Throughout the month of October, groups from local schools have been taking part in the full-day Wabanaki Living Skills and Culture program hosted by Coastal Rivers at Salt Bay Farm in Damariscotta.

The program teaches students about different aspects of Wabanaki culture – both traditional and current – through authentic, hands-on experiences. Activities are always taught in collaboration with Native American educators. For the past two years, Passamaquoddy educator Sandra Bassett has partnered with Coastal Rivers Education Director Sarah Gladu to teach the program. (…)

Article by Dylan Burmeister in The Lincoln County News, September 7, 2023.

Prior to school kicking off for the year, AOS 93 and Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust partnered to create a new, hands-on opportunity for local students enrolled in summer school. For four Fridays, students took all-day field trips to local parks and trails, where they experienced “a full day of outdoor education and nature programming,” said Sarah Gladu, Coastal Rivers’ director of education and citizen science. (…)

Ten years into their fruitful partnership, educators at Coastal Rivers and Lincoln Academy continue to deliver fresh and engaging curriculum to the school’s alternative education programs. A newly expanded focus on watershed science is providing students in the Ed Lab and IDEAL programs with hands-on, outdoor learning experiences designed to help them reach education goals outside the traditional classroom setting. (…)