Casco Bay High School

Casco Bay High School is a public Expeditionary Learning school in Portland, Maine, USA.

Since the 2005-06 school year, the school has been housed on the site of the Portland Arts & Technology High School on Allen Avenue, in the city's North Deering neighborhood. Casco Bay is one of three public high schools within the City of Portland.

Opening in 2005, Casco Bay High made Portland the first city in the United States to offer Expeditionary Learning for grades kindergarten to 12^th.Canfield, Clark: "Outward Bound Schools Emphasize Learning By Doing", [http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2006/06/04/outward_bound_schools_emphasize_learning_by_doing/ The Boston Globe] , 2006.] Every year, Casco Bay plans to add a grade level, with 50-60 students per grade, for a maximum capacity of 300 students.

Crew

Every student at Casco Bay High School is assigned a crew. The students stay in this crew for the duration of their stay in the high school. A crew is a group of 10 to 15 students and one faculty member. Activities are held within crew four days a week. Freshmen students and their crews are sent on a one week long Outward Bound mini expedition. For that week students will hike or sail in order to get to know their crew members. Active members on this trip will receive 0.5 credits for physical education.

References

External links

* [http://www.portlandschools.org/Schools/ELOB/index.htm Official Website]