Credits

Community engagement Working Group Participants

The dedicated volunteers from around the country, listed alphabetically below, participated in the National COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative’s Community Engagement Working Group (WG#7) 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 Participants

  • Tascha Barnes

  • Sarah Bly

  • Kitty Cahalan

  • Jenaver Goodman, ACOE

  • Shayna Hirshfield-Gold

  • Allison Makela, West Contra Costa Unified School District

  • Ryan Mayeda, CA Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education

  • Michelle Renaud

  • Wanda Steward, Common Vision

  • Emily Weiss, Lawrence Hall of Science

  • Sarah Whitaker

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.