Every Student Learns Outside™

Success Stories
A collection of stories about educators and their students who use PLT in the outdoors.

Every Student Learns Outside with PLT!
In response to the growing interest in encouraging children to get outside, PLT is accelerating its efforts to help educators make outdoor experiences part of their everyday lesson plans.

Heyburn Elementary School, St. Maries, ID
Fourth graders in northern Idaho help solve the mystery of dying fir trees.

Oil City Elementary Magnet School, Oil City, LA
A focus on the environment turned around a school in danger of closure. Now enrollment and test scores are up, and Oil City is celebrating its prestigious National School Change Award. Read the full story in the April 2007 issue of NSTA's Science & Children magazine.

Mabelvale Middle School, Little Rock, AR
Getting urban middle school kids outside succeeds with creative programs and a dedicated teacher.

Shadeville Elementary School, Crawfordville, FL
A PLT-certified school offers plenty of outdoor opportunities to kids and teachers.