Through Partnership A.E.R.A. -- Achieving Excellence Rewarding Academics – employees share their time and expertise with students and teachers at selected local elementary and high schools in Bakersfield, San Ardo, and Taft.  This adopt-a-school program puts Aera employees on campus as community readers, mentors, classroom speakers, science fair judges, and Junior Achievement volunteers.  It also brings students and teachers into the workplace through field trips, job shadowing and related activities.

In addition, Aera is the major sponsor of the Kern County Science Fair, and Aera employees serve in leadership roles in Junior Achievement, the Kern County Science Foundation, and the K.E.E.P. Foundation. In Ventura and Huntington Beach, Aera provides teacher mini-grants through several school and community organizations.
In cooperation with the Department of Fish and Game, Aera coordinates an education program at the Coles Levee Ecosystem Preserve involving oil company personnel, local biologists and environmental consultants, and the California Living Museum. A ¼ mile long “Nature Tour” has been established along with educational activities tailored to elementary, middle school, and high school students.

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