Proctor Launches Three Off-Campus Winter Programs

Andover’s Sasha Mackenzie ’22 and Brynne Makechnie ’22, second and third from right, are studying on Proctor’s Mountain Classroom program this winter. Photo: Quinn Harper and Erica Hample

Each term, roughly 30 Proctor students take advantage of the school’s off-campus programs. While COVID-19 disrupted last spring’s offerings, Ocean Classroom ran this fall, and Proctor has successfully launched three of its off-campus programs this winter. Each of these programs adapted its operations for COVID-19, requiring an extended quarantine, testing protocols, and living in a bubbled

Andover’s Tiege Wright ’21 is studying on Proctor’s Winter Ocean Classroom program. Photo: World Ocean School

community.

Danbury’s Hailey Towne ’21 is studying on Proctor’s Euro/Southwest Classroom this winter. Photo: David Fleming

Danbury’s Hailey Towne ‘21 is studying on a revamped European Art Classroom program, based this term out of Arizona. The group of eight students and two faculty members are living in community, painting, studying art history, and exploring remote areas of the American Southwest.

Andover’s Tiege Wright ‘21 is studying on a new off-campus program, Winter Ocean Classroom, based in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. This eight-week program allows eight students to live and learn aboard the 135-foot schooner Roseway, the same historic tall ship used for Proctor’s fall Ocean Classroom, while exploring the Caribbean.

Andover’s Sasha Mackenzie ‘22 and Brynne Makechnie ‘22 are studying on Mountain Classroom this winter. The place-based program immerses students in a hands-on learning environment and utilizes backcountry expedition to teach skills and see first-hand the science, literature, and history they are studying in their classes. This winter’s Mountain Classroom is based in southern Utah.

Read more about Proctor’s winter off-campus programs at blogs.ProctorAcademy.org.