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July Accredited Program Photo Contest Winner

AEE's Accreditation Calendar Photo Contest Winner for July is Colorado Rocky Mountain School, Carbondale, Colorado.

Dylan Smith rips through the Gunnison
National Forst while on a CRMS mountain biking course.
Photographer: Darryl Fuller

Colorado Rocky Mountain School
Founded in 1953, Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS) endeavors to expose students to a variety of environments designed not only to deliver fundamental skills, but also to develop in each person a curiosity and passion for scholarship and discovery. CRMS's curriculum of rigorous
college preparatory courses, wilderness education, and
service learning,all in a residential setting, allows students
to cultivate writing, comprehension, he arts, and critical thinking skills. The hallmarks of CRMS's active curriculum are an appreciation of the outdoors,work ethic, ommunity service, and physical labor.

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New Release!

Just in time for Earth Day, AEE is excited to feature this new book in its eStore: Go Green @ School: 20 Great Ways Students and Teachers Can Help Save the Planet, by Kathleen McConnell & Gail Ryser

Check out 4 other new titles recently added to our eStore:
1. In Accord With Nature, revised edition, by Clifford E. Knapp
2. Organic Play: A Trail Guide to Changing the World by Transforming the Way We Live, Work & Play, by Joy Harris & Donna Wood
3. Never, Finished...Just Begun: A Narrative of L.B. Sharp and Outdoor Education, by Julie Carlson
4. Beyond Dewey & Hahn: Foundations for Experiential Education, by Thomas E. Smith and Clifford E. Knapp

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New Resources

We are constantly adding new content to our Resources page (like research-based articles on Outdoor Orientation Programs), as well as new titles to our eStore ... like the one below. Scroll to the bottom of this page—or head straight to the eStore—to read about featured titles.

If you're an AEE member, you can save 10-40% on bookstore purchases. Think you have all the books you need? Check out the new titles we're constantly adding.

There are new titles by Clifford Knapp and Thomas Smith and Kathleen McConnell and Gail R. Ryser, as well as beautifully illustrated updates of classics by Thoreau and Emerson.

See what's available by visiting our eStore, or simply download a list of all the books, DVDs and videos we currently carry!

Head to the Book Pages for complete descriptions and author bios of the titles available through our eStore.

Accreditation News

We would like to congratulate the following programs for receiving initial and continuing accreditation during the Accreditation Council meeting held on June 26, 2009.

We commend these programs for their commitment to risk management, program quality and dedication to meeting or exceeding the highest standards in the field of experiential education.

Initial Accreditation:

Leadership Experiential Adventure Program
South Mountain, PA

Continuing Accreditation:

Chadwick School
Palos Verdes, CA

Gray Wolf Ranch
Port Townsend, WA

Applicants for accreditation currently conducting their self-assessments:

Telluride Mountain School, CO
Wasatch Academy, UT
New Day, MT
Link School, CO
White Mtn. School, NH
UNC - Greensboro, NC
Utah Valley University, UT
Dragonfly, Hong Kong

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