Kazoo School is an outdoor, independent school situated on the edge of the Kleinstuck Preserve in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Our mission is to prepare our students to become confident critical thinkers, lifelong learners, and engaged citizens by providing a progressive educational environment that nurtures, empowers, and inspires.  While we have indoor classrooms, we spend as much time as we can outside throughout the year, in all kinds of weather. Our student-led approach emphasizes a place-based and inquiry-based learning, with a focus on the natural world and natural materials. Kazoo educators and students know the value in pausing a lesson to watch a hawk circle the field. At Kazoo, math happens in the woods, sc