World Ocean School aboard Schooner Roseway

The World Ocean School is an internationally focused nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to providing challenging experiential educational programs for youth by: fostering an appreciation for, and obligation to, community and relationships; developing a deep commitment to ethical values; and cultivating an expanded world view. 

World Ocean School on the National Historic Schooner Roseway, creates and provides a method of experiential education at sea that affords teenage students a practical application for their studies as well as cultivating teamwork, community service, environmental responsibility, and cross-cultural friendships so that they gain insight into becoming empowered, motivated, and engaged citizens. 

Roseway's home port is Boston during the summer and fall and the U.S. Virgin Islands during the winter and spring.