Each year as part of our Environmental Education Program, students in the 4th and 5th grade integrate history and environmental science both on land and from the waters of the Green River to Narragansett Bay. Students canoe, camp overnight, and experience the benefits of our Rhode Island shoreline on and off campus as their outdoor classroom.

With the Potowomut River estuary, Narragansett Bay, and woodlands of southern Rhode Island serving as classrooms, the Middle School launches the school year with Enviroweek, venturing outside of the school walls to conduct field surveys, collect and record data, and learn about each of these environments from many different perspectives. 

Each winter the 7th-grade class spends three days and two nights at Nature’s Classroom in Charlton, Massachusetts with a focus on winter ecology. As a part of their environmental education, students look at ways in which organisms have adapted to the harsh conditions of a New England winter.

At the beginning of the year, freshman spend three days at the Berkshire Outdoor Center. Students participate in team-building activities such as orienteering, raft building, and challenging activities such as the Alpine Tower, so that students get a chance to meet their classmates and make friends.

Emphasizing our commitment to service, sophomores spend three days on a service learning trip to Gifts to Give. They reflect on the needs of others, and how to directly make an impact on those needs, all while putting in some hands-on hard work to benefit a community. 

As a preview to their year of studying American history and literature, juniors explore our nation’s culture and history throughout New England. Activities may include a walking tour of the points of historical and cultural interest in Boston, sailing on a historic schooner, and a white water rafting excursion.