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School Involvement
M.S.A.D. No. 75 Alternative Education
Academic Portfolio Alternative Community Education Program
Learning is a natural, continuous and distinctly different pursuit for each individual. Formal schooling is acknowledged as the primary vehicle for academic education and the formation of critical judgment. Alternative forms of education recognize that there are additional situations and experiences that can educate and be credited with fostering human growth and learning. By providing access to a broad range of educational resources, learners can define and achieve their own goals.
The Academic Portfolio Alternative Community Education Program (A.P.A.C.E.) serves students in grades 9-12 who need to pursue their education in a non-traditional setting. An A.E.P (Alternative Education Portfolio) leading towards a Mt. Ararat High School Diploma is developed with each student. The A.E.P consists of both an academic and vocational or community experiential learning component. A friendly, flexible environment with a low student/teacher ratio is provided for the core academic fields of study. Internships and mentorships throughout the community or vocational career programs at Region Ten complete the combined course schedule. The program offers students support through afterhours make-up sessions and the referral or facilitation of on/off premises counseling. Students typically stay in the program approximately one and a half years and are encouraged to take an increasing proportion of their course load through a wider range of educational resources including Mt. Ararat High School, continuing education programs, and various other post-secondary institutions.
Alternative Educational Portfolio (A.E.P)
This portfolio includes a plan which addresses immediate academic and personal needs consistent with the necessary requirements for graduation, a credit worksheet, and a current schedule of fields of study. Additional components of this portfolio will consist of a student profile, contracts and any special conditions. This portfolio will be reviewed at the conclusion of each school term for the purpose of developing the following year’s A.E.P.
Mission Statement
To foster an awareness and celebration of one’s uniqueness and an appreciation of the value of individuality in contributing productively to the community.
To develop students’ problem-solving skills necessary to meet the critical demands of their academic and personal lives.
To guide students toward responsible decisions about themselves and their effect on others.
To encourage students to take an active role in the learning process, matching their interests and abilities with the resources of the school and community.
To establish and maintain bonds between the students, staff, and community which emphasize responsibility, cooperation, mutual understanding, and commitment.
To expose students to the options available to them and the resources they can utilize to work towards their aspirations.
Alternative Education/CREA Involvement
Geo/Ecology Class
Trailblazing - Cleared brush, and established a beginning section of the trail system around the Heath.
Site development - Located and cleared an overlook of the Heath.
Clean-up- Cleared trash from trails whenever we visited the Preserve .
Service Learning - Acted as a clearinghouse for American Chestnut Project materials.
Workshops - Attended work sessions in traditional Wabanki village construction for future summer lodge building on the preserve.
National GPS Day - Established and maintained a multi-stage Geocache site along the banks of the Cathance.
FIG Project - Received training in Forest Inventory Growth techniques for future fixed plot research station on the preserve (Fall/06 start-up).
Community Service - Participated in all day community service project for site maintenance at the Ecology Center in May 2006.
Biophilia Course
Watershed Studies - Established water monitoring study at the Cathance/Rte. 201 site (#3) and
monitored vernal pool conditions in comparison study with Kennebec Land Trust property in Monmouth.
Brunswick High School
Brunswick High School serves 1,143 students from grades 9-12. Brunswick High School openein 1995. It is located about 30 miles from Portland, Maine.
MISSION STATEMENT
Brunswick High School is a school of diversity. We value parental and community partnerships in helpingour students to become healthy and successful lifelong learners and compassionate citizens.
Cathance River Involvement
Senior Hannah Weddle produced an eight minute documentary on the creation of the preserve and the recent history of CREA.
A catch and release turtle project has begun at the vernal pool next to the new Ecology Center and along the Cathance River near Barnes Leap.
Some Brunswick High school students volunteer at the Cathance River preserve. Volunteering activities include trail maintenance, which involves cleaning and grooming, along with signing the paths.
Presently, students are volunteering at the Ecology center helping to sand interior wood surfacing in preparation for the application of layers of polyurethane.
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational residential, undergraduate liberal arts institution founded in 1794. It is located in Brunswick, Maine, a town of 21,000 on the Maine coast. Study at Bowdoin leads to a bachelor of arts degree in one of over 40 departmental and interdisciplinary majors. Bowdoin enrolls approximately 1,680 students from across the country and around the world.
The Offer of the College
TO BE AT HOME in all lands and all ages;
To count Nature a familiar acquaintance,
And Art an intimate friend;
To gain a standard for the appreciation of others’ work
And the criticism of your own;
To carry the keys of the world’s library in your pocket,
And feel its resources behind you in whatever task you undertake;
To make hosts of friends...
Who are to be leaders in all walks of life;
To lose yourself in generous enthusiasms
And cooperate with others for common ends —
This is the offer of the college for the best four years of your life.
Adapted from the original “Offer of the College”
by William DeWitt Hyde
President of Bowdoin College 1885 – 1917
CREA Involvement
- Students in the Biology department have conducted a snapping turtle tracking study using telemetry technology below Barnes Leap.
- Hydrology students from the Geology Department have established and maintained water monitoring stations along the Cathance (Pts. 1 – 6 on the Watershed Map)
- Students in the Environmental Studies Program have created a comprehensive History of the Conservation of The Cathance River project that includes focused studies on the agriculture, conservation, and industry within the watershed along with a section dedicated to the Bowdoinham waterfront.
- Student/Athletes participated in an Eco-Service day this May to help with trail work.
MSAD 75 / Brunswick Elementary and Middle Schools
All elementary and middle schools appearing on the Watershed Map participated in the American Chestnut Project. See Research Map for details.
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