PARIS — Fourth-grade students from the Paris Elementary School recently hiked to the top of Streaked Mountain as part of their curriculum.
“It was super,” Principal Jane Fahey told the Oxford Hills School Board of Directors at its recent meeting. She described the one-half mile, sometimes rigorous, hike up a steep trail to the top.
The students had been reading Donn Fendler’s “Lost on a Mountain in Maine” and as a culminating activity they hiked to the top of the mountain on a cloudless warm day.
In 1939, Fendler was a 12-year-old boy from New York who got lost on Mt. Katahdin. Hundreds of volunteers searched the mountain. Fendler survived for nine days before he was able to get off the mountain and find help. He credited his experience as a Boy Scout to helping him survive.
The story made headlines nationwide and later became the subject for a book.
The students were able to see as far away as Mount Washington in New Hampshire. At the top, teachers read to the children before they enjoyed a packed lunch and hiked back down.
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- Paris Elementary School teacher Laurie Huff reads “Walking With Henry” to the fourth-grade students on top of Streaked Mountain in Buckfield recently. The book is about Henry David Thoreau.
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- The fourth-grade class at Paris Elementary School climbed Streaked Mountain in Buckfield where they enjoyed views of Mount Washington in New Hampshire recently.
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- Students from Paris Elementary School were elated after reaching the top of Streaked Mountain in Buckfield recently. Pictured, from left, are Kayla Bourgoin, Rachel Chase, teacher Laurie Huff, Genevieve Goodliff and Ruby Morrison.
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