Roosevelt Elementary School

Overview

Each month Roosevelt students study the location of countries, cities, and oceans. After successfully identifying them on a blank map, students receive a special stamp in their Passports. During the course of a school year, our students travel the world! Follow the link below to download a blank Adobe pdf study map.

Purpose

The Passport Club, a nonprofit organization, is an individualized, sequential, geography program for schools. Its main purpose is to help students learn some, or all of the world's countries over the course of a school year, and to meet essential academic learning requirements for geography. It also promotes strong parent involvement in the school. Finally, the program introduces postage stamps as a valuable educational tool for teachers, and an interesting and enjoyable hobby for students.

History

The program was designed by a grade school teacher and built out of enthusiasm for geography. It began at Centennial Elementary in Olympia, Washington, in September, 1994, with 400 students. In the fall of 2006, there were more than 110 schools in twelve states using the program. Over 25,000 passports were ordered. The Passport Club has also been used at American schools in Shanghai, China and Penang, Malaysia

Want to Help?

There are many volunteering opportunities in the Roosevelt Passport Club. If you can spare just an hour or two a month to help out, we would like to hear from you. Any questions? Please call Kathy Strauss at 360.956.1559 or Julie Cotterell at 360.357.6155.

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