Schoolship Blog

Teachers Keep Learning with ISEA

What do teachers have in common with their students? Learning. Both are always learning and many teachers go into the field of teaching because they love to learn. (It doesn’t...

Stewarding Our Precious Great Lakes

Schooner Society members, Bob and Nancy Doughty, support Inland Seas Education Association (ISEA) because of their love for the water and the programs that ISEA provides to children and youth....

Setting Sail on Lake Superior

Sailing on the Inland Seas From time to time, ISEA will share Great Lakes experiences from guest bloggers. In this blog, volunteer Frank Simkins shares his experience sailing through Lake...

Keeping Curious on our Inland Seas

Working and teaching aboard a traditionally rigged tall ship have its perks. My office has incredible views from all angles and the students are never bored. What is particularly rewarding...

The Foghorn – A Lake Superior Experience

From time to time, ISEA will share Great Lakes experiences from guest bloggers. In this blog, Bill Betts shares his adventure at the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula. Email marketing@schoolship.org...

Reflections as an Intern

Ten weeks have flown by, meaning my time as the ISEA Marketing and Communications Intern has come to an end. After every ISEA program, the lead instructor asks if anyone...

Six Days on the Water

Six days on the water. That’s 144 hours or 8,640 minutes.   If we are only on duty eight hours of the day, what do we do to fill the rest...

Life on a Schooner

On our six-day transit from Detroit to Houghton, fifteen volunteers and staff members were aboard the schooner Inland Seas. For these sailors, this voyage is not an opportunity to just...

Relationships Across the Great Lakes Basin

Since Inland Seas’ founding in 1989, we have had the opportunity to connect over 130,000 people with the Great Lakes. While a large portion of those participants engaged with us...

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