SCHOOL NEWS
QUEST Service Learning Trips
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We are excited to announce that, after putting the program on hold last summer due to COVID, we were able to resume our QUEST service learning trips for WFS upper school students this summer. QUEST Term Service/Leadership Trips engage students in an experiential learning model to increase their understanding of global issues as well as strategies to mitigate the impact of these challenges. During the summers preceding their 10th, 11th, and 12th grade years, students may elect to travel to domestic or international destinations to engage in global issues through service and leadership. This June, students traveled to Acadia National Park for their QUEST service learning trip (in partnership with Earthwatch). They spent a week on an expedition to track biodiversity in the intertidal zone to see if species are adapting to warming, collect data on island flora, and track bird migration and the availability of their food source. The students’ research and observations will contribute to broader efforts to help solve challenges caused by climate change and other consequences of fossil fuel emissions. 23
