An Alaska Adventure, and Learning Experience, For Teens

This was the challenge Heather Boucher of Stonington faced a few weeks ago when taking a course run by the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), an international organization recognized as the gold standard in teaching how to survive in the wilderness.

“It was amazing. I never thought I could do something like that,” the 17-year rising senior at Stonington High School said the other day, safely home after a month in The Last Frontier.

Chosen by her NOLS classmates to lead one group Heather said she was nervous at first – “There’s so much responsibility” – but quickly gained confidence after adopting a collaborative approach to decision-making.

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