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SEA Welcomes Proctor Academy’s Ocean Classroom
September 11, 2023
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In the fall of 1994, former faculty member David Pilla launched a trimester at sea program at Proctor called Ocean Classroom. That bold vision set the course for an evolution in Proctor’s off-campus program offerings that has since changed the lives of more than 400 Proctor alumni. The goal of the program was, and is, simple: expose high school kids to the power of living at sea while connecting their learning to the ocean, its ecosystems, and its history. Thirty years and many evolutions later, a group of 22 intrepid sailors gathered at the Sea Education Association campus in Woods Hole, MA to embark on Proctor’s 30th year of Ocean Classroom voyages.