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SCICON
The Clemmie Gill School of Science and Conservation

Bear Creek SCICON is the outdoor school of science and conservation operated by the Tulare County Office of Education. It is located on 1100 acres above Springville. Last year, the school was visited by over 15,000 fifth- and sixth-grade students for a one-day or week-long experience in outdoor education, natural science and conservation. SCICON is a product of over 50 years of school and community involvement. Community support has enabled this state-of-the-art environmental education school to become a model for similar programs throughout the country. SCICON is host to its own natural history museum, raptor center, planetarium and observatory, and tree nursery.

SCICON Logo Questions and/or comments about SCICON may be addressed to:

Rick Mitchell, SCICON Administrator
P.O. Box 339, Springville, CA 93265
phone: (559) 539-2642
fax: (559) 539-2643


SCICON as it exists today, is an amazing testimony to what the vision, hard work, and dedication of generations of people can create. Everywhere you look, you see well thought out buildings, enhanced outdoor spaces, and trails created with the students in mind. This site has outstanding community support and involvement especially evident in the building of cabins by individual communities and the SCICON foundation.

2008 Certification Report
- California Outdoor School Administrators



Click here to read the
State-Funded Outdoor Education Research Report
measuring the impact of outdoor education on at-risk sixth graders in California.
(AB1330)


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Tulare County Office of Education
SCICON
P.O. Box 339
Springville, CA 93265

Rick Mitchell, Administrator
(559) 539-2642
fax: (559) 539-2643





Jim Vidak
County Superintendent of Schools


Tulare County Office of Education
2637 West Burrel
P.O. Box 5091
Visalia, CA 93278-5091
phone: (559) 733-6300
fax: (559) 627-5219
TTY (hearing impaired): (559) 733-6307


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