| | ACES 40th Anniversary Celebration!
| | June 23rd at 5:30 pm
 Come one, come all to the ACES Membership Dinner and 40th Anniversary Celebration at Hallam Lake, Monday, June 23rd at 5:30 pm!
You
won't want to miss this celebratory evening - including dinner, musical
entertainment, special displays, and fun activities for adults,
families and kids.
This year, the Membership Dinner is NOT a
Potluck, but IS an opportunity for you to help us expand ACES' circle
of members. We're providing dinner, and our members are invited to
bring NEW MEMBERS to join that evening. Admission to the dinner is as
follows:
Adults: $10
Families: $20
Kids 15 & under: Free
New members who join that day: Free
Please RSVP: 970-925-5756, or visit ACES website. See you there! | ACES Summer Programs Begin in June!
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REGISTER ONLINE NOW!
KIDS CLASSES that are still available:
Exploring Around for 5-6 year olds at Hallam Lake, June 16-20
Goats Gone Wild for 7-8 year olds at Rock Bottom Ranch, June 18
and more...
ADULT CLASSES in June:
Rocky Mountain Birds with Dick and Linda Beidleman, June 23-24
Rocky Mountain Plants with Dick and Linda Beidleman, June 25-26
Portraits of Nature with Marcia Fusaro, June 30 - July 1 | | Meet ACES new Naturalists | | 
ACES
conducts an intensive Summer Naturalist Internship program that trains
and employs 14 naturalists each year. This program has been recognized
by the Princeton Review
as one of "America's Top 100 Internships." Summer Naturalists receive
valuable education, training, and experience while they conduct
environmental education programs and natural history interpretive
tours. These programs take place at Hallam Lake Nature Preserve, Aspen
Mountain, Snowmass, and at the Maroon Bells.
Meet the Naturalists! | Thank you!
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Each
spring ACES launches its Children's Education Fund Drive to support the
educational programs we provide for local school groups. Visionary
Stuart Mace would be so pleased that the environmental education
classes he began at Hallam Lake in 1968 would become the nationally
recognized program it is today - making an impressive 30,000 student
contacts from 40 regional schools. Nearly every child in the community
benefits from ACES' Environmental Science program.
Thanks to
the generosity of 170 ACES members and school parents, $106,500 has
been raised toward our $120,000 goal. We are very appreciative of
everyone who has supported this effort.
Be part of helping us
raise the remaining $13,500 needed to reach our goal by sending your
Children's Education Fund contribution to ACES at 100 Puppy Smith
Street Aspen, Colorado 81611 or go to Donate to ACES Thank you!
| Staff Transitions
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serving as Education Director since 2005, Adam Hancock is leaving ACES
at the end of this school year to pursue classroom teaching. He has
accepted a 4th grade teaching position at the Wheeler School in
Providence, RI and will move with his wife, Margaret, this summer. Adam
has been with ACES since 2001 and has served as a Summer Naturalist,
Winter Naturalist, and Environmental Educator.
To
fill Adam's position, ACES has hired Sarah Schmidt, who has been an
ACES Educator since 2006. Sarah earned her B.F.A. in Art Education from
the University of Minnesota, Duluth and just completed her Masters in
Natural Science and Environmental Education from Hamline University.
Prior to joining ACES, she taught middle-school art in Minnesota.
Photo: Sarah Schmidt teaches kids visiting Hallam Lake how to "pond dip" for aquatic insects.
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