Kaki Scheer

At the Cincinnati Nature Center (CNC), beginning in 2011, Kaki volunteered to teach children about the outdoors, connecting youth and their families to nature through multiple avenues. She encouraged families to bring children to explore the Nature PlayScape, a space at the center with native deciduous plants of different textures and colors, fostering children’s curiosity and discovery. By leading walks for families and children, Kaki facilitated youth education in the outdoors by aiding in the creation of the curriculums for different programs for families and children. In 2013, upon joining the faculty at Cincinnati Country Day School, Kaki maintained her relationship with the CNC, bridging her efforts in childhood education between the two institutions.

Conservation being the hallmark of her education of children, Kaki took a leading role in the initiative to create a student conservation summit, organized and hosted at Cincinnati Country Day School. An innovator, Kaki connected older students to younger ones, making it possible for children to learn from one another, entrenching the lessons of older students as they helped in the lessons of younger ones, while also allowing the simple perspective of younger students to ground that of their older peers.