Spring Sailing on Lake Champlain

A sailboat from CSC and a ferry on Lake Champlain.

This spring, our third graders will have the opportunity to visit the Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center in Burlington for their “Floating Classroom” program. During this program, students will experience sailing on Lake Champlain while learning about our watershed, lake ecology, wind, weather, geology, and more. We’ll connect this program to our weather and interdependence science units. 

 The CSC is a non-profit organization funded by the generosity of donors and grants. The overall cost of this program is $45 per student, but we’re able to offer this opportunity to our students for $30 per person. 

We know this is a costly field trip, but the education and experience of the program (including sailing on Lake Champlain) make it worthwhile for all students. There are several different ways that you might be able to support this program before we look into different fundraising options this spring.  Look for a pink handout in your child's home-school folder (they were put in mailboxes yesterday...).

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to your child's teacher.

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