WINTER HARBOR – Acadia National Park has announced that six Maine middle schools have been selected to receive L.L. Bean Kids in Acadia scholarships and transportation assistance.

Schools receiving the support include the Quimby School in Bingham, Dr. Lewis S. Libby School in Milford, the Leonard Middle School in Old Town, the Rangeley Lakes Regional School, the Ella Lewis School in Steuben and the Trenton Elementary School.

The funding will enable the schools to send students to the Schoodic Education Adventure, an overnight education program offered to fifth- to eighth-grades at the Schoodic Education and Research Center in Acadia.

The schools chosen for the L.L. Bean Kids in Acadia program were selected based on applications submitted to the park that included information on how they might incorporate the Schoodic Education Adventure into their educational objectives.

Applicants from the Rangeley Lakes Regional School indicated, “…We will be able to take many of the concepts we address in the classroom and add a field experience, which will make the concepts more accessible to the students.”

Schools interested in participating in the Schoodic Education Adventure and/or applying for the 2007 L.L. Bean Kids in Acadia Program should contact Cynthia Ocel in the Education Office at Acadia National Park at 288-8822. Scientists and researchers interested in pursuing field research at Acadia and/or applying for the 2007 L.L. Bean Acadia Research Fellowships should contact Dr. Jim McKenna at Acadia’s Schoodic Education and Research Center at 288-1328.

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