Narraguagus High School students navigate the morning mists.

The EdGE program and Narraguagus High School joined forces to create a hands-on, two week long, intensive course for students who needed to recover a credit in either Science or English in order to graduate. EdGE team members led students on kayaking expeditions to local lakes, rivers, and on the ocean. Narraguagus High School instructors, Helen Sprague and Brittany Ray, taught hands-on lessons where students collected data from their field expeditions. Students kept journals, tracked water temperature, and identified native and invasive species of flora and fauna. Each day students took photos and kept documentation of their work. They presented a media report of their week and scientific findings on the final Friday of the two week course.

Thirteen students successfully completed the course. One student had this to say, "Thank you for making it possible for me to be able to gain another credit so that I can graduate with the class of 2010 next year." Helen Sprague, science instructor at Narraguagus High School said, "The traditional classroom works for many, but not all students. The students it doesn't work for are often overlooked and underachieve because of this. This was an amazing opportunity and experience to see those students blossom in the experiential classroom. It was invaluable for me to be reminded of the diversity of students in their learning needs.