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Rock River students present Longhorn Loop, other place-based projects to board
Summary
Students from Rock River Elementary described multi-year place-based and project-based learning projects including a cross-country trail called the Longhorn Loop, design and mapping work, and study units that the district and trustees praised as linked to the district strategic plan.
Rock River Elementary students and staff presented the school’s multi-year place-based and project-based learning program to the Albany County School District #1 Board of Trustees, describing projects that tied classroom learning to local problems and community needs.
The presentation’s central example was the Longhorn Loop, a cross‑country trail the students designed to provide a safe practice route for the school’s cross‑country team and a community exercise space. “We needed space for mountain biking for PE, and we needed it for community needs so that they could have a place to exercise,” said Letty Bowers, a sixth‑grade student, describing how the team mapped…
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