“”LA CROSSE, Wis., (February 8, 2022) – Summit Environmental School provides students with a solid educational foundation in the core academic areas with an environmental focus integrated throughout. Units of study emphasize hands-on, outdoor experiences for the students using different outdoor education spaces established on and around the school site.
To help continue that mission of connecting, exploring, and engaging in the world around them, the school is thankful for the support of the La Crosse Public Education Foundation (LPEF.) Sponsored by a previous LPEF Gold Star Grant award, classes throughout the school were supplied with all of the initial necessary tools to help expand Summit’s already impressive list of educational outdoor experiences and continue the school’s annual ice fishing unit on the local Mississippi River backwaters surrounding the school.
“We invest in connection,” said Summit teacher Nick O’Keefe. “Activities like this complement our PE, science, and social studies lessons but also connect our kids to the natural world around them, introducing them to a lifelong form of recreation and physical activity promoting a healthy and active lifestyle and as a bonus, it’s a whole lot of fun.”
For three days, Summit students learned about the skills and strategies that surround a local ice fishing adventure. The hands-on lessons taught students about ice fishing safety and overall ice fishing rules and regulations and expanded on educational elements of respecting, enjoying, and protecting their environmental resources.
“We believe that the integration of environmental themes throughout our curriculum will help students to build important critical thinking and problem-solving skills while learning to be good stewards of the earth and its resources,” said Summit principal Oscar Uribe. “By integrating environmental concepts throughout the curriculum students will gain an in-depth understanding of the interrelationships between natural systems and people.”
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