Credits

School Programs Working Group Participants

The dedicated volunteers from around the country, listed alphabetically below, participated in the National COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative’s Working Group (WG#6) between June and December 2020. The National COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative would like to express our heartfelt thanks to all of the organizations and individuals who are collaborating to make this Initiative possible.

Working Group Leaders

  • Sharon Danks, MLA-MCP, Green Schoolyards America

  • Amity Sandage, Santa Cruz County Office of Education

 

Working Group Participants

  • Stephanie Bassman, Gratz-Brown Elementary School

  • Kitty Cahalan

  • Whitney Cohen, LifeLab

  • Leslie Cook

  • Danyel Crutcher, Playworks

  • Ann Marie Douglass

  • Erica Fine, E Movement

  • Kurt Holland

  • Adam Kesselman, Center for Ecoliteracy

  • Roberta McFarland

  • Yalda Modabbeer, Golestan Education

  • Yvonne Nolasco

  • Sarah Pooner

  • Kat Romo, Oakland Unified School District

  • Emily Shipman, Kids Gardening

  • Elizabeth Soper, National Wildlife Federation

  • Yael Warshai

  • Monica Wiedal-Lubinski

  • Krysta Williams, Center for Ecoliteracy

  • Andra Yeghoian, MBA, San Mateo County Office of Education

National COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative

The National COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative supports schools and districts around the country in their efforts to reopen safely and equitably using outdoor spaces as strategic, cost-effective solutions to increase physical distancing capacity onsite and provide access to abundant fresh air. The Initiative seeks to equitably improve learning, mental and physical health, and happiness for children and adults using an affordable, time-tested outdoor approach to keeping schools open during a pandemic.

The National COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative was co-founded in May 2020 by Green Schoolyards America, The Lawrence Hall of Science, San Mateo County Office of Education, and Ten Strands. It has now grown to include more than 20 other partner organizations that are collaborating to build a national movement, hundreds of participating volunteers, and foundation partners.