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The Squad in the News

"The Urban Adventure Squad Supports Child Learning with Outdoor Programs" 
The Washington Informer, Feb. 2024

www.washingtoninformer.com/dc-outdoor-learning-urban-adventure-squad/

Grantee Spotlight: Urban Adventure Squad 
​National Recreation Foundation

www.nationalrecreationfoundation.org/blog/grantee-spotlight-urban-adventure-squad/

Urban Adventure Squad Executive Director Elana Mintz testified during the DC Council's Performance Oversight hearings on:
  • Feb. 28, 2024 (Committee of the Whole, on DC Public Schools and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education): 
  • Feb. 29, 2024 (Committee on Transportation and the Environment, on the Department of Energy and Environment)
The full testimonies can be downloaded as .pdf files on the right side of this page. 

https://www.wearedcaction.org/blog/ost-voices-22-urban-adventure-squad
OST (Out-of-School Time) Voices #22 | Urban Adventure Squad


"DCPS needs to change how it’s spending outdoor learning funds to avoid undermining equity."
​
Elana Mintz, Urban Adventure Squad, and Emily Gasoi, DC State Board of Education Vice President and Ward 1 representative 

"Nonprofits like ours help struggling D.C. families. Now we need help."
Elana Mintz, Urban Adventure Squad, and Doug Siglin, Living Classrooms

"10 things kids should do in D.C. before they turn 10"

Adele Chapin 
The Washington Post ​

"4 Summer Camps That Turn DC Into One Big Playground" 
Rin-rin Yu 
Washingtonian 


"At Stokes School, every day is Earth Day"
Erika Bryant, Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School

"The calendar that working families need bridges gap between work and school days"
Lindsay Russell, American University 


"Geocaching with Urban Adventure Squad: Science and Technology Learning"
Creative Minds International Public Charter School 

"Oregano Pesto! How One D.C. School is Using its Green Schoolyard"
Nancy Striniste, EarlySpace LLC/Blog post for Green Schoolyards America 

Public Testimony

Supporting the Designation of the Red-backed Salamander
​as D.C.'s official amphibian
​Elana Mintz (written testimony) 
September 18, 2024: 

https://www.urbanadventuresquad.org/redbackedsalamander
Elana Mintz DC Council Testimony Feb. 28, 2024
File Size: 76 kb
File Type: pdf
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Elana Mintz DC Council Testimony Feb. 29, 2024
File Size: 77 kb
File Type: pdf
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  • Home
  • DONATIONS
    • Donate
  • Outdoor Programs
    • Full Day Programs >
      • logistics/what to bring
    • Summer Programs >
      • High School Volunteers
      • Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
    • Partnerships >
      • Past Partnerships
    • Tick Protocol
  • Resources
    • The Anacostia Watershed through Children's Eyes
    • Ten Things to Do Outdoors in DC!
    • Guide to Outdoor Learning
    • Black History in D.C.
    • Land Acknowledgement
    • Outdoor Learning Ideas
    • Geocaching D.C.'s Waterways >
      • Activities for the Classroom or Home
      • Go PLAY! (Find Our Geocaches)
    • D.C.'s Hidden Waterways >
      • Squad Waterway Cleanup
      • In-classroom activities
      • Field trips
      • Resources to learn more >
        • Hands-on Activities
    • Environmental Justice with Middle Schoolers >
      • Activities for the Classroom or Home
  • About
    • Who we are >
      • UAS BOARD
      • UAS STAFF
      • UAS documents >
        • UAS Annual Report 2021
        • UAS Annual Report 2020
        • UAS Annual Report 2019
        • UAS Annual Report 2018
        • UAS Annual Report 2017 >
          • UAS Financial Report 2017
        • UAS Annual Report 2016
        • ULTC governance docs
    • The Squad in the News
    • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
    • Contact Us >
      • Join our email list
    • Job opportunity: Part-time educator