Learning Expeditions: Rethinking Field Trips

For Normal Park students, the entire community of Chattanooga, Tennessee — from museums and cultural centers to local businesses and natural areas — provides opportunities to make real-world connections to the curriculum.

August 14, 2014

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Schools That Work

Normal Park Museum Magnet School

Public, Urban

Grades K-8

Chattanooga, TN

OUTCOMES

Since becoming a museum magnet school,Normal Park has been awarded the Magnet School of America Excellence Award and the J.F. Kennedy School of Distinction in Arts Education.

Normal Park consistently outperforms the state on standardized tests in math, reading and science. Attendance is higher and suspensions are lower than the state average.