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National Trails Day Event on Friday, June 3 in Jay and Livermore Falls

Chisholm Trails, a program of the Androscoggin Land Trust, is pleased to sponsor a National Trails Day Event on Friday, June 3 in Jay and Livermore Falls .

Goals:

• To contribute to the development of open spaces and trails in the Androscoggin Greenway.
• To assist local communities in developing a deeper appreciation for the outdoor environment in which they reside.

Date: Friday, June 3; Rain date: Monday June 6

Location: Proposed Riverfront School Trail from Livermore Falls to Jay & the Otis Mill

Objectives: Students will

• Have the opportunity to meet and get to know students from their neighboring school.
• Walk the proposed Riverfront School Trail as a symbolic gesture of moving to a new school.
• Engage in healthy physical exercise.
• Learn through first-hand experience about the paper mill.
• Learn about and gain an appreciation for their environment in an outdoor based environmental education experience.

Schedule:

8:00 am Jay 7 th graders bused to Livermore Falls Middle School

8:15-8:45 am Team building exercise at the Livermore Falls Middle School

8:45-9:45 am Walk to Otis Mill

9:45-10:00 am Keynote speaker Beth Moore, Jay High School student & Snack

10:00-11:40 am Participatory Activities

11:40am-12:00pm Lunch

12:00pm-1:00 pm Participatory Activities

1:00-1:45 pm Walk to Jay Middle School

1:45pm Livermore Falls 7 th graders bused back to their school.

 

Procedures:

1. At Livermore Falls Middle School students are assigned to one of 6 groups. An equal number of students from each school will be in each group (10 students from Livermore Falls MS and 10 students from Jay MS)
2. Students will participate in team building exercises within their assigned group.
3. Students will walk with their teachers to Otis Mill along the proposed Riverfront School Trail.
4. Students will listen to a keynote speaker and eat a snack upon arrival at the Otis Mill.
5. Students in their assigned groups will participate in various activities (see below).
6. Students will eat a bag lunch provided from home or their home school.
7. Students in their assigned groups participate in various activities (see below).
8. Students walk to Jay Middle School .

March 2011
Local teacher Rob Taylor has received national recognition for his efforts in the classroom.
http://www.sunjournal.com/franklin/story/1001726

August 2010
Celebrating a Decade of Community Assistance Partnerships, highlighting the NPS-ASLA partnership (2010)

This brochure highlights the great collaborations of the past two years between the Rivers & Trails program of the National Park Service (NPS) and the American Society of Landscape Architects. One of the highlights focuses on the collaboration with our own Chisholm Trails project; a huge success! The community is very grateful for the ideas and drawings that Maine Chapter members Dan Morabito, Chris Di Matteo, and Wright Pierce (Jennifer Claster and Travis Pryor) so generously donated.

June 5, 2010
www.sunjournal.com Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal

March 19, 2010
www.sunjournal.com/ Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal

January 2010
http://www.wcsh6.com/ Brian Yocono Anchor/Reporter wcsh6.com 

http://www7.sunjournal.com/article/towns-get-national-park-service-help-plan
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