Community Outreach

The US Embassy in Paris and the Smithsonian’s Office of International Relations and Smithsonian Science Education Center have developed a unique program, France in Focus, that invites students and educators to connect across the globe and focus on issues of sustainability. The France in Focus project leverages community research guides from the Smithsonian Science for Global Goals project, and engages students in virtual exchange.

Accessibility to engaging Smithsonian Institution resources such as the Smithsonian Science Stories literacy series can provide critically needed enhancement to students’ educational experiences, especially for students who have limited access to technology and require remote learning during the school year.

ATLAS is a place-based, community-based afterschool program that uses a near-peer mentoring model - local high school students (typically working in pairs) serve as a “Lead Explorers” (peer teachers) of an afterschool course for middle schools students.