175 Students Complete Cape Cod Collaborative Sponsored Camp Program at Mass. Maritime Academy

BOURNE —  Cape Cod Collaborative, a member of the Massachusetts Organization of Educational Collaboratives (MOEC), is pleased to share that 175 students recently completed the Advanced Studies & Leadership Program (ASLP) at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

In addition, at the conclusion of the two-week program, 20 students who demonstrated leadership potential were awarded four-year scholarships to attend the prestigious maritime institution.

A graduation ceremony was held on July 20 where students received certificates of completion.

“Thanks to our partners at Mass. Maritime for recognizing that leadership and educational success come in many different forms,” said Cape Cod Collaborative Executive Director Paul Hilton. “Programs like the Advanced Studies and Leadership Program help provide students with concrete goals and a view of what their futures could hold.”

ASLP is a college-like residential experience developed by the Cape Cod Collaborative in partnership with the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, which hosts the program. It emphasizes leadership and development and project-oriented instruction in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) areas, as well as the humanities, for high-achieving students from school districts served by the Cape Cod and North River collaboratives.

ALSP participants are led by college staff and cadets in STEM classes and other social activities, including experiencing the Academy’s ship simulator and emergency management training center. The program allows students to explore a potential career, develop leadership skills, experience life on campus while engaging with cadets and prepare for college and beyond.

During previous sessions, scholarships had been awarded to just the top male and female participants who demonstrated leadership qualities. This year the program was expanded to include scholarships for 20 participants. Each scholarship covers the cost of four years of tuition associated with attending the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

Here is a list of all scholarship winners and their home school district:

Abington

• Giavanna Bunel

Barnstable

• Aiden Ramos

Bourne

• Mason Fagan

Dennis-Yarmouth

• Reese Ferguson
• Jacob Couture
• Theodore Durley

East Bridgewater

• Sean Czaja

Falmouth

• Estella Harmon
• Sheldon Mapp
• Liam Webb
• Myles Doherty

Monomoy

• Emma Gogol
• Eloise Wooton

Martha’s Vineyard

• Charlotte Cramer

Mashpee

• Madison Wright

Sandwich

• Prisha Bajracharya
• Jacob Waitt

Wareham

• Carnell Clarke
• Amber Besse
• Danisha Woodley

“This program is a great way that collaboratives can offer their districts a variety of opportunities for students in cooperation with one another that they would not be able to offer individually,” said MOEC Director Joanne Haley Sullivan. “MOEC and its member collaboratives have a successful 40-year history of extending capacity in over 300 school districts with programs and services to approximately 35,000 students across the Commonwealth.”

About Massachusetts Organization of Educational Collaboratives

MOEC represents the Commonwealth’s 24 educational collaboratives. MOEC serves as the voice of its members and works to develop a full appreciation for and understanding of educational collaboratives at the state, regional, and local levels. MOEC is the Commonwealth’s primary advocate for collaboratives and the critical role they play in the Massachusetts educational system.

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