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Brixner Junior High School teacher Kara Contreras has two classrooms – one inside and one outside. Over the past three years, Contreras and her ecology students created an outdoor classroom that attracts pollinators, provides habitat for the endangered monarch butterfly, and last spring was home to fledgling barn owls.
Read MoreFerguson Elementary sixth-graders from Jodi Beanland’s class are far from home. They’re spread across a beach on the Oregon coast, hands dug in the sand, searching for sand crabs.
Read MoreStudents have a new place to learn at Shasta Elementary. It doesn’t have desks, a white board, windows or even a ceiling. That’s because the entire classroom is outside.
“It’s meant to be just that, to give our students the opportunity to be outside and have a change of environment and enjoy their fresh air,” said Krissy Dodson, Shasta Boosters Outdoor Renovation team lead.
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