Eighteen students from Highline Public Schools have been selected into the Washington Aerospace Scholars program.

Seventeen are students at Aviation High School; one is from Mount Rainier High School. A total of 225 students were selected statewide.

Washington Aerospace Scholars is an educational program for high school juniors from across Washington. The program emphasizes science, technology, engineering and math, and encourages students to consider careers in these fields.

It is funded by the Washington Aerospace Scholars Foundation, and is offered at no cost to participants.

Students are currently participating in Phase One of the program, using a NASA-designed online curriculum consisting of 10 lessons and a final project.

Phase Two is a six-day summer residency experience for 160 students.

To be considered for Phase Two, students are expected to meet deadlines and show mastery of the Phase One curriculum.

The Museum of Flight in Tukwila hosts the week-long summer residency experience during which students are guided by professional engineers and educators as they design a human mission to Mars.

Summer residency participants are also visited by guest speakers, tour engineering facilities, and compete in hands-on engineering challenges.

The Mount Rainier student participant is Gregory Giesbers.

Students from Aviation High School are Christopher Cambises, Laurel Carlson, Daniel Chapman, Derek Diaz, Branden Gee, Colton Goss, Thomas Gould, Jacob Graf, Stephan Hagen, Molly Heath Sebastian Hill, Yvette Jack, Eugene Kim, Mark Korvas, Cole Miller, Christian Pirotte, Shawn Stern, Kim Truong and Irina Verevkina.