The Schooner Harvey Gamage Foundation, Inc., is a non-profit educational organization which produces structured sea adventure expeditions integrated with academic studies in marine science, mathematics, history, literature, arts and humanities. These programs are operated in partnership with schools, colleges, research organizations, museums and other educational institutions. The Schooner Harvey Gamage Foundation also runs a variety of custom programs throughout the year, including specialized curriculum for at-risk youth; teacher recertification courses in maritime studies and marine science; and continuing education voyages for adults. Within each of these programs, courses are taught by both Harvey Gamage faculty and faculty from partner institutions. The expeditions vary in length from one week to one semester and are available throughout the year.

Ocean Classroom is one of the programs produced by The Schooner Harvey Gamage Foundation, in partnership with Proctor Academy. Ocean Classroom is a fully accredited semester-at-sea program for high school students. The program consists of an average of twenty students who live, work and study aboard the schooner Spirit of Massachusetts. Over the course of the semester, the students explore the ocean and ports along the United States’ Atlantic Seaboard and the Caribbean Sea. Their curriculum combines academic studies with personal challenges, seafaring adventure and international travel. Specific areas of study include the ecology of the sea, marine mathematics, maritime history, literature of the sea and seamanship/navigation.

To learn more about the Schooner Harvey Gamage Foundation, visit their website.