Excel High School Goes to Nantucket!!

Thanks to the Grace Grossman Youth Collaborative which is funded through UMASS Boston at the request of Senator Robert Leary, twelve of Excel High Schools’ students traveled to Nantucket with Ms. Flower and Ms. Marx!! Once on the island, the students toured the UMASS Boston Grace Grossman Field Station and Whaling museum, and visited the cranberry bog, vernal pond, Squam farm, and Squam swamp. Students also learned a great deal from local Nantucket Biologists who shared their knowledge about the wildlife and ecosystems located on the Island.

A special thank you is given to Dr. Sarah Oktay and Lennie Germinara who head the UMASS Boston Field Station and work tirelessly to ensure the success of this amazing and educational program for our students.

Pictures and video of the Nantucket Trip!

Finding shells at the lighthouse

Excel girls give Ms. Noriega a hand!

Finding Salamanders at the Vernal Pond

Dr. Oktay shows us local fauna

Scoping it out on Nantucket

We all enjoyed the beautiful scallop shells

We had our own Pi day on Nantucket

Ms. Flower, Ms. Marx and Dr. Oktay enjoy the view from the Whaling Museum

Edie Ray helps us locate local birds

This Trip

Excel High School, Ms. Noriega, Ms. Flower, Ms. Marx and our 12 students especially wish to thank the following people, whose support of the Grace Grossman Youth Collaborative made our field trip possible.

Links to the UMASS Boston Field Station:

To enjoy views of the UMASS Field station, follow the link to the lab camera

Enjoy These Web Links:

The Nantucket Independent and Yesterday’s Island where many articles of local wildlife are written by Dr. Oktay: