Calumet Is My Back Yard (CIMBY) is helping Chicago’s South Side high school students Participating schools include Bogan High School, Bowen High School, Brooks College Prep, Carver become the next generation of environmental Military Academy, Chicago High School for leaders. CIMBY strengthens and connects the Agricultural Sciences, CICS Larry Hawkins, Lake Calumet region’s human and natural Clemente High School, Corliss High School, communities through place-based education Fenger High School, Harlan Community Academy, and stewardship. Morgan Park High School, Simeon Career Academy, and George Washington High School.

! Rainbow Simeon Career Beach CIMBY improves academic South Shore ! Academy ! International Bogan Computer College Prep Tech H.S. Dan Ryan success. Woods ! Harlan Community New Millenium at Academy H.S. Bowen Campus • Provides locally-focused, real-world place- ! H.S. OliveHarvey based science education. ! Wetland Corliss H.S. George Washington Fenger H.S. Gwendolyn Brooks Chicago H.S. for ! ! ! H.S. ! College Prep • Reaches out to students who face enormous Agricultural Sciences Morgan Park H.S. ! Eggers Woods

challenges from limited school resources and KinderMorgan Prairie William Powers Carver Military Conservation Area Academy the threat of violence in their neighborhoods. ! Whistler Hegewisch Woods ! Marsh CICS Beaubien Larry • Sparks enthusiasm for science, technology, Woods Powderhorn Hawkins Kickapoo Woods engineering, and mathematics (STEM) Dolton Prairie

education. 0 2.5 5 Miles Sand Ridge Nature Center • Teaches important civic and 21st century Copyright: ©2012 Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ work skills including critical thinking, Find us in the field: restoring, exploring, and problem solving, and creativity. protecting Calumet Natural Areas: Beaubien Engaging the next generation of Woods, Dan Ryan Woods, Dolton Ave Prairie, Chicago’s environmental leaders Eggers Woods, Hegewisch Marsh, Indiana Dunes, CIMBY makes an Kickapoo Prairie, Kinder Morgan Prairie, Olive environmental impact. Harvey Wetland, Powderhorn Prairie, • Heals damaged ecosystems through Sand Ridge Nature Center ecological restoration practices. and Whistler Woods. • Removes invasive species and sowing native seeds. FOR MORE INFORMATION • Monitors ecological health. • Connects stewardship to larger environmental issues in ALUMET the region and C VISIT: the country. www.fieldmuseum .org/ceep IS CONTACT: Samantha Mattone Y Chicago Public Schools M Department of Literacy, Service Learning Initiative ACK 320 N. Elizabeth, Room 402 | Chicago, IL 60607 B [email protected] | 773.553.6386 YARD CIMBY engages high school CIMBY Special Events CIMBY Summer Internships students and teachers CIMBY offers six major events over the course Students who successfully complete the full of the year which bring together students from CIMBY school year are eligible to participate in Chicago’s Calumet all participating high schools. These include: in paid summer environmental internships region in educational • a kick-off day of restoration and exploration with established environmental organizations at the Indiana Dunes in the Chicago area. Interns have previously activities and experiences been placed at the Chicago State University’s • a Biodiversity Day at the Sand Ridge Aquaponics Center, the Sierra Club, Friends that connect classroom Nature Center of the Parks, Sand Ridge Nature Center, learning with stewardship • a CIMBY Student Leadership Retreat to the and the Little Village Environmental Justice opportunities. University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point Organization. The Field Museum offers • an Environmental Leadership and Careers additional opportunities for seven Ford Conference Environmental Leadership Interns. • a guided Toxics to Treasures tour of the Calumet region and workshop, • the CIMBY Science Summit hosted by The Field Museum.

CIMBY in the Classroom CIMBY offers engaging curriculum, professional development and model curriculum and activity implementation for teachers to use with their students in the classroom.

CIMBY in the Field CIMBY Student Leaders Through a series of field trips, students perform Select high school students enrich their ecological restoration at adopted natural sites. CIMBY experience by participating in special Students monitor biodiversity and water and events and opportunities which allow them Founded in 1999, CIMBY is a program of Chicago soil quality in prairie, woodland and wetland to take on leadership roles. Student Leaders Public Schools (CPS), The Field Museum’s Calumet Environmental Education Program (CEEP), and the sites. Students remove invasive species and host stewardship activities in the field, attend BOLD Chicago Institute. perform additional stewardship tasks that are city-wide conferences, present their work aligned with site management plans. Students to stakeholders in Calumet, and use their also participate in exploration activities, expertise to train the next generation of helping them to build a stronger connection to environmental caretakers. their adopted natural area.