Gatewood Elementary - Outdoor Learning Information Night

About this event:

Do you think outdoor learning might be a good fit for your soon-to-be kindergartener? Join us for an informational meeting on Jan. 9 to learn more about Hopkins Public Schools' outdoor learning program at Gatewood Elementary. Principal Dr. George Nolan will provide an in-depth presentation on the benefits of outdoor learning and how it helps develop critical-thinking skills, increase school engagement, and develop connections with the natural world. The Gatewood team be available to answer all your questions. You will have the unique opportunity to tour the Gatewood campus which includes a greenhouse, goats, chickens, and pigs.

About Outdoor Learning at Gatewood:

Gatewood Elementary is an environmentally-focused elementary school that heavily utilizes learning in outdoor classrooms. Students may learn to care for resident goats and chickens, work with the school’s on-site naturalist to examine pond water under microscopes, harvest maple syrup, and grow plants and flowers in our state-of-the-art greenhouse.

You can expect kindergarteners and first graders to spend 50% of their school day outside, and older students to participate in several outdoor learning activities each week.

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