Autonomous drones
Flight, safety and the systems behind autonomous aircraft.
PROGRAMMES
Pilot Prodigies
Grace3's in-school-time aviation and robotics curriculum for middle and high school students.
Middle and high school
Students served
May 2025
International launch, Quibdó, Colombia
In-school time
Delivered during the school day
Skydio
Technology partner
THE PROGRAMME
Aviation and robotics, taught in the school day.
Pilot Prodigies is Grace3's in-school-time aviation and robotics education curriculum for middle and high school students.
It is a programme line rather than a single event, delivered inside the school day and repeated across schools and districts.
The international launch was Quibdó, Colombia, in May 2025.
WHAT STUDENTS LEARN
Four strands.
Robotics
Building and operating ground robots and the sensors they carry.
Aviation fundamentals
The principles of flight, airspace and safe operations.
Career pathways
The roles, credentials and employers inside the drone economy.
HOW IT WORKS
How the programme fits a school day.
Pilot Prodigies runs during in-school time, with instructors bringing the equipment, instruction and practical activities into the school day.
A school or district can host a cohort with the instructor and equipment model matched to its students, schedule and available space.
THE PARTNER MODEL
Delivered with Skydio and public partners.
Grace3 delivers Pilot Prodigies with Skydio as technology partner, alongside the school districts and public agencies that host and support each programme.
Skydio
School districts
Public agencies
WHERE IT HAS RUN
Programmes across the country.
Quibdó, Colombia
May 2025. International launch, delivered with the Embassy of Colombia.
Dare to Dream Career Week, TGR Learning Lab, Cobbs Creek, Philadelphia
May 2025. With Skydio and the Philadelphia Police Department.
Little Rock Central High School, Arkansas
September 26, 2025. Little Rock Nine Celebration, 85+ students, with a tribute to Ernest 'Ernie' Green.
Lamad Academy, Brooklyn
November 2025.
NYPD Takeoff, the Bronx
October 2024. With Skydio.
Atlanta Youth Fly Day
April 2025. With Skydio.
University of Pennsylvania
Six-week summer drone education programme.
Anderson School
Black History Month drone programme.
Bartram High School
Drone demonstration.
READ THE STORIES
Pilot Prodigies in the field.
Soaring to Success: Little Rock Students Take Flight with Drones
Read the story →Global Reach, Local Impact: Pilot Prodigies Comes to Quibdó, Colombia
Read the story →Flying Dreams: Grace3 and Skydio Bring Pilot Prodigies to Philadelphia's Dare to Dream Career Week
Read the story →The Drone Workforce Gap: Why Public Safety Needs a Pipeline, Not Just Procurement
Read the story →EXPLORE BOTH PROGRAMMES
Two ways to open access to technology.
PARTNER WITH US
Bring Pilot Prodigies to your school.
Schools and districts can host a Pilot Prodigies cohort with Grace3 and its partners.