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The soluTion is far reaching
ROcky mOUNTAiN AWim iNiTiATivE igNiTES
ExciTEmENT iN Big Sky cOUNTRy
From large urban schools to small rural communities, SAE Foundation's A World In
Motion (AWIM) has impacted the lives of hundreds of thousands of students. Living
in Montana, businessman, longtime SAE Foundation donor and board member Arne
Siegel and his wife Stephanie recognized a need in the rural schools throughout Rocky
Mountain States for access to high-quality science, technology, engineering and math
(STEM) education.
Living in a rural community presents a unique set of challenges for students and
teachers. In the remote mountainous areas of Montana and other Rocky Mountain States
students must overcome geography, climate and other situations that often result in long
travel distances to school, making before and after school activities difficult while the
burden of high student transportation costs often limits a school system's resources for
providing classroom instructional materials. The vast rural nature of Montana combined
with the implementation of programs in one-room school houses and in tribal schools
are just a few of the challenges we face in ensuring Montana students are engaged and
excited about STEM subjects and futures in STEM careers.
In 1996, the Siegels saw the need to help and created an endowed fund to support
AWIM in Montana with the intention of expanding the program throughout the Rocky
Mountain States. With a generous gift from Arne and Steffi, the Rocky Mountain AWIM
Initiative (RMAI) was born.
In 2012, the Montana Ambassadors donated $5,000 which went to 17 schools and
included a Gravity Car Cruiser Challenge for each, training for all the program
directors, ambassadors and community volunteers. Since then growth has been
exponential. Last year A World in Motion reached 133 communities across Montana.
RMAI teachers report:
*	94% of students developed an increased interest in exploring math and/or science
concepts.
*	72% of students displayed a significant increase in math and/or science scores.
*	81% of students displayed a change of attitude toward math and/or science.
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