"The earth has music for those who listen."
The Pacific Northwest Program was designed to collaborate with schools and community groups to provide a program to teach upper elementary students about the Olympic National Park area, and then take them to the Park. This national park was chosen because of its variety of learning opportunities: mountains, rainforest, Pacific coastline, Makah Indian Nation and the Coast Guard. Connections have been established with the Feiro Marine Life Center, the Port Angeles Coast Guard Air Station, the Makah Cultural Center and Museum, and NatureBridge at Olympic Park. The mission of this program is to give students who might not ever see a national park a chance to see it, in hopes that given this opportunity to see a different and nature-filled part of the national landscape, it inspires them to reach higher goals for themselves.
The program includes two weeks of instruction in Racine on literacy, math, science, social studies and life skills based on a curriculum designed specifically around the Pacific Northwest. The last week of the program involves flying the students to Seattle and then taking a 5-day tour of Olympic National Park. Students are selected through specific school classrooms, and must apply and write an essay on why they want to be part of the program. Teacher and administrator recommendations are also part of the application process.
The Pacific Northwest Program was designed to collaborate with schools and community groups to provide a program to teach upper elementary students about the Olympic National Park area, and then take them to the Park. This national park was chosen because of its variety of learning opportunities: mountains, rainforest, Pacific coastline, Makah Indian Nation and the Coast Guard. Connections have been established with the Feiro Marine Life Center, the Port Angeles Coast Guard Air Station, the Makah Cultural Center and Museum, and NatureBridge at Olympic Park. The mission of this program is to give students who might not ever see a national park a chance to see it, in hopes that given this opportunity to see a different and nature-filled part of the national landscape, it inspires them to reach higher goals for themselves.
The program includes two weeks of instruction in Racine on literacy, math, science, social studies and life skills based on a curriculum designed specifically around the Pacific Northwest. The last week of the program involves flying the students to Seattle and then taking a 5-day tour of Olympic National Park. Students are selected through specific school classrooms, and must apply and write an essay on why they want to be part of the program. Teacher and administrator recommendations are also part of the application process.