SUN JOURNAL • July 28, 2023
A five-week summer program in Auburn is helping multilingual learners strengthen their English skills while building connections to the Maine outdoors. On Thursday, three educators and a dozen high school students traveled to Bradbury Mountain State Park in Pownal for their third field trip. Students have practiced outdoor survival skills, like navigation and building fires, in the summer program. They’ve also learned the words needed to talk about trees, animals and the natural environment. “We’re trying to give kids the opportunity to learn to love being outside,” said teacher Alice Crawford.