This summer program is open to rising 6th, 7th, and 8th graders in RSU1. Adult staff and RSU1 high school students work with up to 60 students, split into crews of 10 to 12 campers. Our programming fits well within the Whole Student Approach as well as expeditionary learning principles, centering on the student experience and leveraging each individual’s inherent strengths toward personal growth and development.  

We partner with our neighbors around the youth center, the City of Bath, the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust, and other forested and coastal preserves to use athletic fields, the Whiskeag Trail, and other outdoor areas. We also utilize our fleet of mountain bikes and onsite pump track. We partner with Six Rivers NEMBA, a local mountain biking community as well as Bath Cycle and Ski to ensure we’re offering safe and quality skill development to our students.  

We’re also excited to lean into student interests to pursue student-led projects that serve the community. Local service projects could include using introductory carpentry skills to make picnic tables and utilizing our kitchen and pantry to offer dinner for students and families who may benefit from it.