FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 3, 2008
Seventy-one 9th-grade students from White Mountains Regional High School in Whitefield participated Oct. 22-24 in outdoor education programs offered by the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC).
The students focused on team-building activities and forest ecology hikes led by WMRHS faculty and AMC instructors in AMC's "A Mountain Classroom" program.
Some of the students in the three-day, two-night program took part in activities at AMC's Highland Center at Crawford Notch, while others took part in activities at the AMC Pinkham Notch Visitor Center in the White Mountain National Forest in Pinkham Notch.
"Fabulous lessons were learned this week," said WMRHS teacher, Kelly Renaud.
A grant received by AMC from the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, North Country Region, helped to defray costs of the program, allowing the program to be offered at a significantly reduced rate.
Founded in 1876, the Appalachian Mountain Club is the oldest conservation and recreation organization in the United States. The nonprofit AMC promotes the protection, enjoyment, and wise use of the mountains, rivers and trails of the Appalachian region. More information is available at www.outdoors.org.
The Presidential Mountain Range was the backdrop for a recent “A Mountain Classroom” program attended by White Mountains Regional High School 9th grade students at AMC’s Pinkham Notch Visitor Center in the White Mountain National Forest. Additional WMRHS students also participated in an “A Mountain Classroom” program at AMC’s Highland Center at Crawford Notch. The programs were supported by the Neil and Louis Tillotson Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, North Country Region.
