Symposium: Monday, March 13, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Green School Tour: Tuesday, March 14, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Symposium cost: $50 general; $40 for Intertwine Alliance partners and school district employees
Green School Tour cost: $30
Thank you to sponsors the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FamilyCare Health and Play & Park Structures.
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The Intertwine Alliance invites you to Children, Nature & Schools Symposium: Finding New Ways to Help our Students Thrive, a full day of educational and strategic sessions during which we'll think deeply about how to best leverage our schools and the time our children spend there to develop students who are physically active, achieve more academically, and become more deeply engaged stewards of our environment.
National, regional and local leaders will share their innovative ideas as we catalyze a movement to help all children thrive. School administrators and facilities staff, teachers, PTA members, community school advocates, environmental/informal education professionals, nature play and recess advocates, landscape architects, child healthcare professionals and anyone else interested -- this event is for you!
We're pleased to welcome keynote presenter Cam Collyer, Executive Director of Programs at Evergreen, a Canadian organization with the mission of “Inspiring action to green cities." Cam oversees Evergreen’s national suite of programs that focus on the design, stewardship and animation of public lands, including the award-winning national school-ground greening program Toyota Evergreen Learning Grounds.
Check back here for the full agenda, which will be posted soon. The symposium includes lunch, along with a networking wine and beer reception. CEU’s are available for teachers in attendance.
Please also join us for a tour of projects highlighting green school successes the day after the symposium. Lunch will be included.