MAINE PUBLIC • June 18, 2025
Anyone who has broken the rules at school has probably spent some time in detention — a few hours stuck in a classroom, monitored by a teacher who really doesn't want to be there either. One school counselor at Morse High School in Bath has been piloting a program that takes kids out into nature. Instead of sitting in class, some choose to spend their detention hiking after school. Leslie Trundy, a counselor at Morse, began the program after she attended an outdoor education conference this past fall. She wondered whether spending time outdoors might encourage the kids to open up about the problems they might be experiencing.