Connecticut River
2024–25 ENROLLMENT INFORMATION

Congratulations on being selected to travel on the Connecticut River: A stewardship paddling adventure through the Connecticut River from headwaters to home travel program! On this trip, you will join Loomis Chaffee and Northfield Mount Hermon students to participate in the “Headwaters to Home” expedition— an interdisciplinary learning adventure along one of New England’s most prominent ecological features, the Connecticut River. Through this experience you will learn how a river creates a living place and how people have made a home beside it. 

 

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General Program Information:

  • Program Dates: June 4th – 13th, 2025
  • Trip Leaders: Ava Goodale
  • Updated Itinerary (COMING SOON), preliminary itineraries can be found on the Trip Page HERE
  • Program Notes:
    • Program Meeting Point: On June 4th, 2025, Students and Program leaders will meet at the Deerfield Academy Campus and will travel together via van to Quimby Country Cottages, Vermont, arriving on June 4th, 2025
    • Cell Phone Policy: This is an “unplugged” trip where students will not have access to cell phones or internet for the duration of the trip.
    • Other Important Information about the program: The program contains outdoor activities such as hiking, canoeing, and swimming, and most of the trip accommodations are at campsites. While no prior experience with outdoor activities is required, a willingness to lean into discomfort will be key. This trip conflicts with the June 8 ACT test date.
 

Documents & Forms:

Below we are providing a complete list of all of the forms you have previously receive through DocuSign for your reference and INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY.    

1. Deerfield Academy Forms:

 

Health & Safety:

Please review the following Health and Safety information

1.  Travel Medicine Advisory Letter from Dr. Benson

 

PACKING LIST

COMING SOON

PACKING LIST

COMING SOON
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Payment Information:

The remaining balance of the program fee will be billed to your student account on December 11, 2024, and due in full by January 1, 2025.   

Please contact the Finance Office at finance@deerfield.edu with any questions or the Center for Service and Global Citizenship via email csgc@deerfield.edu or phone: 413-774-1435.

This page contains enrollment information for students who have been selected for one of our 2025 trips. If you are interested in other Global Studies programs or future travel opportunities, please contact The Center for Service and Global Citizenship.