August 21 st 25 th at the same location. In order to develop our wilderness model, we need 4 of the schools to participate in a summer 2000 Wilderness Technology BETA project. These teachers will bring 4 students on a guided wilderness trek in Mount Rainier July 17 th 20 th or August 1 st 4 th . Students take part in a June 3 rd and 4 th all-day local training session on backpacking. Besides the wilderness experience, BETA students also must research a wilderness preservation CD-ROM topic AND take part in the computer camp above.
Students get a free computer from the refurbishing program.
All four schools must be from the same general area. Yakima Valley would be ideal. They first select 4 at-risk students for the program. During the school year, they guide these students in casual research on their subtopic and the media they must gather. If possible, they digitize some of the media into their PC and develop a storyboard.