The Lewis Center for Educational Research has been called "one of the most interesting, unique and unusual schools in the nation." Since opening in 1990, the center has hosted more than 100,000 students, teachers and parents participating in outreach programs, clubs and other educational activities. The Lewis Center continues to provide hands-on instructional programs to students and the community.
Among the Lewis Center's most significant programs are:
the Academy for Academic Excellence (AAE), a K-12 charter school in which new teaching techniques and strategies are tested and refined in a standards-based educational program
the Norton Space and Aeronautics Academy (NSAA), currently a K-5 charter school (2011-12). Each year, the school adds a grade level, aiming to become a K-12 school by 2018. NSAA is also a Dual Immersion Program School with the goal of all students being able to speak, read, and write in English and Spanish in all academic areas after 5 years in the program.
the Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope (GAVRT)projectwith NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in which teachers nationwide access via the Internet a 34-meter radio antenna that, until recently, was part of NASA's Deep Space Network. GAVRT gives students the opportunity to experience discovery for themselves, in their classrooms, personally interacting with other students, scientists and educators by phone and Internet.
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