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Peter Kowalczyk |
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"The
world is a wide and wonderful place, inhabited by a broad
spectrum of plants, animals, and people. The Ocean Classroom
program is just one way for young people, such as myself,
to see this diversity firsthand. The program is also one
of those experiences which create morally upstanding adults
by placing youths in an environment where teamwork and
responsibility are not just promoted, but necessary to
the safety of all aboard. I cannot wait to set sail on
this adventure, and it is my sincere hope that I will return
home better prepared to live in this world."
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Peter Kowalczyk
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About
the
Ocean Classroom |
Courses
in Marine Science, Maritime History, Marine Applied Mathematics,
Maritime Literature, and Navigation are studied in a thoroughly
integrated curriculum taught by a professional academic staff.
Topics in each course are arranged to correspond with the
voyage itinerary. All studies are linked to the students'
immediate experience as sailors and explorers. Students go
beyond learning by doing....in Ocean Classroom, they discover
the power of learning by living. |
About
Maine Sea Grant |
Maine
Sea Grant has awarded a $2000 scholarship to Yarmouth High
School student Peter Kowalczyk to participate in a semester
at sea with the Ocean Classroom Project which is affiliated
with Proctor Academy of Andover, New Hampshire, and the College
of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine. Peter will spend the
spring semester onboard an ocean classroom as the ship travels
from the Caribbean beginning in February to Boston, Massachusetts,
in late spring. He will be taking courses in Marine Science,
Maritime History, Marine Applied Mathematics, Maritime Literature,
and Navigation, which are studied in an integrated curriculum
taught by an academic staff. Topics in each course are arranged
to correspond with the voyage itinerary, and all studies are
linked to the students' immediate experience as sailors and
explorers.
Peter
will be sending updates and images from the field when he has
the opportunity to access the Internet, so check back to this
site to follow his ocean classroom experience. |
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