Zoo Project

In Project CHOICE (Children Harvesting Opportunities in Community Education), a community service-learning program at Brennan Middle School in Attleboro, fifth graders were absorbed in learning all kinds of facts about endangered species and the role of the zoo in their community. The Zoo Project, as it became known, provided a real-world learning opportunity that focused their awareness beyond the walls of the classroom and enabled the students to actively contribute to their community. This community service learning project transformed their zoo into a "learning lab," promoted educational partnerships among several city agencies, and ultimately contributed to the reaccreditation of the Capron Park Zoo.