Dixon's outdoor classroom was featured in PEOPLE last spring, sparking an interest in both his own school district but all over the country from teachers eager to embrace innovative ways of teaching.

Currently, district-wide outdoor education programming includes several fall, winter and spring activities, like animal classification, geology, tree planting and maple syrup making. The new program ...

“We’ve never had a cooking classroom before ... fishing, and other outdoor activities and this new expansion will only help ...