Hamilton Wenham Curriculum Coordinator Pens Thank You to Project Adventure

HAMILTON-WENHAM, MA – Prudence Pilkanis, Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District's 6-12 wellness curriculum coordinator, wrote the following thank you letter to Project Adventure Inc.:

"On behalf of the teachers and students at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School I would like to thank Project Adventure Inc. for its support collaboration and dedication to our students.

Throughout the semester student’s in Ms. Lodge-Scharff's physic classes have been redesigning an outdoor adventure element they created. As they learned new physics concepts the students revised and applied them to their design. During each phase of the redesign students would present their updated project to Abby Biser and Greg Urban from Project Adventure, Inc. Abby and Greg critiqued each design and provided students with relevant feedback to incorporate into their element to meet industry standards as well as the Project Adventure mission statement. The projects were then “sub-contracted” out to students in Jeff Walsh’s CAD classes. His students utilized Solidworks and a 3-D printer to create a miniature version of each design for the Physics student’s final presentation. Final presentations were presented to a Panel of experts from Project Adventure Inc.

This panel included:

• Richard Ross, President and CEO Project Adventure Inc.,
• Abby Biser: Program Development Manager
• Greg Urban: Youth and College Programs Coordinator and Specialist, and PA Web Coordinator
• Allyson McGraw: Marketing and Development
• Laura MacDonald: Senior Trainer, specialist in PE programs
• Austin Paulson: Senior Trainer and Interim Training and Consulting Director, specialist in technical trainings

Project Adventure, Inc. graciously donated scholarships to their high school summer leadership camp to the groups with the best design. In keeping with Project Adventure’s new philosophy of giving back to the local community, and in celebration of working together with HWRSD for over 40 years, Project Adventure volunteered their time and services to further advance experiential learning in the district.

Thank you again to Project Adventure, Inc., Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School teachers Ms. Lodge-Scharff and Mr. Walsh for all their collaboration, hard work and dedication to bring our students learning experience which is relevant and extends their learning beyond the walls of the school.

- Prudence Pilkanis"

Photos courtesy of Prudence Pilkanis