The Journey (Apple TV).m4v

On Friday, January 29th, 2010, fourteen students accompanied faculty members Laurie Doss and Mike Augusta and alumnus Sean Graesser '08 to Panama for our annual science and community service trip into the rainforest.


This year's participants are Mike Esposito '11, Connor Bachmann '11, Jeanna Bracchitta '10, Brian D'Iorio '10, Joseph Goldin '12, Bryan Moya '12, Raymond Tinglin '12, Manuael Mier Y Teran Bracho '10, Blaise Marti '11, Lucas O'Malley '11, Chase Yarnell '11, Guillermo Fierro '11, Joslin Taber '12 and Mike Guo '11.
Read updates from Ms. Doss and see pictures of the group's adventures here, as emails arrive over the next week or so!




Sunday, January 31: The group managed to arrive in Panama safely on Saturday. Transporting all of the field equipment in addition to our own personal belongings made navigating through check-in and security much more interesting. Fortunately, one bag left in the boarding area by a student did not result in the shut-down of the Newark Airport! Imagine Ms. Doss's surprise when she was on the plane and the flight attendant announced over the loudspeaker, "Would a representative from Marvelwood School please come and pick up the abandoned luggage with the Marvelwood name tag which was left at the gate!" The moral of the story....it pays to let the gate attendant know before boarding that you are traveling with a group, and to clearly identify your luggage with name tags!
Today we toured part of Gatun Lake and the Panama Canal to learn about the dredging of the canal and to search for monkeys. We were rewarded with spotting of howler monkeys and three-toed sloths. Upon returning to the dock, a three-toed sloth had come down from its tree to perform its weekly defecation, and we were treated with close-up views of this species of sloth as it was returning to its tree.

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