New students from the Class of 2011 connected to the ecology and history of the Chesapeake Bay at Echo Hill Outdoor School as part of a pre-orientation trip.
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Tom Stattel, Katrina Skefos,
Donna Weaver, Kate McKelvey, and Joe Stiles explore Chestertown.

Ben Mason and Tom Stattel: spaghetti architects?

Spaghetti tower construction crew.

Mike Meyer, Kate McKelvey, Tony LoPiano, Mike Carey, Joe Stiles, Corrie Deegan, and professor Jeff Brown with their pasta palace.

A day on the skipjack Elsworth included examining oysters, mussels and other denizens of the deep.

Katrina Skefos and Liz Shandor catch dinner.

Tony LoPiano, Dan Jansen, trip advisor Mike Duquette, Joe Stiles,
Donna Weaver, Waterfront Activities Director
John Wagner, Corrie Deegan, Mike Carey, Mike Meyer, and Tom Stattel after a hard day of fishing on the WC workboat.

An live tank on the Elsworth was home to oysters, mussels, crabs, and fish.

Getting ready for dinner is a hands-on process on the skipjack Elsworth.

Tony LoPiano, Tom Stattel, and Mike Meyerhave the wheel.

Mike Carey loves white perch.

A fish fry on the skipjack Elsworth.

Swabbies on the skipjack Elsworth.

Tom Stattel, Ben Mason, and Kate McKelvey

Joe Stiles dangles from the top of a ropes course.

Corrie Deegan and Tony LoPiano: "The rabbit goes up the hole, around the tree. . . "

Joe Stiles: 1, overhang: 0

Tony LoPiano powers up to the next hold.

Chow time!

Slumber party in "the pit."

Free time = "worldball."

Boarding the "swamp canoe" at Echo Hill Outdoor School.

Erin Gray and Katrina Skefos power the "scanoe" through the EHOS swamp.

Is it tired or angry?

Deer find sanctuary on the Echo Hill Outdoor School grounds.