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Congratulations to the 2026 National ACE Program Award Winners!
National ACE School of the Year
W.A. Perry Middle School
Columbia, South Carolina
Site of the 2026-2027 National ACE Liftoff Event in October 2026!
National ACE Teacher of the Year
Luke McKinley, K-8 STEM Teacher
McTigue Elementary School
Toledo, Ohio
National ACE Student of the Year
Peyton Talton, 6th Grade Student
W.A. Perry Middle School
Columbia, South Carolina
National ACE Plus Collaborative Team of the Year
Florida College Academy
Tracy Bell
Temple Terrace, Florida
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SER-FL-828 Sunlake High School Cadet Squadron
Capt. Joseph Fernandez
Land O’Lakes, Florida
ACE program registration opens 1 August each year.
2025 National CAP ACE and ACE Plus Awards Announced in CAP.News Article:
ACE Reaches New Heights, Honors Top Achievers
Awards are listed, HERE!
Click on each award to read about the recipient(s)! Congratulations to each!!
- The 2025-2026 National ACE Lift-off Event will be hosted by the 2025 National ACE School of the Year, Florida College Academy, in Temple Terrace, FL, on October 2, 2025!
Get ready to prepare for YOUR ACE award for next year by reading about these award winners!
See ACE Teachers page for award info in right menu column to prepare for next year!
Many thanks to the Air & Space Forces Association for the ACE award grants!
2024 National ACE & ACE Plus Adopt Awards Announced, HERE!
Click on each award to read about the recipient! Congratulations to each!
Past National ACE Award Winners:
2025 National ACE & ACE Plus Adopt Award Winners
2024 National ACE & ACE Plus Adopt Award Winners
2023 National ACE & ACE Plus Adopt Award Winners
2022 National ACE & ACE Plus Adopt Awards
2021 National ACE Award Winners
2020 National ACE Award Winners
2019 National ACE Award Winners
2018 National ACE Award Winners
2017 National ACE Award Winner
2016 National ACE Award Winners
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See list of 2016 awardees; list of schools which were total ACE schools; and list of AFA sponsored ACE schools, HERE.
2015 National ACE Award Winners
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See 2015 National ACE Teacher Award Article HERE!
2014 National ACE Award Winners
2013 National ACE Award Winners
2012 National ACE Award Winners
ACE in the News:
Please send news items to us at ace@capnhq.gov.
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2019 Ten-Year ACE Article in Volunteer Magazine HERE
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Bear Exploration Center, Montgomery, AL- Newsclip of Aerospace Day
Grade Level ACE Student Manipulative Items:
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The following grade levels receive the aerospace manipulative item listed (which corresponds to one of the grade-level's ACE lesson plans):
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Kindergarten: Earth balls- one of the associated lessons is "Caring for the Continents of Earth"
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1st grade: balsa planes- one of the associated lessons is "Glide and Step"
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2nd grade: finger rockets- one of the associated lessons is "Hundreds of Rockets"
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3rd grade: foam gliders- one of the associated lessons is "Round the Runways"
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4th grade: Rocket Planez- one of the associated lessons is "Graph the Rocket Planez"
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5th grade: prop balsa planes (with rubber bands)- one of the associated lessons is "Plot Your Plane," and another is Academic Lesson #2, "Forces of Flight"
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6th grade: mini-rocket footballs- one of the associated lessons is "Statistically Speaking," and another is Physical Fitness Lesson #5, "From Football to Flight"
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Bernoulli bags are for demonstrating aerospace Academic Lesson #1, "Air-mazing Experiment")
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See associated manipulative item lessons and other resources on the ACE Resources page.
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ACE curriculum guides are available in the AE Downloads and Resources page of eServices! Click on "ACE Program Curriculum Guides." Only Kindergarten is displayed, but when you click on it, all grade levels will appear for you to search, copy, download, etc.
Have a question, comment, suggestion, or pictures to share? Please send them to ace@capnhq.gov.
