Place Network Dispatch: Forest Rehabilitation Student Project
Forest Rehabilitation and Education Lead
by Fairview Elementary 5th Graders
Columbia, Missouri is home to one of the schools in the Place Network: Fairview Elementary. The fifth graders have been working to improve the environment around their school for years, …
Announcing Mountain Academy Structural Changes and Key Priorities
On March 25, CEO and Mountain Academy Head of School, Shawn Kelly, announced structural changes and announced key new hires at Mountain Academy. Below is his announcement to Mountain Academy faculty, staff, families and friends. …
The Studio is a Laboratory for Thinking: Flowers In Bloom
Spring in the Tetons begins with mud! Come join us for our fifth annual In Mud Workshop, April 23rd, 2022. We are looking forward to exploring the dirt together back in person! Recommended for Early Childhood Educators: preschool through lower elementary school. …
Remembering E.O. Wilson, “the father of biodiversity”
Teton Science Schools would like to acknowledge the passing of preeminent scientist, naturalist, author and teacher, Edward O. Wilson, Ph.D. He is known as “the father of biodiversity”. E.O. Wilson died on December 26, 2021 in Burlington, …
Rebuilding Field Education at TSS for 2022
Teton Science Schools Field Education is excited to be in the midst of rebuilding. We’re proud of how we’ve weathered the pandemic, with small-scale, non-residential program offerings mostly focused on the local Jackson community, and at the same time, …
Build your own LEGO Murie Ranch: A step by step guide with the National Park Service LEGO Vignette Team
Teton Science Schools has partnered with National Park Service LEGO Vignettes to create a vignette of the Murie Ranch front porch. The National Park Service LEGO Vignettes is a group of LEGO lovers who create National Park scenes out of LEGO. …
Where is the snow?
I often think about how a shallow or absent snowpack affects the animals of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. This year it has been an unusually warm November and December, so far. There have been several snowstorms, …
Honorable M. Margaret McKeown: The power of nature, second chances and place-based education.
Teton Science Schools recently had the opportunity to spend time with the Honorable M. Margaret McKeown, who sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. A native Wyomingite and avid outdoorswoman, …
New art installation hidden in plain sight near TSS Jackson Campus
Slightly hidden, in an underground location, you’ll find a new art installation adorning the Cow Tunnel underpass along the Path 22, near the entrance of the Jackson Campus of Teton Science Schools.
Jackson Hole Community Pathways, …
Teton 5th Celebrates 50th Anniversary
This week TSS launched the “Teton 5th Turns 50” campaign to celebrate the 50th year of helping Teton County 5th grade students explore Grand Teton National Park, their backyard. Whether students have already spent time in the park or if Teton 5th is their first experience, …
