Netherwood Knoll achieves top ‘Green and Healthy’ status, turning outdoors into classroom areas


Netherwood Knoll achieves top ‘Green and Healthy’ status, turning outdoors into classroom areas


It took filling out pages and pages to apply for the highest of four levels of state recognition through the Green and Healthy Schools Wisconsin program.

But third-grade teacher Emily Anderson is proud of the efforts to turn outdoor spaces into classroom areas at Oregon’s Netherwood Knoll Elementary School. The elements on the sprawling grounds include 16 raised garden beds, a hoop house, amphitheater, prairie, Monarch Waystation, rain gardens, marsh with cattails, fruit trees and a “mother oak” with a bench built around its massive trunk...

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Ken Notes: While spending the weekend camping in Lake Geneva, I pondered how we could expand the use of our environment, parks, and natural resources. Step one: let those who understand and respect nature, economics, and the delicate balance this represents manage it. Step two: start training these individuals today.

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