Carver Campers Experience a Week at The Ecology School in Maine!

“If I had one word to describe last week, it would be JOY - I was walking on sunshine the entire week! I will never forget the energy and light that the campers brought. It was very quiet after they left.”

Meg Edstrom Jones | Director of Educational Partnerships & The Teacher Institute

Thanks to the generosity and vision of The Grossman Family Foundation, rising Norwalk 6th graders experienced The Ecology School in Maine for a week.

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At this renowned sleepaway summer camp, Carver kids explored the woods, waters, and fields of The Ecology School at the River Bend Farm, a historic 105-acre farm located on a scenic bend in the Saco River, just twenty minutes from the Maine coast.

Next year, this initial cohort of students will return along with the next rising 6th graders that follow them.

“What an absolute privilege and honor to work alongside Mr. Rob, Ms. Manuela, Ms. Andrea, and ‘Mr. Williams’ (as Rob liked to call him) and to meet, explore, and learn with the campers,” said Ms. Jones. “I absolutely cannot wait until next year. I am so excited for this legacy that has started.”

The Ecology School programs are experiential, hands-on and fun. Our campers were immersed in complex ecosystems where experienced educators use narrative, hands-on activities to illuminate the scientific relationships among organisms (including humans) and their environment.

The sustainable riverside campus is home to forest, fields, and a farm, which enable the practical study of biology, ecology, nature, and human impact. The Ecology School has made the study of ecology accessible and enjoyable for tens of thousands of people since 1998.

Our campers experienced a joyful relationship with science—one that deepened their understanding of the world around us. They approached the science of ecology through wide-eyed, hands-on exploration of the ecosystems, making nature’s lessons memorable with play, humor, and games, and applicable with real life models of sustainable farming and living.

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