NESS in the News: Second annual Family Fishing Tournament held on City Pier
NESS was recently featured in The Day newspaper in New London! Fishing poles in hand, aspiring young fishers spent Saturday morning on City Pier in New London, learning how to bait a hook and cast a line during the city’s second [actually the third] annual Family Fishing Tournament. The event, hosted by the city of […]
WINNERS ANNOUNCED IN NESS’s STATEWIDE DRAWING CONTEST
New England Science & Sailing Foundation (NESS) announced this year’s winning artists for the statewide calendar drawing contest entitled “Long Island Sound and Its Watershed: What It Means to Me.” The annual drawing contest is open to all Connecticut students currently in Grades K-6. Aoi Furube of the Greenwich Japanese School in Greenwich was named […]
NESS in the News: Windcheck Magazine “Spike Lobdell”
NESS was recently featured in Windcheck Magazine! As President and CEO of the New England Science & Sailing Foundation (NESS) in Stonington, Connecticut, Michael “Spike” Lobdell has the helm of a remarkable non-profit ocean adventure organization founded with the goal of building brighter futures. He’s also one of the nicest guys in sailing. Click here […]
NESS in the News: Windcheck Magazine “New England Science & Sailing — Much More Than a Summer Camp!””
NESS was recently featured in Windcheck Magazine! As NESS – the New England Science & Sailing Foundation – approaches its 20th year serving the community, it continues to expand its reach through the region as well as broaden its educational, adaptive sailing, and adult ocean adventure programs from its base in Stonington, CT. Click here […]
NESS Welcomes HartfordHealthCare’s David Whitehead to the NESS Board of Directors
The New England Science & Sailing Foundation (NESS) is pleased to announce the addition of Hartford HealthCare (HHC) Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, David A. Whitehead, to the NESS Board of Directors. “Dave is a tremendous addition to our Board. His business experience and community-mindedness very much align with the NESS […]
NESS Statement
Dear Fellow Community Members, Like many of you, all of us at NESS are deeply saddened, upset, and angered by the death of George Floyd and others at the hands of a very few law enforcement personnel and private citizens. This has, once again, revealed the deep scars of systemic racism in our country that […]
NESS Announces New Board Leadership
In a planned transition, NESS names Jane Leipold as its new Board Chair, Steve Hazard as Vice-Chair. Stonington, CT — The New England Science & Sailing Foundation is pleased to announce new board leadership changes effective April 1, 2020. Jane Leipold will succeed Bill Follett as Chair of the Board of Directors in a planned […]
NESS OFFERS ONLINE STEM COURSES
Responding to the educational challenges of the day, NESS introduces live, educator-led online STEM courses for students at home. Stonington, CT — The New England Science & Sailing Foundation now offers their award-winning, accredited, and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)-based STEM courses online with live educators leading each lesson in order to serve schools, parents, […]
NESS FOUNDER SPIKE LOBDELL RECEIVES US SAILING’S MARTIN LURAY AWARD
“The Marty,” as it is known, is the highest community sailing honor bestowed by US Sailing. Stonington, CT — The New England Science & Sailing Foundation is proud to announce that CEO and Founder of NESS, Michael “Spike” Lobdell, has been awarded the prestigious US Sailing Martin A. Luray Award. The award recognizes Lobdell’s outstanding […]
Great Story: Experiential Learning Come to Life
We recently gave a lesson on rocks and soil to our second graders. As you can imagine, rocks don’t make the most exciting learning material for seven year olds. After a day or two of reviewing different sizes and formations, I could see glazed-over eyes, and was concerned that we weren’t holding our students’ interest. […]
