Team Griffin Advanced Trekkers Expedition 2012

From Monday, June 25 - Sunday, July 8th, our Team Griffin 8th grade students and 7 adult leaders participated in a 14-day expedition throughout the North Atlantic corridor. They hiked in the Green Mountains of Vermont, visited the largest hydropower plant in New York, saw Niagara Falls, volunteered for a soup kitchen in Pittsburgh, visited a Zen Buddhist monastery and much, much more!

Check out the trip itinerary and trip log to find out more and see some pictures of their experience.

Program

Trekkers offers 8th graders on a 14-day expedition in early summer. Students participate in pre-trip planning meetings throughout the school year with Trekker adult volunteers to plan and implement the expedition. During the meetings, students are involved in team-building exercises, problem-solving initiatives, and consensus decision-making. Students design the expedition around five-educational components: Service Learning, Cultural Awareness, Environmental education, Adventure-based Education, and Wilderness Component.

The mission of the Advanced Trekkers program is to introduce students to the diversity of cultures, people, traditions and natural resources that exist outside the focus of their everyday lives.