Programs and tours for Angel Island State Park are supported by Park staff. Please refer to the below contacts for information not found through this page.
- Living History Program: Teri Pope, Interpreter I / Angel Island State Park LHP Coordinator: (415) 435-1915 or email.
- All school tours: Angel Island State Park Tour Coordinator: (415) 435-3522 or email.
- Service Camp: The Service Camp Coordinator may only be reached by email.
Student Service-Learning Scholarship Program
Learning opportunities extend far beyond the classroom. But schools are finding it more and more difficult to bring students to museums, historical sites and cultural organizations. Field trip grants help give children these unique, firsthand learning experiences.
AIC seeks to engage, educate, and inspire the next generation of youth through its Student Service-Learning Scholarship Program which enables under-served youth from qualifying low-income schools to visit Angel Island State Park (AISP) for educational and recreational purposes as well as to participate in volunteer service opportunities in which they help to maintain and restore this unique environment.
The desired outcome of this Program is an increased number of young Bay Area citizens who not only gain an awareness of, an appreciation for and connection to nature and history, but also contribute to restoring, maintaining and creating future support for one of the Bay Area’s most treasured natural and cultural resources.
Through your generous donations and Corporate Grants, AIC has awarded “scholarships” to qualifying low-income schools who lack funds to visit the Island. To date, funds received have made visiting possible for over 1,200 students and their 200 chaperones.
Teacher’s submitting an application - ”scholarship” funds are currently available.
Living History Program
Each year Angel Island State Park offers an overnight Living History Program (LHP) for fourth and fifth grade classes.
The program takes place at Camp Reynolds, which was built by the U.S. Army in 1863 to help defend San Francisco Bay from Confederate raiders.
The LHP program offers a personal experience of living in the past and has a profound effect on the student’s interest in history. Classes leave Angel Island with a greater understanding and connection to history…
The “Ellis Island” of the West
In 1905, construction of an Immigration Station began in the area known as China Cove. Surrounded by public controversy from its inception, the station was finally put into operation in 1910. Although it was billed as the “Ellis Island of the West”, within the Immigration Service it was known as “The Guardian of the Western Gate”.
The United States Immigration Station (USIS) is a National Historical Landmark, after an extensive renovation the USIS has reopened for Guided and Self-Guided tours…
Service Camp
Volunteer groups play an increasingly important role in enhancing, maintaining and restoring our California State Parks. The Angel Island State Park Service Camp program offers a one-of-a-kind experience caring for the Island’s environment while preserving its history. This experience has a profound effect on groups interested in conservation and connections to the past.
Available for groups performing service projects on the island – the Service Campsite can only be reserved through the Angel Island State Park Service Camp Coordinator. The Service Campsite is very popular, advance reservations are recommended. To be considered for participation, please contact the Service Camp Coordinator for the required forms.
