Class Afloat

In Thursday's Chapel service, students heard first-hand about the experience of a Shawnigan student on board the SV Concordia:

"I first heard about Class Afloat from Mr. Sarsfield in English 11 last year and the way he described it made it out to be a great travel experience and an awesome adventure overall. For the semester that I was aboard, it was that and more. Not only did we see amazing places like Dublin and Morocco, I and the rest of the crew formed bonds that we will probably keep for a long time to come. You may have heard on the news that the ship sank off the coast of Brazil a few weeks ago, although the ship went down, the SV Concordia remained strong by the friendships we had made. Not only did it connect us to each other, we were also joined to a larger group of alumni that had experienced life aboard. In fact, on the way back home a few old “floaties” (that’s what they call people who have sailed with the program) actually came and met us at the airport just to show us how much they supported us."

To read the full story, click here.

– Jesse S. ’11 (Duxbury)

Photos by Stephen Lane