Classroom Activities and Engagement

Group of children participating in various classroom settings, showcasing collaborative learning, creativity, and engagement in educational activities.

Education library, teacher and children students in classroom of elementary school. Development, learning scholarship and group of kids talking, discussion and studying for knowledge with black woman

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Matsunaga Elementary , Environmental Protection Agency

Children, school and portrait in a classroom while together to learn for study for knowledge and education. Boy and girl group students in class while learning for future development with friends

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Tuba City Boarding School on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona--largest school in the Bureau of Indian Education system. Joining Secretary Kempthorne for the tour of new buildings and classrooms, and for discussions with students, teachers, and parents, were education officials including Bureau of Indian Education Director Kevin Skenandore, Indian Affairs Office of Facilities, Environmental and Cultural Resources Director Jack Rever, Tuba City Boarding School Principal Don Coffland, and Tuba City School Governing Board President Frieda Maloney.

Vacation Bible School volunteer, Katherine Scully, helps with arts and crafts as children work on a rainbow project about diversity July 18.

High School Art Class With Teacher

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Barrett Elementary , Environmental Protection Agency

FEMA For Kids in Owego NY. New York Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Reportage in a Year 6 class in Geneva, Switzerland.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Matsunaga Elementary , Environmental Protection Agency

Education library, teacher and children students in classroom of elementary school. Development, learning scholarship and group of kids talking, discussion and studying for knowledge with black woman

Fourth grade students read a textbook in a classroom at a public school in Tampa, Florida.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Barrett Elementary , Environmental Protection Agency

Students in 5th grade Swedish classroom sitting at desks with raised hands during question and answer session

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Barrett Elementary , Environmental Protection Agency

Fourth grade students read textbooks in a classroom at a public school in Tampa, Florida.

Humphreys Central Elementary School students observe a floating orb experiment during the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) event, Humphreys Central Elementary School, May 24.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Read to the Top at Mount Vernon Community School with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis , Environmental Protection Agency

220516-N-NY430-1056ESCONDIDO, Calif. (May 16, 2022) - Aviation Support Equipment Technician 2nd Class Jontae Caldwell takes questions from students at St. Mary Elementary School after reading them a book during a community relations event. Sailors from amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) participate in various community relations events to help establish and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with the community. Makin Island is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship currently homeported in San Diego.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Read to the Top at Mount Vernon Community School with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Barrett Elementary , Environmental Protection Agency

High school: students and teacher in foreign language class (MR)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Barrett Elementary , Environmental Protection Agency

110525-N-NW961-038IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. (May 25, 2011) Sailors assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Group (MESG) 1 and Maritime Security Squadron (MSRON) 3 read to a group of pre-school and special needs children at the Imperial Beach branch of the San Diego County Library System. The event is designed to promote literacy, strengthen relationships through community outreach, and increase awareness of the naval services.

Emergency Planning and Security - Seymour, Conn. , September 24, 2008 High school student assists teacher instructing STEP lessons by passing out the homework assignment. Students will plan to meet with their family members to form a communication plan in case of an emergency... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Students at Garland V. Stewart Magnet Middle School, a NASA Explorer School (NES) in Tampa, Fla., listen attentively to astronaut Kay Hire. She and Center Director Jim Kennedy were at the school to share the agencys new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.

110707-N-IZ292-035NAPLES, Italy (July 7, 2011) U.S. Navy Investigator Travis Bachorski, assigned to Naval Support Activity Naples Criminal Investigations Division, shows children how to dust for fingerprints. The demonstration was part of a summer enrichment program for children in grades K-7.

Students at Murray Elementary School receive a welcome brief during a back-to-school celebration at Fort Stewart, Georgia, August 4, 2022.This event was hosted to welcome students back on their first day of school following summer break.

Flooding Mudslide/Landslide Severe Storm - Monroe, Wash. , February 13, 2009 FEMA individual assistance specialists assist this Snohomish county family with the registration process at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds disaster recovery center (DRC). The DRC is open to provide face to face assistance to people suffering damages from the Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides and flooding. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA. Washington Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Fifth grade students sitting on the floor of the library reading a story to one another.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Barrett Elementary , Environmental Protection Agency

Elementary Science Teacher Discusses Salinity in Class

STARBASE cadets learn about the importance of STEM in future careers May 3, 2022, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. STARBASE is a Department of Defense youth program designed to expose the nations youth to the technological environments and positive civilian and military role models found on Active, Guard, and Reserve military bases and installations.

Child Development: ADD

Fourth grade classroom with teacher and students in Tampa, Florida.

group of pre-schoolers at storytime, Oyster School, Washington, DC

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Read to the Top at Mount Vernon Community School with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis , Environmental Protection Agency

Students assigned to the Aviano Elementary School participate in a National Preparedness Month presentation at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Sept. 28, 2022. The program encourages national, regional, local, public and private organizations to review and communicate emergency preparedness efforts.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to Los Angeles County, California, where he observed the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history ("The Great Southern California Shake Out"). The Secretary joined California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at a press conference, watched preparedness drills in schools, and discussed peparedness measures with students, educators, emergency operations personnel, and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) staff including USGS Director Mark Myers

U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Michael Johnson poses with kids in pre-kindergarten through 5th grade that he spoke to while visiting a summer camp at the Metairie Academy For Advanced Studies in Metairie, Louisiana June 29, 2022. During the visit, he spoke to them about what the Marine Corps is, his background and where he is from, and played Simon Says with them. Johnson is a Louisiana native and attended the academy when he was a kid.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Clemente Middle School , Environmental Protection Agency

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (March 1, 2013) Lt. Bobby Kenning, executive officer of Naval Support Activity Panama City, answers questions from students at Northside Elementary School as part of the schoolÕs "Celebrity Reader" program. Eleven Sailors from Naval Support Activity Panama City and tenant commands participated in the program.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Read to the Top at Mount Vernon Community School with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis , Environmental Protection Agency

Conservation Canines field technician, Julianne Ubigau, teaching second grade students about their work, Washington

Female teacher helping students in a fourth grade classroom at a public elementary school in Brandon, Florida, USA.

Mixed ethnic children interactive exhibits Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science Tallahassee, Florida, USA.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Barrett Elementary , Environmental Protection Agency

Most District One classrooms are made up of about 30 students. At Price Elementary, the class sizes are between 15-20 students. Mrs. Aide Estradas kindergarten class is made up of seven students.

San Francisco, Calif., Jan. 17, 2013 FEMA Region 9 Administrator Nancy Ward speaks to an 8th grade class at Live Oak School in San Francisco about FEMA programs.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Charlotte Gent, a staffer at the Naval Air Station Child Development Center, listens to a little girl tell a story during story time. Center staff members try to create an atmosphere conducive to learning as well as fun for the children of Navy personnel. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

STARBASE cadets learn about the importance of STEM in future careers May 3, 2022, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. STARBASE is a Department of Defense youth program designed to expose the nations youth to the technological environments and positive civilian and military role models found on Active, Guard, and Reserve military bases and installations.

FEMA For Kids Lime Kiln Elementary Suffern, NY. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Students from the Aliamanu Middle School are briefed by Dr. Lauren Santini, scientific recovery expert, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), during their visit to the DPAA facilities on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Feb. 16, 2024. The agency participated in its second Student Summit Career Day to engage with the local community and educate students on identification and recovery operations. Forensic anthropologists, underwater and terrestrial archaeologists and isotope preparation scientists led students through simulated hands-on techniques and briefs to share more about the agencys mission. Marine Corps

Volunteers with the Porter Youth Center Youth Sponsorship Program make welcome bags for youths who are new to the community at the center, Ord Military Community, Calif., Sept. 1.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Tuba City Boarding School on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona--largest school in the Bureau of Indian Education system. Joining Secretary Kempthorne for the tour of new buildings and classrooms, and for discussions with students, teachers, and parents, were education officials including Bureau of Indian Education Director Kevin Skenandore, Indian Affairs Office of Facilities, Environmental and Cultural Resources Director Jack Rever, Tuba City Boarding School Principal Don Coffland, and Tuba City School Governing Board President Frieda Maloney.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - SMITHSONIAN SUMMER CAMP

220516-N-NY430-1095ESCONDIDO, Calif. (May 16, 2022) - Yeoman 2nd Class Shayla Dillett takes questions from students at St. Mary Elementary School after reading them a book during a community relations event. Sailors from amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) participate in various community relations events to help establish and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with the community. Makin Island is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship currently homeported in San Diego.

Teacher and Elementary Students

120118-N-DB801-506 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jan. 18, 2012) Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Jenna Welsh, assigned to the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), reads with a child during a community service project at Sullivans Elementary School. Blue Ridge and embarked U.S. 7th Fleet staff Sailors visited a pet shelter, residential tower and local schools as part of a base-wide community service event.

Volunteer mother teaching first grade, counting candy. (model released)

Children at Coquina Elementary School, Titusville, Fla., excitedly tear into the wrapped computer equipment donated by Kennedy Space Center. Coquina is one of 13 Brevard County schools receiving 81 excess contractor computers thanks to an innovative educational outreach project spearheaded by the Nasa k-12 Education Services Office at ksc. The Astronaut Memorial Foundation, a strategic partner in the effort, and several schools in rural Florida and Georgia also received refurbished computers as part of the year-long project. KSC employees put in about 3,300 volunteer hours to transform old, excess computers into upgraded, usable units. A total of $90,000 in upgraded computer equipment is being donated

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Clemente Middle School , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to Los Angeles County, California, where he observed the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history ("The Great Southern California Shake Out"). The Secretary joined California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at a press conference, watched preparedness drills in schools, and discussed peparedness measures with students, educators, emergency operations personnel, and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) staff including USGS Director Mark Myers

Children from the Child Development Center sit in the library to listen to Chairman Bill Slaughter, Lowndes County Commission, read a book at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, June 7, 2022. The reading event was in support of the local Rotary Club, which was initiated in 1905 to provide the community with professional and friendly encounters.

Students from McGregor, Texas', H.G. Isbill Junior High School dance to The Village People's "Y.M.C.A." during a 1st Cavalry Division home coming ceremony held at Cooper Field Jan. 16. The sixth-grade class won a trip to Fort Hood as a part of a school contest that supported Soldiers.

030427-M-0374B-012. Base: Hinsing Orphanage Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Maple Avenue Market Farm co-owner Sara Guerre (r.) invited students to learn about local and interesting varieties of produce such as purple corn on the cob that is used for popping, during a National School Lunch Week event at Nottingham Elementary School in Arlington, VA, on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Farmers from Bigg Riggs Farm in Hampshire County, WV, and Maple Avenue Market Farm in Vienna, VA were very popular with the students. Today's menu included roasted chicken, roasted butternut squash with dried cranberries, farm fresh mixed lettuce salad, turkey wraps, pita wedges, hot muffins, carrots, Asian pears and more.

Ten young children sitting and laying on the floor in a circle as an adult teacher reads to them from a book.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - SMITHSONIAN SUMMER CAMP

Maple Avenue Market Farm co-owner Sara Guerre (r.) invited students to learn about local and interesting varieties of produce such as purple corn on the cob that is used for popping, during a National School Lunch Week event at Nottingham Elementary School in Arlington, VA, on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Farmers from Bigg Riggs Farm in Hampshire County, WV, and Maple Avenue Market Farm in Vienna, VA were very popular with the students. Today's menu included roasted chicken, roasted butternut squash with dried cranberries, farm fresh mixed lettuce salad, turkey wraps, pita wedges, hot muffins, carrots, Asian pears and more.

Lansing, Michigan, Students from diverse backgrounds get to know each other at lunch hour on Mix It Up Day at Waverly Middle School. Mix It Up Day is a national program sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which encourages students to sit at lunch with others of diverse races and cultures who they might not normally come in contact with.

Teaching outside

111110-N-YU572-111KEKAHA, Hawaii (Nov. 10, 2011) Naval Air Crewman 1st Class Scott Barrow speaks to students at St. Theresa Catholic School about his naval career. Sailors from the Pacific Missile Range Facility conduct a flag raising ceremony in observance of Veterans Day at St. Theresa Catholic School. More than a dozen active duty service personnel and veterans apoke with students at the school about the meaning of Veterans Day.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Read to the Top at Mount Vernon Community School with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis , Environmental Protection Agency

A worker at the depot's child development center pours drinks for youngsters taking part in a Thanksgiving party. The center was completed in March 1988 at a cost of $662,000. Base: Seneca Army Depot, Romulus State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Girls (16-17) with boy (16-17) eating pizza in canteen

Teacher standing in front of her multi ethnic elementary school class.

Downs Syndrome

Portrait of a teacher holding book with students sitting on floor in the library

Teacher with students in a class

Elaine Vrolyks (right), Presidio of Monterey school liaison officer, speaks with members of the Porter Youth Center Youth Sponsorship Program, Ord Military Community, Calif., Sept. 1.

Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest event at Main Interior, with Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the Interior officials on hand

Conservation Canines field technician, Julianne Ubigau, teaching second grade students about their work, Washington

Susan Bailey (left), U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory environmental engineer, Cynthia Banks (center), ERDC Installation Operations Command (IOC) environmental protection specialist and Bobby McComas (right), IOC chemical engineer, speak about Earth Day to fourth grade students April 20, 2022, at Bowmar Avenue Elementary School in Vicksburg, Miss. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)

Zaragoza, 12/19/2014. The Primary teacher of the CEIP Puerta de Sancho in Zaragoza, César Bona.

110210-N-SF508-068YOKOSUKA, Japan (Feb. 10, 2011) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Bradley Spencer, from Scottsburg, Ind., reads about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to first grade students at The Sullivans Elementary School during an African-American Heritage Month event at Fleet Activities Yokosuka.

Capt. David Adams, Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo (CFAS), eats lunch and speaks with students at Jack N. Darby Elementary School at CFAS Nov. 21, 2022. For 75 years, CFAS has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services to empower forward-deployed U.S. and Allied Forces while providing superior support to their families and the community.

Children playing in Science Center Phoenix, Arizona

West Hanover Township, Pa., May 2, 2013 West Hanover Elementary School fourth grade student Reilly Shafer records a public service announcement with National Hot Rod Association World Champion Bruce Larson (left) and FEMA Assistant External Affairs Officer Veronica Hinke (right). Shafer's digital story about severe weather preparedness featuring Flat Stella and Flat Stanley was honored during an event at his school that kicked off the 30-day countdown to Hurricane Season 2013. Pennsylvania Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

220516-N-NY430-1109ESCONDIDO, Calif. (May 16, 2022) - Chief Mass Communication Specialist Michael Gomez reads to students at St. Mary Elementary School during a community relations event. Sailors from amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) participate in various community relations events to help establish and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with the community. Makin Island is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship currently homeported in San Diego.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - SMITHSONIAN SUMMER CAMP

Emergency Planning and Security - Seymour, Conn. , September 24, 2008 Local Police Officer Teaches STEP lessons in Seymour, CT. Students responded very positively to learning about how to prepare for disasters in the STEP program. Michelle Collins/FEMA... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - SMITHSONIAN SUMMER CAMP

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Tuba City Boarding School on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona--largest school in the Bureau of Indian Education system. Joining Secretary Kempthorne for the tour of new buildings and classrooms, and for discussions with students, teachers, and parents, were education officials including Bureau of Indian Education Director Kevin Skenandore, Indian Affairs Office of Facilities, Environmental and Cultural Resources Director Jack Rever, Tuba City Boarding School Principal Don Coffland, and Tuba City School Governing Board President Frieda Maloney.

Pupils learning a dance, Belem school, Santiago de Chile, Chile, South America

Kindergarten students use an interactive whiteboard in the classroom of a public school in Boise, Idaho, USA. (MR)

Sunday school youth join in worship in the main sanctuary of a California church during the Christmas Advent season. (MR)

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Clemente Middle School , Environmental Protection Agency

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