Author: Beth Marchand

On Wednesday April 10, Judy Silverberg PhD received the New Hampshire Environmental Educators Non-formal Educator of the Year.  Judy currently serves as the part-time NH Project Learning Tree Coordinator and is a long time environmental educator.  Before joining NH Project Learning Tree, she worked 27 years for the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department of …

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Funds will support a science-based teacher professional development program for middle and high school teachers  1/24/12 CONCORD, NH: NH Project Learning Tree, a nonprofit organization that provides educational opportunities to enhance youth understanding, appreciation, and love for the natural world, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $20,000 grant from The USDA—Forest …

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CONCORD, NH: NH Project Learning Tree, a nonprofit organization that provides educational opportunities to enhance youth understanding, appreciation, and love for the natural world, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $75,000 Math Science Partnership grant from New Hampshire’s Department of Education. The grant funds will be used by NH Project Learning …

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Connecting with Nature: St. Paul’s School Students Celebrate Earth Day at The Children’s Learning Center with NHPLT  5/18/11 On a recent blustery, but bright spring morning, St. Paul’s School students celebrated Earth Day at the Childhood Learning Center. In the process, with the help of Erin Hollingsworth of NH Project Learning Tree, the students discovered …

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NH PLT Helps At-Risk Students Map City Park with GPS 5/12/11 Students from Nashua’s Pennichuck Middle School are “hired” by the City to map trails at Roby Park. Check out the video of the project and the impact to students!

NH PLT Awarded $6,500 Grant from Lincoln Financial Foundation:Funds will support expansion of early childhood environmental education  5/5/11 NH Project Learning Tree is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $6,500 grant from the Lincoln Financial Foundation. The grant will support NH Project Learning Tree’s expansion of early childhood environmental education across New …

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PLT School Receives “Go Greener” Grant! 4/18/11 NH PLT partner, Bicentennial School in Nashua received a $500 “Go Greener” grant from the National Environmental Education Foundation! The school has been working hard to connect students to nature and reduce their environmental impact and now their efforts are being recognized nationally.  5th grade teacher and Green …

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