AmeriCorps Alums Unpack the Myths of Jackson Hole in New Podcast
Long before Jesse Bryant and Hannah Habermann came together to create and launch their new podcast, “Yonder Lies: Unpacking the Myths of Jackson Hole,” they met as students on a course with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). …
This School is Putting Students at the Helm of Their Own Learning Environments
When Place Network partner, Mountain River School, started the 19-20 school year on a brand new campus, the teachers and administrators didn’t just see it as a fresh start in a new building, …
Learning Shouldn’t Stop in Summer: 6 Benefits of Summer Camp
Summer camp. It’s a time that many of us as adults look back on fondly. We remember the thrill of building a fire with flint and steel for the first time, or the carefree afternoons spent hiking or watercoloring under the sun. …
A Play Space for Students, by Students
Imagine this: you’re a student in elementary school (K-5) and one day, your teachers tell you that starting today, you and your classmates are going to dive into the exploration of PLAY. …
How a Wildlife Tour Showed Local Students their Place in a New Way
It’s not uncommon to live in a place and not experience everything it has to offer. For many, there are simply too many things to see and do in their place — …
A University Partnership Grounded in Place, Reflection and Technology
In 2015, Ohio University graduate and Wyoming resident Ralph Haberfeld had an epiphany that has connected two distinct, picturesque places: Athens, Ohio, in the Appalachian foothills, and Jackson Hole, bordering western Wyoming’s Teton Range.
Thanks to that epiphany, …
How a Wyoming Principal Found Place-Based Education
Here at Teton Science Schools it’s fair to say that we see a lot of students, teachers, principals and even some superintendents throughout the year. For many of them, the time spent on our campuses and out in wild places is transformative — …
Building a Reggio Emilia Classroom: A Teacher’s Perspective
When Erin Solomon first arrived on our Jackson Campus, the campus was just four months old. The walls of the pre-K classroom she’d call home were still bare. The values of the Reggio Emilia philosophy — …
Who is Teton Science Schools? We’ve Got Your Answer.
Teton Science Schools started with a simple idea: natural science should be taught in nature.
Over the years, that idea has grown into a mission of inspiring curiosity, engagement and leadership through transformative place-based education. …
The Reggio Emilia Classroom: Where Young Children Lead the Charge
Walk into any of our early childhood classrooms here at Teton Science Schools and you’re bound to step into a space that inspires curiosity, wonder and awe; a space that touches the senses in every which way and tempts you to touch, …
