The Passport Club at Redmond Elementary
I am Red, the bear, and I travel around
the world for the Passport Club!
If you would like to know more about my adventures and the places I have seen, check out my blog at www.travelpod.com.
The purpose of the Passport Club© is to get students excited about geography, and to provide them with accurate and interesting study materials that keep pace with our ever-changing world. It is an individualized, sequential, year-long program which is designed to enhance the current social studies curriculum. The basic goal of the program is to learn the location of some, or all, of the world's countries, as well as other major geographic locations such as continents and oceans. A child who progresses through the program during elementary school, should enter middle school with a feeling of confidence about geography and a very high retention level. Different levels make this program accessible to all ages.
Attention, travelers!
Whatever your
destination may be, please send a postcard to:
Redmond Elementary PTSA,
P.O. Box 2202,
Redmond WA 98073
Or email your pictures to
passportclub@redmondelptsa.org.
The program was designed by a grade school teacher, and built out of enthusiasm for geography. It began at Centennial Elementary in Olympia, Washington, in September 1994, with 400 students. In the fall of 2006, there were more than 110 schools in twelve states using the program. The Passport Club© has also been used at American schools in Shanghai, China and Penang, Malaysia.
All Passport Club© documents are password protected. Please email passportclub@redmondelptsa.org if you need access to these documents. Access will be granted to students and parents or guardians of students currently attending Redmond Elementary and participating in the Passport Club© program.
Remember: GEOGRAPHY RULES!
Legal Notice: The Passport Club© Program is copyright protected material. Redmond Elementary students have the permission from the Author to use these documents for educational non-commercial purposes only. Any use of this material for purposes other than participation in the Redmond Elementary Passport Club© Program is prohibited.
Support the Passport Club!
- Help your child get prepared for Passport Check Day. Practice with your child at home – a few minutes two times a week is all it takes (and you can update your own geography skills too!). The Passport Club is, among other things, a great game. You and your child can quiz each other, have fun together and share the joy of learning.
- Volunteer to do Passport Club activities for your child’s class.
- Volunteer for one Check Day or other Passport activities, such as geography or cultural displays or cutting stamps from home. Running the Passport Club requires a great deal of volunteers, especially on Passport Check Day. Spread the news! The Passport Club welcomes:
- Parents and guardians
- Grandparents, older siblings, aunts and uncles, family friends
- Anybody with a wish to help children and increase their own knowledge of the world in the process
- English Language Learners are welcome! We would be delighted if you could share some facts about your country of origin with our students!
- To volunteer, please contact the Passport Club Coordinator at passportclub@redmondelptsa.org, or 425-881-3402 (también en español). By signing up for one or two (or more!) Passport Check dates this year, you will be opening a whole new world to your child and all the students at Redmond Elementary.
2009-2010 Passport Check Calendar
All Passport Check Days and optional Re-Check Days are Fridays, unless otherwise noted.
| Month | Check Day | Optional Re-Check | Showcase* |
| September | September 25 | Sept. 28 - Oct. 1 | America |
| October | October 30 - U.N. Day* |
November 2-6 | United States |
| November | November 20 | November 23-25 | Canada |
| December | December 18 | NO RE-CHECK | Honduras |
| January | January 29 | February 1-5 | Venezuela |
| February | February 26 | March 1-5 | Colombia |
| March | March 26 | NO RE-CHECK | Costa Rica |
| April | April 30 | May 3-6 | Mexico |
| May | May 28 - Stamp out hunger |
June 1-4 | Spain |
| * Pending | |||
Notes:
- For the year 2009-2010, each grade will be assigned one re-check volunteer, who will coordinate with teachers regarding the best times to do re-checks, if they are needed, within the week following a Passport Check Day.
- Students who were absent on the regular Check Day, or those wishing to improve their score, will have a second chance to do so during the following week. Exceptions: December and March.
- Re-Check is entirely optional
Materials
All documents on this site require Adobe Reader to view. The maps provided print best on 8.5 x 14 legal size paper.