On July 10, John Brock, President of the Florida Air Force Association, awarded Randy Selnick a check in the amount of $500, a Certificate of Excellence, a personalized jacket, and a complimentary Civil Air Patrol Aerospace Education Membershjp sponsored by CAP. The awards were presented to the Florida AFA Aerospace Teacher of the Year at the awards ceremony held in the Wyndham Riverwalk Hotel in Jacksonville, Florida.

The nomination describes, in part, that Selnick distinguished himself as a 7th grade Magnet Science teacher at Crystal Lake Middle School in Pompano Beach, Florida. He is currently the Squadron Commander of Crystal Lake Middle School FL-811Cadet Squadron and also the CAP Group 6 Aerospace Education Officer with jurisdiction over 12 CAP Squadrons . He was awarded the CAP Commanders Commendation for the Rocketry Program he designed and implemented in South Florida. He developed and implemented a rocket launcher that uses a keyed ignition switch with a momentary position and push button switches that launches six rockets at the same time. Randy is building a wind tunnel and a flight simulator that will have a computer monitor mounted eye level with controls located so as to make the student feel they are in an aircraft.

Selnick also performed with distinction while teaching 6th – 9th grades science classes at Palm Beach Military Academy - a new Charter School during the period of 2005-2006. He stated “My main focus was Aerospace as we were a CAP program school. From building and launching 9 foot hot air balloons to launching rockets, the school was heavy in Aerospace Education besides the Florida Standards in Sciences. My after school activities included a science club, a rocket club and an environmental club where we tried to find alternate fuels or alternate supplies of energy to power cars, rockets and planes. We worked on Hydrogen cell cars as well as solar fueled aircraft.”

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