On Wednesday, June 15, the fifth grade students of the Dennis C. Haley Elementary School
in Roslindale will launch the 4 boats they built this past winter.
It is sure to be a fun event.
Check out this video from a recent launching event.
More info and details will be coming as the date gets closer.
Contact
John Rowse, Executive Director, Boston Family Boat Building, 617-595-8557
Boston Family Boat Building brings critical academic subjects and skills -- math, science, social studies, spatial thinking, reading and writing -- to life with experiential learning opportunities for school children. It is a unique program serving Boston Public Schools elementary school children that draws on the outstanding natural features of Boston and its rich history. Now in its fifth year, the program works with 4th and 5th graders to learn navigation skills in the Harbor, construct a seaworthy 10-foot wooden rowing vessel and learn about earlier Bostonians, particularly African Americans, who worked in the maritime trades. Check out all our programs to bring exciting experiential learning opportunities to students of the Boston Public Schools at
Boston Family Boat Building is supported by
volunteers, individual donors and funding from:
The Jane B. Cook 1983 Charitable Trust, CHT Foundation,
Lawrence and Lillian Solomon Fund, Amelia Peabody Foundation,
Cabot Family Charitable Trust, George A Ramlose Foundation,
David Greenewalt Charitable Trust, Robbins-de Beaumont Foundation,
Wellington Management Foundation, Schrafft Charitable Trust and
Block Island Maritime Funding
The 2010 trip to the Small Reach Regatta was supported by the
Downeast Chapter of The Small Craft Association
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