At Oil City Elementary, Environmental Education Saves the Day
An elementary school in Louisiana proves Project Learning Tree is a powerful tool that can be used to improve student test scores.
Service Learning
Outstanding Educator
Kathy Rusert
Kathy is a science and reading teacher in the Acorn School District, Arkansas, who uses the outdoors as a classroom to instruct her students.
Outstanding Educator
Lu Boren
Lu Boren is a middle school teacher at St. Columba School in Durango, Colorado, who uses PLT materials to teach earth science, chemistry, and biology.
Outstanding Educator
Brooke Mohr
Brooke teaches at Medart Elementary School in Crawfordville, Florida. She is passionate about environmental awareness and teaching her students to care about the environment.
Outstanding Educator
Cindi Smith-Walters
Cindi is a biology professor at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro and has trained thousands of educators in PLT programs.
Outstanding Educator
Usha Rajdev
Usha is an Associate Professor at Marymount University in Virginia who trains her students to utilize PLT’s resources and has led teaching groups to India.
Special-Needs Students Create a Bloomin’ Butterfly Garden
Planning and tending a garden is an avenue for all students to build character and gain skills. It allows special needs students have the opportunity to expand their capabilities in a collaborative, hands-on setting.
Outstanding Educator
Tracy McMullen
Tracy is an Environmental Education Coordinator at the DeVries Nature Conservancy in Owosso, Michigan. She has shared PLT with thousands of educators.
Outstanding Educator
Kyle Langille
Kyle is the principal at Bicentennial Elementary School in Nashua, New Hampshire, where she helped implement green initiatives and PLT resources in every grade.
Outstanding Educator
Karen Mack
Karen, a Co-Director at Aleph Academy who teaches at the University of Nevada in Reno, has trained thousands of educators in PLT workshops.