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Educators & Families,

The family of every 4th grader has the opportunity to obtain a free National Parks Pass.
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Every Kid In a Park
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Every April I spend time on bringing the National Parks into my classroom. My "classroom" is the school library, but it is a classroom nonetheless. We examine artifacts I have acquired in my travels: a rabbit pelt, rocks, the infamous flat hat; as well as pictures and plenty of books. The school I currently work in is diverse in all manner of demographics: socioeconomics, ethnicity, special education, and emergent bilingual. I teach them, and they teach me. Together we find the way.
~Ms. Gapp, Teacher Librarian,
​Portland Public Schools (Oregon)

Educators:
NPS Resources for your classroom

Get passes for your 4th graders!
Teacher Ranger Teacher Opportunity
Post or distribute these flyers in your school and share with PTAs.
Flyer - English
Flyer - Spanish
BIPOC in National Parks

Families:
Plan your trip!

FAQ
Oregon Trip Plan
Get your pass!
Intro to EKIAP
National Park units in Oregon.
National Park units in Washington.

Trip planners from the National Parks Foundation.
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This pathfinder brought to you courtesy of Portland Public School Teacher Librarians and 4th grade Teachers. 

“An environment-based education movement--at all levels of education--will help students realize that school isn't supposed to be a polite form of incarceration, but a portal to the wider world.” 
~ Richard Louv, 
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
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