Photo courtesy of Arkansas Game and Fish Commisison.
LITTLE ROCK Thanks to a new program offered through the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, teachers looking for ways to incorporate the outdoors into physical education can have ready-made curriculums ready to go for the next school year. The Outdoor Adventures program created and administered through the Outdoors Tomorrow Foundation enables teachers to choose from a variety of outdoors skills to create a semester-long class that qualifies for a physical education credit.
According to Scot McClure, director of education for OTF, 655 schools have signed up for the program throughout the nation, with the latest addition being right here in The Natural State. Cabot Freshman Academy recently joined in, creating education opportunities that vary from angling and archery to paddlesports and camping.