The School District of Waukesha Fox River Sanctuary Environmental Education Program has provided standards based Environmental Education activities since 1976. Each year over 8,500 students and 900 volunteers learn about the environment by participating in sequential classroom and hands-on learning activities. This program has been viewed as a state “model” for infusing mandated environmental education standards into the school curriculum.
The site specific classes take place outside in the Fox River Sanctuary or inside at the E.B. Shurts Environmental Learning Center. The E. B. Shurts Center has two indoor classrooms and a teacher resource area that can be used by the Waukesha teachers. These programs and resources are also used by other school districts in the area that choose to bring students to the facility. The Environmental Education Program has also formed partnerships with other community organizations to provide learning opportunities for the general public.
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