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Established in 2015, the Chesapeake Watershed Semester at the Gunston School is a single-semester, place-based academic program for high school juniors and seniors. The 15-week experience takes students across the Chesapeake Bay watershed to complete real-world research, discover solutions to environmental problems, and network with national leaders. Their interactions with lawmakers, scientists, farmers, and fishermen give them a 360-degree understanding of emerging issues in a changing world.
Students leave the Chesapeake Watershed Semester with a better understanding of their role in society, their place in the environment, and the path forward in their education and careers. As 2018 alum Katie Schiwy said, “The most important thing I’ve learned this semester is something I can take with me wherever I go - ‘I can do it’ ... I kept that mindset with me, through every assignment, through every expedition, and at the end of it all, a semester later, I know I can do it, whatever it will be, from here on out.”
Enrollment at the Gunston School is not a requirement of the program and all interested rising juniors and seniors are invited to apply.
Campus Notes
Number of Academic Classes: 7
Classroom Size: 64,000 square miles
Length: 15 weeks
Field Study: 5 weeks
Grades: 11 and 12
Tuition: $18,898 (semi-residential)
