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.
How can you help?
- 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 in your children’s classroom. Teachers would be thrilled if you or your child shared your cultural heritage with their students.
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Volunteer for one Check Day or other Passport activities. 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
- Working parents, parents with preschoolers, parents that can help before or after school only, parents that don’t speak English fluently, the Passport Club has the right task for you.
- Anybody with a wish to help children and increase their world knowledge in the process
- To volunteer, please contact the Coordinator at passportclub@redmondelptsa.org, or call 425.881.3402 (también en español). By signing up for one or two (or more!) Passport Check dates this year, re-checking or helping from home, 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 |
NO RE-CHECK | Spain |
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* Each month, the Passport Club© will
showcase one geographic region or country |
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Notes:
- 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, March and May.
- 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.