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Project Title:
Trail of Life
Initiative:
School Name:
Barrington Municipal High
School board / First Nations school jurisdiction:
Tri-County Regional School Board
Project Theme:
Grade Level:
Subject Areas:
City:
Barrington Passage
Province/Territory:
Nova Scotia
Community Partners:
1. Dan Earle, GOMI - Maritime co-ordinator for Gulf of Maine Institute, a landscape designer who has contributed to the development of our school environmental plan for the past six years.
2. Town of Clark's Harbour and Barrington Municipal Councils are supportive of all environmental efforts at the school.
3. Richard Crowell, Harbour Master at Large (RCN) works with our group on the effects of Climate change, mapping, orientation and geology. He is also a member of the Emergency Measures Organization.
4. Pat Hudson, Caple Sable Important Bird Area coordinator. She organizes Nature camps and study of local fauna.

Trail of Life

Barrington High sits on a large piece of property that is a natural state of hills and forests. It is heavily influenced by its glacial past with its erratic boulder fields and rock outcroppings and the ground is lush with moss and ferns.The Environment Club has been heading up an effort to develop organized informative trails, the "REAL" Garden and outdoor classroom spaces in the school's woodlands.
Developing a trail will provide opportunities for the students to study nature in the Science, Art, Social Sciences, Native Studies and Physical Education classes.
It will encourage outside activities and a greater knowledge of the physical environment, thus enhancing the physical and social well-being of the entire community.