- IslandWood
IslandWood is a non-profit outdoor learning center located on
Bainbridge Island inWashington . It was founded in 2001 to provideenvironmental education for young people living in King and Kitsap Counties.IslandWood's core program is called the School Overnight Program. Approximately 3400 fourth, fifth and sixth grade students attend the program each year. [cite news |first=Jessica |last=Blanchard |title=Hands on classroom, where learning comes natural |url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/311906_islandwood17.html |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=2007-04-16 |accessdate=2007-11-26 ] They are taught by residential graduate students taking part in the Graduate Residency in Education, Environment and Community (EEC), which is offered in partnership with the
University of Washington .History
In 1997, over a thousand acres of land were being sold on the south end of Bainbridge Island. Local residents Debbi and
Paul Brainerd proposed the idea of building a a children's outdoor education center [cite news |first=Aimee |last=Chou |title=Brainerds marry love of land and technology |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2005/11/21/focus10.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |date=2005-11-18 |accessdate=2007-11-26 ] ; a subsequent feasibility study showed that half of Puget Sound area students did not receive overnight outdoor education programs. [cite news |first=Rebekah |last=Lasala |title=IslandWood blends technology with nature |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2007/07/02/focus3.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |date=2007-06-29 |accessdate=2007-11-26 ] The Brainerds purchased convert|255|acre|km2 of land for the program [cite news |first=Tom |last=Paulson |title=Newly found fault shakes up beliefs about regional quakes |url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/138896_newfault10.html |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=2003-09-10 |accessdate=2007-11-26 |quote=The outdoor learning center IslandWood, recently established on convert|255|acre|km2 by a donation from the Brainerd Foundation, allowed the geologists to rip the convert|50|ft|m|sing=on-long, convert|10|ft|m-deep hole on their new grounds in mid-August. ] , conducted two years of research and began building the center in the summer of 2000. Pilot programs were held in in spring 2002.References
External links
* [http://www.islandwood.org/ IslandWood] official website
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