The Landing School’s student body expands

ARUNDEL, Maine – The Landing School’s twenty-ninth consecutive school year features 82 students from 22 states, Canada, England, South Africa, and India, it reported in a recent statement.

Thirteen of the entering class are return students working towards a second Landing School diploma, the school reported.

Student backgrounds and ages vary from recent high school graduates to the “change of career” professionals, the school reported. This year, The Landing School attracted sixteen recent high school graduates, five veterans, two Maine Maritime Academy students (the first to participate through a joint collaboration between the two institutions) and four women.

In 29 consecutive years of preparing men and women for careers in the marine industry, The Landing School has trained over 1100 students worldwide.

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