About 20 percent of students travel great distances to attend
A local school with an international reach, the Landing School in
Arundel gives its students the skills to excel in the marine industry.
“I think that the Landing School is in a sweet spot,” said Bob
DeColfmacker, the school’s president. “If you’re interested in marine
studies you are in a perfect place.”
John Burgess and Helen Tupper founded the Landing School in 1978 as a nonprofit, post-secondary school.
The mission continues to be proving quality skills in boat building
using hands on education. The first year the school had nine students.
Now 33 years later, it educates about 70 students a year from all over
the world.
“About 60 percent of them are from New England, with the bulk of them
from Maine. About 20 percent come from the northeast and the other 20
percent are from everywhere else,” said DelColfmacker. “There is no
rhyme or reason. We joke that we have students from other countries,
including California.”
About six of the enrolled students are international, including two
from Bermuda. The Landing School is a twoyear program that can provide
its students with a one year diploma or a two year associate degree. The
programs offered are boat building, marine systems, composite boat
building and yacht design. More than 20 students will be returning for a
second year in the fall.
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