Engaging Children in Education

Images depict educational settings where adults interact with children, discussing environmental topics and encouraging participation, featuring a warm and inviting atmosphere.

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

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

Office of the Deputy Administrator - Magic School Bus at Cunningham Park School , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Deputy Administrator - Magic School Bus at Cunningham Park School , Environmental Protection Agency

Boston, Mass. , April 28, 2010 Deputy Administrator Richard Serino talked Wednesday with Boston and North Providence, RI, schoolchildren involved in FEMA Region I's STEP Program pilot, an initiative that encourages emergency preparedness amongst New England's youth. Students told the Deputy Administrator about the disasters they learned to prepare for, their family meeting locations, and the contents of their emergency kits. . Massachusetts Severe Storm and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Memorandum of Undertanding (MOU) at Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science , Environmental Protection Agency

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 (Stephen L. Johnson) - Matsunaga Elementary , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Yosemite staff in leading classroom activities at the Yosemite Valley School, followed by Park touring with the students

Office of the Deputy Administrator - Mundo Verde - Green Ribbon School , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Yosemite staff in leading classroom activities at the Yosemite Valley School, followed by Park touring with the students

Office of the Administrator - Inspired Teaching School , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Yosemite staff in leading classroom activities at the Yosemite Valley School, followed by Park touring with the students

Office of the Deputy Administrator - Magic School Bus at Cunningham Park School , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Neal McCaleb observing classroom activities during visit to To Hajiilee-He CommunitySchool, an Eastern Navajo Agency-operated school in Canoncito, New Mexico. Visit highlighted federal support for American Indian schools, and such initiatives as the Family and Child Education Program

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

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.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Yosemite staff in leading classroom activities at the Yosemite Valley School, followed by Park touring with the students

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.

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

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.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Yosemite staff in leading classroom activities at the Yosemite Valley School, followed by Park touring with the students

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Yosemite staff in leading classroom activities at the Yosemite Valley School, followed by Park touring with the students

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to San Francisco and vicinity, California, for touring, meetings with Interior personnel, classroom activities, and trip to Alcatraz Island

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Yosemite staff in leading classroom activities at the Yosemite Valley School, followed by Park touring with the students

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Yosemite staff in leading classroom activities at the Yosemite Valley School, followed by Park touring with the students

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to San Francisco and vicinity, California, for touring, meetings with Interior personnel, classroom activities, and trip to Alcatraz Island

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Administrator in New Orleans, Louisiana - Metairie Academy. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Deputy Administrator - Mundo Verde - Green Ribbon School , Environmental Protection Agency

Launching event at Main Interior for the Bureau of Indian Education's "BIE READS" reading and math skills improvement program, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Carl Artman and Bureau of Indian Education Acting Director Kevin Skenandore, among other officials, along with students and faculty from Bureau of Indian Education-funded schools on the Puyallup Indian Reservation in Washington, the Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico, and the Alamo Navajo Indian Reservation in New Mexico

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.

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

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.

Yamaguchi Prefectural Agricultural Cooperative Association members, leadership from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, the principals of Matthew C. Perry Primary School and Iwakuni Intermediate School, and student representatives wait to be introduced during the 2024 Mikan Presentation at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 6, 2024. This annual ceremony allows Suo-Oshima farmers and distributors to give students mikans, a winter seasonal fruit and symbol of the island, to show appreciation and strengthen the relationship between the communities. Marine Corps

Office of the Deputy Administrator - Mundo Verde - Green Ribbon School , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Students in a classroom at Oscar Patterson Elementary Magnet School in Panama City, Fla., are eager to ask questions of astronaut Sam Durrance, who was sharing stories of his experiences as an astronaut. Durrance joined Center Director Jim Kennedy, who is visiting Florida and Georgia NASA Explorer Schools to share Americas 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.

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.

West Hanover Township, Pa., May 2, 2013 FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Thomas McCool talks about Hurricane Season 2013 with the fourth grade class at West Hanover Elementary School. The students participated in a digital storytelling competition featuring Ready.gov's Flat Stella and Flat Stanley. Pennsylvania Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Memorandum of Undertanding (MOU) at Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science , 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

Launching event at Main Interior for the Bureau of Indian Education's "BIE READS" reading and math skills improvement program, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Carl Artman and Bureau of Indian Education Acting Director Kevin Skenandore, among other officials, along with students and faculty from Bureau of Indian Education-funded schools on the Puyallup Indian Reservation in Washington, the Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico, and the Alamo Navajo Indian Reservation in New Mexico

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to San Francisco and vicinity, California, for touring, meetings with Interior personnel, classroom activities, and trip to Alcatraz Island

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response - School Chemical Cleanup Campaign (SC3) - Decatur , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of the Deputy Administrator - Magic School Bus at Cunningham Park School , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton, center, and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Neal McCaleb, to her right, with students during visit to the Isleta Elementary School, Isleta, New Mexico. The school, serving the Pueblo of Isleta, was one of several stops on Secretary Norton's New Mexico tour highlighting federalsupport for American Indian schools

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at Child Day Care Center

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at Child Day Care Center

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.

Launching event at Main Interior for the Bureau of Indian Education's "BIE READS" reading and math skills improvement program, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Carl Artman and Bureau of Indian Education Acting Director Kevin Skenandore, among other officials, along with students and faculty from Bureau of Indian Education-funded schools on the Puyallup Indian Reservation in Washington, the Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico, and the Alamo Navajo Indian Reservation in New Mexico

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.

Activities at the National Park Service (NPS)-sponsored National Junior Ranger Day on the National Mall, Washington, D.C., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining NPS officials, volunteers, D.C. area schoolchildren and their families on hand

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.

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.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, left, and NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden talk to about 50 eighth-grade students from McNair Magnet Middle School in Rockledge, Fla., and other invited guests who are at the center to watch shuttle Discovery return from space for the last time. Discovery touched down on Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at 11:57 a.m. EST, completing the 13-day STS-133 mission to the International Space Station.Discovery and its six-member crew delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the orbiting outpost. STS-133 was Discovery's 39th and final mission. This was the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station.

Secretary Gale Norton, center, and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Neal McCaleb, to her right, with students during visit to the Isleta Elementary School, Isleta, New Mexico. The school, serving the Pueblo of Isleta, was one of several stops on Secretary Norton's New Mexico tour highlighting federalsupport for American Indian schools

Launching event at Main Interior for the Bureau of Indian Education's "BIE READS" reading and math skills improvement program, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Carl Artman and Bureau of Indian Education Acting Director Kevin Skenandore, among other officials, along with students and faculty from Bureau of Indian Education-funded schools on the Puyallup Indian Reservation in Washington, the Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico, and the Alamo Navajo Indian Reservation in New Mexico

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Administrator in New Orleans, Louisiana - Metairie Academy. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

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.

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.

Office of the Deputy Administrator - Magic School Bus at Cunningham Park School , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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.

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.

Secretary Gale Norton visiting the cafeteria at the Isleta Elementary School, Isleta, New Mexico. The school, serving the Pueblo of Isleta, was one of several stops on Secretary Norton's New Mexico tour highlighting federal support for American Indian schools

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

President Barack Obama joins in a music program at the College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center in Decatur, Ga., Feb. 14, 2013.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Alexis Herman's Farewell to Department of Labor Esther Peterson Child Development Center

Activities at the National Park Service (NPS)-sponsored National Junior Ranger Day on the National Mall, Washington, D.C., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining NPS officials, volunteers, D.C. area schoolchildren and their families on hand

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Presidents Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) Lunch , Environmental Protection Agency

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.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Students at Oscar Patterson Elementary Magnet School in Panama City, Fla., gather for a photo with NASA representatives standing behind them. At center is astronaut Sam Durrance; on the right is Center Director Jim Kennedy; behind Durrance at left is John Halsema, chief in the Government Relations Office. Behind and right of Kennedy is Steve Lewis, his assistant. Behind the student on the far right is Pam Biegert, chief of KSCs Education Programs and University Research Office. Kennedy is visiting NASA Explorer Schools in Florida and Georgia to share Americas 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.

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.

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.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.

Secretary Gale Norton and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Neal McCaleb joining students outside Isleta Elementary School, Isleta, New Mexico. The school, serving the Pueblo of Isleta, was one of several stops on the Secretary's New Mexico tour highlighting federal support for American Indian schools

Activities at the National Park Service (NPS)-sponsored National Junior Ranger Day on the National Mall, Washington, D.C., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining NPS officials, volunteers, D.C. area schoolchildren and their families on hand

Activities at the National Park Service (NPS)-sponsored National Junior Ranger Day on the National Mall, Washington, D.C., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining NPS officials, volunteers, D.C. area schoolchildren and their families on hand

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

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Center Director Jim Kennedy (center) greets a student after his presentation at Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla. The school is one of 100 taking part in the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) program. The purpose of Kennedys visit is to share Americas new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. He is talking with students in Florida and Georgia Explorer Schools 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.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne hosting event at Main Interior honoring student national finalists, along with teachers and administrators, from The National Campaign to Stop Violence-sponsored "Do the Write Thing Challenge" involving middle school students writing about ways to stop violence in their communities

Yarmouth, Maine, Sep. 9, 2013 Assistant Principal Josh Ottow (center) talks about emergency preparedness with Yarmouth High School students on the opening day of school.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.

Press conference and related activities, led by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and National Park Service Director Mary Bomar at Main Interior, providing the official roll-out for the Centennial Initiative, including the public-private fund matching Centennial Challenge, designed to prepare National Parks for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016

Governor Steve Beshear Visits Temporary School. Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

FORT WORTH, Texas (Oct. 23, 2017) Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Amber Harned, assigned to USS Constitution, gives a presentation about the history of 'Old Ironsides' at Brewer Middle School as part of a Fort Worth Navy Week presentation. Navy Weeks focus a variety of assets, equipment and personnel on a single city for a weeklong series of engagements designed to bring America's Navy closer to the people it protects, in cities that don't have a large naval presence.

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.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.

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

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.

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

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Presidents Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) Lunch , Environmental Protection Agency

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