Community Involvement

Our curriculum includes many opportunities for the students to apply their lessons through various community outreach opportunities. Our students' families are also encouraged to become involved with their child’s school program on a weekly basis as we feel their contributions are a unique and essential element to a child’s education.

White Clay Learning Center students hold one or two fundraisers per year. Proceeds are then sent to an organization that our students have identified through their curriculum work as being in need. 

	White Clay Learning Center students participated in 2006 land management study of Otter Creek, Port Deposit, Maryland, as part of their Chesapeake Bay unit.         These studies included collection of field data on the Otter River and later application of research and testing techniques in the lab to samples collected. The students will later make their recommendations to the township concerning marina development.
	Collecting donations at benefit Middle Eastern banquet to raise funds for an organization that our students have identified through their curriculum work as being in need. (click on picture for larger view)
	Middle Eastern Banquet to benefit the Central Asia Institute, which promotes literacy, women's vocational skills, and awareness of public health and environmental issues through community initiated education programs in mountain regions of Central Asia.
	Observing creation of a garden to develop a sense of environmental responsibility. (click on picture for larger view)
	Students studying birds on a field trip to Bombay Hook Natural Wildlife Refuge. (click on picture for larger view)