THOMPSON ISLAND, BOSTON, Mass. - Dario Lagorio, Warsaw, completed a Passages expedition with Thompson Island Outward Bound.
Passages is an adventure-based course for 12- and 13-year-old boys that encourages teamwork and compassion. This expedition includes activities such as hiking, backpacking, rock climbing, canoeing, sailing, high ropes courses and sea kayaking. Students hike in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, canoe on the Connecticut River, or sail and kayak in Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay.
Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center is a non-profit organization whose primary purpose is to provide adventurous and challenging experiential learning programs that inspire character development, compassion, community service, environmental responsibility and academic achievement for early adolescent students. Thompson Island Outward Bound serves approximately 5,000 students each year through Outward Bound summer expeditions, the Choices program for the Boston Public middle schools, Green Corps, and school and community youth group programs.
For more information about Thompson Island Outward Bound, visit www.thompsonisland.org