Find Where the Wild Things Are this Summer with Wildlife Expeditions
What’s your earliest memory of a national park? Who were you with? What season was it? What was the best adventure of that trip? Is it time to make new memories in one of these special places? …
Summers at the Murie Ranch are Back!
The Murie Ranch is open to visitors again this summer, with public tours offered daily Monday through Friday at 11:30 am!
Celebrate Spring with Community Science
At Teton Science Schools, we embrace a culture of lifelong learning. So it’s only natural that when we create an opportunity to connect through citizen and community science, we look forward to it with enthusiasm. …
Place-Based Educators Bring Meaningful Change to Rural Schools
The Rural Schools Collaborative (RSC) is a key partner in Teton Science Schools’ Place Network, a group of interconnected rural K-12 schools that brings learners and communities together for the benefit of both. …
A Place-Based Symposium to Remember
One by one, educators, students, administrators, and community leaders logged into the 6th Annual Place-Based Symposium last week to reimagine the future of education. The Symposium was held in a virtual format for the second year in a row due to the constraints of the ongoing pandemic. …
Graduate Program Alumni Spotlight: Nicholas Spinelli ’20
Meet Nicholas Spinelli, Graduate Program Class of 2020.
Who are you?
I define identity—like many other things—as becoming, rather than being. So, my answer to this question has changed dramatically even since entering (and exiting) the graduate program. …
TSS AmeriCorps Members Find New Ways to Serve
During any given year, between 25 and 30 percent of Americans serve as volunteers. Since its inception in the 1990s, AmeriCorps has played an important role in connecting individuals and organizations to help communities overcome challenges. …
What Color is Place?
Honoring Dr. Carolyn Finney for International Women’s Day …
“In the case of race and the environment, it’s not just who we imagine has something valuable to say. These assumptions, beliefs, and perceptions can be found in the very foundation of our environmental thinking,
Stretching Into New Spaces – Professional Development at TSS is Carving a New Educational Landscape
Teton Science Schools has a long history of supporting educators through professional development at many levels. From a year-long graduate program that mentors aspiring educators in the theories and practices of place-based education to consulting with entire school districts on strategies for adopting a place-based framework, …
TGIF: TSS Supports Local Elementary Schools on Fridays
Since Friday, September 16, Teton Science Schools has partnered with Teton County School District (TCSD1) and community organizations to provide engaging and enriching programming for elementary-aged students in need of supervision on the county’s virtual Fridays. …