Aldo Leopold Charter School
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Aldo Leopold Charter School (ALCS) is working to develop an outdoor classroom and recreation area that is made available to the community outside of school hours. This area will serve to support ALCS student learning in this unique charter school with a focus on sustainability and experiential learning. Further, this site will allow residents and visitors alike to play basketball on a neighborhood court, host gatherings, and engage in a demonstration native plant garden supported by natural, hand-built erosion control structures and pathways.
Since 2005, Aldo Leopold Charter School has provided engaging outdoor experiences to enliven curricular learning, develop a love of place and an understanding of human impacts overtime. Serving 6-12th graders from culturally and economically diverse backgrounds, our goal is to engage students in the wild and in the co-creation of a sustainable future. Through our backpacking trips, grade-level trips, community restoration projects, Youth Conservation Corps program, and Friday community experiences, students come to understand themselves, each other, the community, and their potential in a rapidly changing world. Our experiential education coordinator is the key to making this programming possible.