Middle School overnights
	Team building and academic exploration
	Each Middle School grade takes an overnight trip in the first weeks of the year, with activities that combine team-building, journal writing and academic exploration.   Alton Jones Fifth grade spends one night in southern Rhode Island, working on cooperative learning skills at the Environmental Education Center on University of Rhode Island's W. Alton Jones campus. Information for fifth grade families   Sargent Center The sixth grade travels to New Hampshire for three days and two nights to attend a program at the Sargent Center. With a focus on activities that instill teamwork, communication and camaraderie, students participate in problem solving challenges, a ropes course and more. Information for sixth grade families   Briarwood Marine Science Center The seventh grade travels to Briarwood Marine Science Center on Cape Cod, where students kayak, dissect sharks, study crabs, set up their own aquariums and study environmental issues like oil pollution and water quality.  Information for seventh grade families   Farm School The eighth grade travels to the Farm School in Athol, Massachusetts for three days and two nights, where students are responsible for daily chores that are a part of life on a working farm.  Information for eighth grade families