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| Ruth Yeiser, a native of New England, transplanted herself to the Philadelphia Area when she earned her B.A. in Elementary Education in the 1980’s from the University of Pennsylvania. Ruth spent 12 years teaching elementary school in West Philadelphia where she got the kids outside of the classroom and into the natural environment as often as was physically possible. |
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| In 1989, Ruth married, moved to Schwenksville and continued to commute. She and her husband became members of the Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy and were regular participants in stream monitoring and the Lenape Survival Challenge. Between 1996 and 1999, Ruth was the lead facilitator of a project in which Merck, the University of Pennsylvania, and the School District of Philadelphia collaborated to immerse inner-city teachers in an inquiry and constructivist-based approach to the teaching of science. In 1998, Ruth’s first son was born, where upon she retired from the school district. As soon as her sons were old enough to participate in the Conservancy’s family education programs, they all became regular participants in the Discovery Playgroups, Animal Adventure Hours, Summer Explorer Camps, and Halloween Night Hikes. |
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