School Overnight Program: part of your village…

to provide exceptional

learning experiences and inspire lifelong

environmental and community

stewardship.

to provide exceptional

learning experiences and inspire lifelong

environmental and community

stewardship.

IslandWood’s mission is. . .

STEWARDSHIP:

Content: Ecosystems & Civics

Context: IslandWood Pillars

“Action that arises from caring and informed relationships in one’s natural and cultural communities.”

Building a foundation…

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Content: Ecosystems & Civics

CONTENT:

Next Generation Science Standards & Environmental and Sustainability Education Standards

Investigations and

Teambuilding

“I thought IslandWood was going to be so boring- just telling me things about the environment. This is the opposite, you’re showing me!” – student from

Bennett

Some Sobering Trends and Realities:

Nabhan and Trimble – 20 years ago, 80% of children walked to school and were allowed to go through a daily process of exploration and inquiry. Today, that percentage is reversed with more than 80% of kids being dropped off in front of schools. Their interactions with nature and wild places are greatly diminished.

NEETF, 2005 – The average seven year-old can identify up to 200 corporate logos but cannot name the type of tree in their front yard.(National Environmental Education and Training

Foundation )

Can you identify these?

How about these?

Arts and Culture

“I’m not trying to be smart, IslandWood just has that affect on me.” – Challenger student

Yellow SunflowerLooks like a big yellow

sunbut it’s a flower

The wind sings me

a song of truth.

I hear every word,

so clear, so bold.

I start to sing along.

The song soothes me,

it is calm.

The trees start to sing too.

If only the world would hear

our song

of truth and peace.

“They’re in the classroom 180 days, bogged down. But they come back from IslandWood more cohesive…with common bonds and you see them connecting when they otherwise wouldn’t even mingle.” – Eric deVeer, teacher, Suquamish Elementary

Community Building

Teamwork and Problem Solving

“This week is changing the dynamics with kids. The kids respond differently to others here. Kids believe in themselves when they hear it from their instructors.”

Judy Harris, teacher, Eagle Rock School

Quality of Instruction…

“The biggest difference here from other outdoor camps is the instructors. The quality of instruction, their role as educators.” - Karin Scott, teacher, Open Window School

Value vs. Expense

  Starting Cost and Discounts/student

Cost/student

Actual cost per student

$580  

IW Overall Discount per student. This is for any school; we never charge full rate.

-$300 = $280/student

Week of: • instruction • journals• food• lodging

Also included: • liaisons • professional

development• pre/post lessons• student and parent

orientations• help with stewardship

projects• fundraising support

  Starting Cost Other expenses

One night at the Great Wolf Lodge, May 12

$229.99 + tax  food, gas,

Three nights at Super 8 Motel, SeaTac May 12 – 15

$222.63 Food (other than free breakfast), parking, gas, $ for doing anything else

What’s left?

Transportation:To ferry: parents or busOn ferry: $2…that’s it! From ferry to IW: bus

Application:Lead teacherAll forms: individual teachersDeposit: $1000

Fundraising: We can help!

Students wrote “Not Yet” on the inside of the bus as they were getting ready to pull away…

Thank you!

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to

sit.-Nelson Henderson

Top Ten Reasons to come in Winter

10. Coming in winter allows time for preparatory and follow-up visits by your IslandWood liaison to help integrate the experience into your school’s curriculum..

 

9. IslandWood will give you and your students a needed boost of inspiration and energy in the mid-winter slump.

8. Animal tracks are more visible in the mud, forest birds and mammals are easier to see when the leaves have fallen off the undergrowth, and it is easier to grasp the idea of a watershed when water is actually flowing.

7. We book Artists in Residence more consistently in the winter months to help bring additional light to this season of shorter days.

6. Comfort food is delicious in the winter, especially when the kids have made it themselves in hands-on cooking lessons with our chefs.

Top Ten Reasons to come in Winter

5. Our timbered lodges with fireplaces and radiant floor heating are extra cozy in the winter months. We also have warm, water-proof clothes to lend and plenty of covered and indoor teaching spaces.

 

4. It’s really dark for the night hike!

 

3. Coming in the winter gives your students the rest of the school year to put into practice the team-building skills they will practice at IslandWood.

2. The Pacific Northwest is a place of water. For kids (and adults) who live here, it is important to understand that they can have fun outside no matter what the weather. Once they are on the trail, kids don’t even seem to notice that it’s raining.

 

And the number one reason to come to IslandWood in the winter:

 

1. IT MIGHT BE THE ONLY TIME WE HAVE SPACE AVAILABLE NEXT YEAR!!

Results of the Four Day Overnight Program

An example of a student’s knowledge and interest before and after coming

to IslandWood:

Student Work - Pre

Student Work Post

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IslandWood’s natural/biological assets -

255 acres Complete watershed

Five ecosystems

– Pond

– Stream

– Wetlands

– Estuary

– Forest

Children’s design workshops

Children’s design outcomes

Children’s design outcomes

Children’s design outcomes

Children’s design outcomes