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O'Neill Sea Odyssey is a non-profit organization located in Santa Cruz, California (California Non-Profit Corporation ID#77-0464784). It was founded in 1996 by wet suit innovator Jack O'Neill and provides students with hands-on lessons on marine habitat and the relationship between the oceans and the environment. The program provides a free education course at the Santa Cruz Harbor to fourth to sixth-grade students, who typically come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The program's Executive Director Dan Haifley has argued O'Neill Sea Odyssey's position that ocean concepts should be adopted in formal education standards and made more widely available to youth from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The core program takes place over a three-hour period on board a catamaran owned by Team O'Neill, and covers three areas; marine biology, ecology and navigation. Three quarters of teachers who enroll their classes in the program utilize the program's web-based classroom curriculum and educational materials both before and after the course. As of December 3, 2013, 75,000 students have passed through the program.〔http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_22870137/santa-cruz-thanks-jack-oneill-plaque-mural-marking?IADID=Search-www.santacruzsentinel.com-www.santacruzsentinel.com〕 In December 2004, the program received the California Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award in Children’s Environmental Education and in May 2005, US Senator Barbara Boxer presented the organization with her statewide Environmental Champion award http://www.webcitation.org/5McGWJ3FH. On August 22, 2009, the program's Adam Webster Memorial Fund received the Special Parents Information Network's Community Spinner Award for its work with special needs youth (www.spinsc.org). November 5, 2013, O'Neill Sea Odyssey was awarded the Impact Award from the Silicon Valley Business Journal. Executive Director Dan Haifley, along with University of California - Santa Cruz Institute of Marine Sciences Director Gary Griggs, writes a Saturday educational column for the Santa Cruz Sentinel entitled "Our Ocean Backyard". Crystal Birns, Arts Program Manager in Santa Cruz, CA and Doug Ross, artist, recently, September 7, 2012, joined together and launched a Kickstarter project entitled "Seasons in the Sanctuary". The project, found at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/385173761/seasons-in-the-sanctuary consists of a beautifully detailed poster and pocketbook of migratory species that travel through the Monterey Bay and the times of year when they can be seen, for OSO to distribute to teachers to put up in their classrooms. By doing this youth will be able to continually learn and converse throughout the year about marine species. Additionally, pocketbooks will be put in the kiosk on the Santa Cruz Wharf for visitors. File:OSO at sea.jpg| The OSO Catamaran pulling out of the Santa Cruz Harbor == The Board == *Jack O'Neill, Board Co-Chair *Tim O'Neill, Board President *Bridget O'Neill, Board Chair *Mike McCabe, Board Vice-President and Treasurer *Nicholas P. Petredis, Esq., Board Secretary *Donna Blitzer, currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Central Coast Small Business Development Center *Dr. Jack McLaughlin, Manager of Education for Public Consulting Group and former director of Curriculum & Instruction for the Santa Cruz County Office of Education *Robert Bremner, owner of Essential Surf Company LLC *James Beckett, M.D., Medical Director of the Santa Cruz Medical Clinic from 1982 to 2004 *Jim Thoits, former member of the Santa Cruz Port Commission and partner in his family's commercial property business 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「O'Neill Sea Odyssey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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