# Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Science

The Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics And Science (also known as GHAMAS) was located in the Learning Corridor in Hartford, CT. The building houses a grade 6-12 program, The Academy of Aerospace and Engineering (also known as AAE, Aerospace, and Aerospace and Engineering) is a magnet high school originally located in Hartford, CT and was a half-day program.
GHAMAS is run by the Capitol Region Education Council (CREC), one of 6 Regional Educational Service Centers (RESC) in Connecticut.
Trinity College has been involved in some of the projects with GHAMAS, such as the Brain Bee, a neuroscience competition. Hartford Hospital is involved in school activities as well.
The Academy of Aerospace and Engineering was built as GHAMAS in 1999. Labs at the academy include the Robotics, Physics, Earth Science, Biology, Cell Culture, Greenhouse & Potting, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Special Instrumentation, and Engineering Labs. There are also several smaller student laboratories which are used by students to conduct independent research through a senior design and research course called Capstone.
Occasionally, speakers from industry or academia come to lecture full-day and morning half-day students (grades 9 and 10) about the field that they work in and educate them to possible careers in that field.
Students partake in a variety of clubs at the high school level, including competitive FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC )robotics, Science Fair, Model UN (United Nations) and Debate teams.
Select students pursue scientific research and engineering projects throughout the year and present their work at the Connecticut Science and Engineering Fair. Each year, some students that have presented exemplary work are chosen by CSEF to compete in the International Science and Engineering Fair
Aerospace was originally an exclusively half-day program operating as GHAMAS and is now solely a full-day program operating as The Academy of Aerospace and Engineering. Since the fall of 2011, the school holds 9-12 grade half-day, and 6-12 grade full-day students. At some point, the entire school became exclusively full-day.
When the school was a half day program, ninth and tenth-grade students took three foundation math (Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-calculus, or higher) and science (Physics, Earth Science, Biology, and Chemistry) courses in the morning, followed by humanities and other classes at their sending district's high school or with the full-day program. Half-day juniors and seniors take these humanities at their home schools during the morning and join the Aerospace juniors and seniors for up to four advanced elective courses in the afternoon, such as Molecular and Cellular Biology, Anatomy, Zoology, or Astronomy, along with Advanced Placement curricula.
Starting several years ago, all Aerospace students are full day students and attend all classes at the Windsor, Connecticut location.
Aerospace is a member of the NCSSSMST. This is an organization of secondary schools that promote Mathematics, Science, and Technology schools. Greater Hartford Academy of Math and Science has been involved as a NASA Explorer School. It is one of only three such schools in Connecticut. The director of both the high school and middle school academies is Adam Johnson.