What is the Chicago Friends School’s ecological education program?
We will learn about our relationship with other living things, the relationships of living things with each other, and we will explore healthy ways of interacting with our environment. This will include gardening, connecting children with their food sources, helping them understand where their food comes from, getting children outdoors, caring for classroom animals, visiting Chicago wilderness sites, and learning about sustainable practices. Chicago Friends School begins ecological education in the primary grades. Outdoor experiences are sequenced to include particular skills, experiences, and habitats. Field trips to natural sites will be connected to classroom study. As CFS expands to 3rd grade and above, students may have overnight camping trips, backpacking trips, and other outdoor experiences.
