East Grand Outdoor students go winter camping

    The East Grand Outdoor Education program recently took part in an overnight winter camp outing on Longley Lake in Orient.
    Students learned how to plan and prepare for the outing over several classroom sessions leading up to the outing. They learned how to make a menu, personal and community gear lists, how to stay warm by proper clothing and layering and shelter building. These skills came into play while on the outing as students went out in pairs and built shelters, cooked over an open fire, used their map and compass skills, which were put to the test during a night hike.
Photograph by Tammi Mutula
WINTER CAMPERS — East Grand Outdoor Education students on a recent winter camping outing in the Danforth area. Students from left, standing are Kenneth Winairski, Bayliegh Rowe, Cassidy Woo, Chelsea Winairski, Michell Bartlett, James Berry, Chet Knights, Arthur Russell, Nathan Fox, Kevin Hagerty, Samari Stewart, and held up by OE students Physical Education and Outdoor Education Instructor Jeremy Durost; kneeling, OE instructor Dave Conley.
    The students have two overnight outings in April, one being on the Machias River prior to the Machias River canoe race and another in Monroe, prior to the Marsh Stream canoe race.