WYOMING SCHOOLS AT A CROSSROADS: Cows on the Playground, Horses in the Classroom—Rural Teacher Corps Builds Pipeline
Certain experiences only happen to rural schoolteachers.
When Brooke Johnson, 35, taught at Slack Elementary, a one-room schoolhouse in Parkman, near Ranchester, a goat who lived next door often stood on the school’s porch and peered through the window, …
Place Network Dispatch: Yurts Foster Local to Global Connections
Morristown, Vermont is home to one of the schools in the Place Network: Mountain River School. The school recently moved to a new campus complete with yurts! The experience spurred a project for students to discover the history of yurts and their connection to their local environment. …
Mountain Academy Students Learn About Community Through Local Nonprofits
Our friends at the Community Foundation of Teton Valley are once again putting on the Tin Cup Challenge in Teton Valley. “One of the most innovative charitable fundraisers in the nation, the Tin Cup Challenge is also one of the most successful. …
Student Guest Blog “I am a Rural Student”
The Unique Rural Student Experiences of Mountain Academy Students
Jackson, Wyoming is home to one of the two campuses of Mountain Academy. Two of our students reported on local celebrity grizzly bear 399 and her cubs as they navigated Teton Valley and our very own campus this last school year. …
Student Guest Blog “CRISPR: The Biotechnology Which Took The World by Storm”
How might we be more aware of how genetics and genetic engineering affect our lives?
In the spring of 2022, 8th grade science students at Mountain Academy of Teton Science Schools studied genetics and genetic engineering. …
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. …
Amy Azano Q & A: Place is Powerful
In preparation for our Place-Based Symposium next week, April 22nd, Teton Science Schools had the opportunity to learn more about our keynote speaker, Amy Azano. She gives us some background on her research and what place means to her. …
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. …
Buffalo Soldiers, more than a Bob Marley song
“Buffalo Soldier, dreadlock Rasta
There was a Buffalo Soldier
In the heart of America
Stolen from Africa, brought to America
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival”
Bob Marley and the Wailers’ song “Buffalo Soldier” parallels the history of the Buffalo Soldiers and their fight for their personal survival in the American Indian Wars, …
