Youth

Bailey's Elementary School

Partnership

To help promote the importance of Earth conservation, the Forest Service is conducting an outreach program with Bailey’s Elementary School for Arts and Science, in Falls Church, Virginia.

The main purpose of this program is to enhance children’s understanding of the environment and natural resource conservation. This partnership not only affects the students but it also motivates the community to care for the environment.

Through presentations by environmental speakers, the development of outdoor recreation areas, acquiring new scientific equipment, and educational field trips, students learn in a fun and interactive way. These experiences also encourage children to increase their interest in careers related to the natural sciences.

It is hoped that the integration and development of an environmental curriculum will instill in the students the sense of responsibility to care for the environment. It is also hoped that it will motivate them to appreciate the significance of outdoor activities and the value of the preserving the Earth for future generations.

School Profile

• Bailey’s Elementary School Profile

Special Events

Calendar & Goals

• 2008 Calendar and Goals [PDF]

Photos

• Forest Service employees read to pre-k and Kindergarten students at Bailey's Reading is Fundamental event
• Bailey's Elementary School students participate in a workshop about water conservation

Website

• Bailey’s Elementary School

[Photo] Eurial Turner from the Civil Rights Office (left) helps students at Bailey's Elementary School on January 11. Forest Service representatives spoke with staff at Bailey's about their Outdoor Education Program and looked at their facility and school grounds in order to see how the Forest Service can help their outdoor science program in the future.
Photo by Keith Riggs, Office of Communication, Washington Office.