While we welcome the thousands of students and staff who visit our facilities, it is the dream of all of us involved in
Outdoor Environmental and Science Education to have a component in each school year. Here is an exemplary approach:
by Monica Scott | mlive |Dec 21, 2018
Grand Rapids Public Schools announced plans to pilot an initiative that will create outdoor education experiences for all students beginning in the 2019-20 school year. The outdoor education pilot is a collaborative partnership with multiple organizations committed to environmental education and access to the outdoors, including C&NN’s Cities Connecting Children to Nature initiative. The pilot is funded by a three-year grant and enables four teachers at each grade level to work together to develop an outdoor-based curriculum. [+] read more