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Last updated on Thursday, December 27, 2018
(BLOOMINGTON) - Unionville Elementary has been recognized as the 2018 Outdoor Lab of the Year by the Indiana Tree Farm Committee. This is the 43rd year of this prestigious award and the second Monroe County Community School Corporation. Bloomington High School North won the award in 1980.
The award confirms Unionville's commitment to their curriculum initiative called E.A.R.T.H. (Environment, Art, Resources, Technology, and Health) modeled to incorporate the environment, natural resources, and health into their curriculum.
Chairman Robert Burke of the Indiana Tree Farm Committee sums it up, "Without a doubt, classes taught outdoors are experiences likely to remain in the mind of students for many years."
Principal Lilly Albright will be presented with the state award on February 18, 2019, at the 2019 Hoosier Association of Science Teachers, Inc. (HASTI) conference in Indianapolis. Principal Albright has also been invited to present on Unionville's E.A.R.T.H. curriculum and outdoor learning spaces at the 2020 HASTI conference.
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