Jane Goodall Environmental Middle School

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Dr. Jane Goodall, the school's patron
Dr. Jane Goodall, the school's patron

The Jane Goodall Environmental Middle School is charter school serving grades 6 trough 8 focusing on environmental science and community service. It is housed at Waldo Middle School in Salem, Marion County, Oregon, named after English primatologist Jane Goodall.

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The Jane Goodall Environmental Middle School will provide an engaging and meaningful focus for students to achieve Oregon academic standards. Through partnerships with community and governmental organizations, an integrated curriculum design and an emphasis on field-based projects, students will actively apply their knowledge and skills as they improve our local and global environments.

The curriculum at JGEMS is aligned to current Oregon Curriculum Content Standards and all courses taught in other Salem/Keizer middle schools is also taught at JGEMS. The curriculum at JGEMS consists of conservation biology, language arts, social studies, language Arts/Social Studies Block, mathematics, integrated science, physical education / health education, and technology.

JGEMS takes on environmental restoration projects and involves students in a variety of field studies. Projects are: Endangered species project, Oregon Silverspot Butterfly, Reed canary grass suppression, frog deformities, amphibian monitoring, indefinite maintainmence at Pringle Creek, macroinvertebrates census, Aumsville Pond restoration, Little Pudding River restoration, forest fire severity, monitor the movement of the heavy wood debris by tides and high water events at Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge, forest ecology at Opal Creek Education Center, and research on the Snowy Plover.

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