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Cool Schools

These schools take learning outside the classroom and into the world around them—from schooners to cilantro.

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    New York Harbor School

    In addition to a traditional curriculum, "Harbor High" offers students hands-on maritime experience.

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    St. Philip's Academy

    Using a rooftop garden and "indoor agricultural machine," this school integrates the food cycle into a diverse course of study.

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    Manzo Elementary School

    From worms to chickens to native plants, students cultivate life in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona.

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