Zoo School Garners Community Support
Wednesday, May 8, 2013, WEST PALM BEACH, Florida – What better way to learn about wildlife and conservation than to attend school at the Palm Beach Zoo? That’s the reality for Palm BeachCounty elementary students attending Title I schools. And it’s all thanks to support from community sponsors: Kids’ Dreams Public Charity, Palm Beach Kennel Club, TD Charitable Foundation, R. Cathleen Cox Charitable Foundation, and Fortin Foundation.
ZooSchool is an innovative and memorable way for students to learn in an outdoor classroom setting. The program is offered to Palm BeachCounty elementary students, grades 3 through 5, attending Title I schools with an 80% or higher population of “at-risk” students. The one week, on-site program will be offered October through May for class sizes of 18 to 22 students.
Students and their teachers will use the ZooSchool classroom as their homeroom for the week and enjoy all aspects of the Zoo each day. Zoo educators will provide outdoor lessons: activities featuring live animals and behind-the-scenes tours that are tailored to Florida’s Next Generation Sunshine Standards and follow the Scope and Sequence schedule for Science as recommended by the Palm BeachCountySchool District.
The week of May 13th a 5th grade class from CO Taylor/Kirklane Elementary will be at the Zoo attending ZooSchool.
About the Palm Beach Zoo
The Palm Beach Zoo is located at 1301 Summit Boulevard, just east of I-95 between Southern and Forest Hill Boulevard. The zoo is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day except Christmas and Thanksgiving Day. The Zoological Society of the Palm Beaches exists to protect wildlife and wildlife habitat, and to inspire others to value and conserve the natural world. We advance our conservation mission through endangered species propagation, education, health and wellness, field research, and conservation medicine. For more information regarding the Palm Beach Zoo, visit www.palmbeachzoo.org.
Contact: Claudia Harden, Marketing Manager: (561) 214-1667, claudia@palmbeachzoo.org
Andrea Garver, Marketing Associate: (561) 533-0887 x 238, agarver@palmbeachzoo.org