The Environmental Education School located in the Iguaçú National Park, was built between 1961 and 1962, with financial resources from the National Pine Institute, a former governmental agency prior to the IBDF. The school began its activities in 1963 as an elementary school under the name of Iguaçú National Park State School for children of employees and farmers in the neighboring areas to the Park.

In 1966 the school was renamed Major Jose Acilino de Castro State School, in honor of a city pioneer.

In 1998 the Municipal Education Secretariat ceased its activities and turned the facility over to the Ibama.

During the year of 1999, the Project for Remodeling the INP was started up and Environmental Education was one of the programs in that project. After that, the Park School Project was established and its goal was to provide training on citizen environmental awareness.

The Ibama - Iguaçú National Park - Park School Project has searched educational support from the Municipal Education Secretariat of Foz do Iguaçú.

In January of 2000, with the financial backing of Aventis Pharma do Brasil and from the Concessionaires operating in the National Park, the Environmental Education School - Park School was inaugurated thus being the first school inside a Preservation Unit.

Activities of the Park School

Training of teachers from the Municipalities around the Park

Handcrafts workshop Interpretative trails Workshop for Environmental Awareness

Park School's Journal

• Publishing of 10,000 issues/by-monthly and distributed among schools in neighboring Municipalities.
  
• Focus: environmental issues and the local native fauna and flora.
  

Service to visiting students

Educational lectures Awareness activities The Falls Trail.

Information to the general public

• Courses
  
• Lectures
  
• Organization of events
  

Address: BR 469 KM 18 - Fones 55(45) 529-7116 / 529-8383 R.57
escola.parque@bol.com.br