Check out the flickr bar to the right for photos of our wonderful volunteer-teachers and helpers (eating Sweet Basil!)
The Cool the Schools Campaign was a collaboration between Whitman’s Campus Climate Challenge and the Environmental Education for Kids Club with assistance from the Sustainable Living Center and Whitman Mission Historic Site of the National Park Service. Five students, Julia Lakes, Katie Hallett, Camila Thorndike, Elena Gustafson, and Lisa Curtis got together with the intention of organizing a campaign that would bring Whitman students into local schools to teach students about climate change. They sought help from Mike Dedman of Whitman Mission, and Freda Tepfer and Erin McMahan of the Sustainable Living Center (SLC). SLC reached out to teachers to find times when we could go into their classes and Mike provided us with a few trunks worth of lesson plans and curriculum. We put our heads together and came up with a variety of lessons and then solicited Whitman students to teach these lessons. We then held training sessions to go over the lessons with the Whitman students and supply them with the materials for the lessons before we sent them off into public and private Walla Walla schools. Everyone learned a ton, made young friends in the community, and is looking forward to an even bigger and better campaign next year!
For another perspective and some great insights from Elena, check out this article in the Pio.
THANKS TO ALL THE AMAZING VOLUNTEER TEACHERS WHO GAVE THEIR TIME AND PASSION TO WALLA WALLA YOUTH!
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