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		<title>Evidence of Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we prepare for 2012, we are in the process of improving and enhancing our programs based upon all of the feedback we received in 2011. From evaluations, surveys and teacher interviews we have gleaned insight and received input that we are directly incorporating into our programs in order to best serve students and teachers.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thompsonisland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13214595&amp;post=448&amp;subd=thompsonisland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year!</title>
		<link>http://thompsonisland.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/happy-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An amazing amount of work is necessary to manage Thompson Island, an island operation that supported nearly 28,000 visitors in 2011. Buildings and infrastructure spanning two centuries, antiquated electrical and water systems, 204 acres of grounds and trails, motor vessels to ferry passengers back and forth, motorized chippers, tractors and carts, food storage and preparation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thompsonisland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13214595&amp;post=401&amp;subd=thompsonisland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Youth Jobs &#8211; Stewarding Responsibility</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 3, 2011 By: Paul Lamoureux, Program Director As I tour around this beautiful island called Thompson, I can’t help but be reminded of all the great work done this past summer by Green Corps and Island Ambassadors, our two fantastic summer youth jobs programs for Boston high-school age youth. Perhaps their most visible work [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thompsonisland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13214595&amp;post=328&amp;subd=thompsonisland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">October 02 - Hands in Progress</media:title>
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		<title>Enrichment, Education, and Summer Learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 10, 2011 By: Paul Lamoureux, Program Director Academics and enrichment: two promises that describe a powerful Summer Learning experience for 75 6th and 7th grade students from the Orchard Gardens K-8 School in Roxbury. They’ve just graduated from the first session of summer programming on Thompson Island and 200 students, teachers, park rangers, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thompsonisland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13214595&amp;post=284&amp;subd=thompsonisland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Outward Bound: An Inward Journey</title>
		<link>http://thompsonisland.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/outward-bound-an-inward-journey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 7, 2011 By: Paul Lamoureux, Program Director Summer expeditions have begun on Thompson Island and three crews of 12 &#38; 13-year-old students are at the beginning of what promises to be a transformational experience. Ten young women are participating in the Connecting with Courage (CWC) expedition and 18 young men are embarking upon two [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thompsonisland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13214595&amp;post=259&amp;subd=thompsonisland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Boston&#8217;s Island Classroom Captivates BPS Students</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 7, 2011 By: Paul Lamoureux, Program Director It seems I’ve just said goodbye to 60 6th grade students from the Rogers Middle School in Hyde Park and Steve Greene, their fantastic science teacher.  Today, however, Thompson Island is filled with 6th grade students from the Mildred Avenue School in Mattapan. It is the last [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thompsonisland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13214595&amp;post=222&amp;subd=thompsonisland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiration and Transformation</title>
		<link>http://thompsonisland.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/inspiration-and-transformation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 28, 2011 By: Paul Lamoureux, Program Director Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center’s Annual Gala was recently held at the Seaport Hotel and was an unmitigated success. More than five hundred people over flowed the Seaport’s largest event room. Student ambassadors and young alumni from Thompson Island Outward Bound programs acted as guides, shepherding [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thompsonisland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13214595&amp;post=160&amp;subd=thompsonisland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Patrick Chung of the NE Patriots participates in the live auction.  Photo courtesy of John Fischer Photography.</media:title>
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		<title>Thompson Island&#8217;s Nautical Heritage</title>
		<link>http://thompsonisland.wordpress.com/2011/03/18/thompson-island-nautical-heritage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 18, 2011 By: Paul Lamoureux, Program Director As the snow finally melts and Spring rapidly approaches, the entire organization at Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center is kicking into high gear.  Pre-expedition, preparatory classroom sessions for the Connections program are occurring in middle schools throughout Boston and surrounding communities. The operations department continues to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thompsonisland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13214595&amp;post=117&amp;subd=thompsonisland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Running Thompson Island: Then and Now</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 24, 2011 By: Paul Lamoureux, Program Director On another recent winter visit to Thompson Island, I observed all of the work being conducted by our operations department to prepare the way for the island opening in the spring of 2011.  Work projects abound in a valiant attempt to maintain an island battered by winter [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thompsonisland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13214595&amp;post=85&amp;subd=thompsonisland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Reflections</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 02:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 28, 2011 By: Paul Lamoureux, Program Director Winter on Thompson Island is a time for reflection and preparation. The island, although still beautiful, is stark and empty. This is partly due to the cold, the snow and the leafless trees, but mainly because winter programs occur on the mainland and the energy of students [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thompsonisland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13214595&amp;post=36&amp;subd=thompsonisland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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