graduate, they are ready for promising careers.
Aviation is projected to be one of the fastest growing industries in the next 2 decades, pilots, mechanics, engineers, and all support crews are at an all time high demand. BHA exists to offer aviation opportunities to these students. We introduce students to the world of aviation and the breadth of possibilities their future could hold.
The Bob Hoover Academy (BHA) has changed my life forever. Prior to attending BHA I had no experience flying and a poor academic record. As a BHA student, I was the President of the Student Council, I graduated with a high GPA and passed my written exam and practical test to earn my private pilot's license! As a BHA student I went on field trips that taught me about nature and my role as a caretaker of the environment as well as possible careers in aviation. BHA has helped me transform myself into being the best possible person I can be on the ground and in the air. They taught me the important lesson about grit and perseverance that I wouldn't have learned without their support. I am now a proud United States Marine! I could not have been so successful without Bob Hoover Academy's support.
- Aiden Fuller, Salinas
