North Lakeland Elementary School’s outdoor education program engages students in a standards-based curriculum which increases students’ academic achievement, emotional and social growth, and physical fitness. This video describes the environmental education experiences of 4K through 8th grade students in the community’s natural environment, the benefits of the program, and how others can create their own outdoor education program.

Says the principal: “The outdoor education program is really an extension of the classroom…We use not only science standards, social studies standards, English language art standards, but also environmental education standards that we have in Wisconsin. Everything we do at outdoor education is academic in nature, but embraces what we have here in the natural resources and talks about sustainability, interaction, and outdoor skills.”

A transcript of the video is available here.

Read the accompanying video Reflection Guide to help prompt further ideas for your school or district context.

North Lakeland 5th graders explore a bog during Outdoor Education

School InformationNorth Lakeland Elementary School

Mr. Brent Jelinski

Current Principal

12686 County Road K
Manitowish Waters, WI 54545-9324
(715) 543-8417https://northlakelandschool.com/North Lakeland Elementary School

Student Demographics 2023Number of students PreK-8152Students eligible for subsidized meals37%Students receiving special ed services15%ELL0%African American0%White97%Hispanic or Latino1%Asian0%American Indian or Alaska Native1%Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander0%2 or More Races1%Student mobility rate13%

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