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Best in Snow: Backcountry Expeditions

Maine Coast Semester students just returned from wintry backcountry expeditions – a highlight of the semester experience. Trips visited five locations throughout Maine and New Hampshire, and each brought back a camera full of images documenting their journey. Which is Best is Snow? We’ll let you be the judge.

Walking Above the Clouds: The Maine Appalachian Trail

One of the truly great summer adventures that Chewonki offers each year is the chance to leave the human-built spaces behind and journey access the vibrant in-land forest trails. Stretching over 2,000 miles from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to Mount Katahdin, Maine, the Appalachian Trail winds through some of the most breathtaking scenery in the country. …

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Chewonki Middle School Students Honored in Regional Writing Contests

Chewonki Elementary and Middle School / By Cullen McGough

Four students from the 7|8th grade class at Chewonki Middle School have received recognition for their exceptional writing in regional writing contests. Two students won first and second place for their creative nonfiction submissions in the Patten Free Library’s 9th Annual Writing Contest. Frances DeGeer: First place for her piece “Me” Harper Nelson: Second place …

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Semester Student Stats %

Foundation / By Alexis Grillo

With the Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki application deadline approaching on February 15, we wanted to take a moment to highlight this unique program. Have you ever thought about Maine Coast Semester for a young person in your life but weren’t sure how they’d fit in? Well, we’ve got a few numbers for you.

Outdoor Program Dir. Jen Adams Supplies the Trail Magic

Camp Chewonki, Camp Chewonki Leadership Expeditions, Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki, Staff News / By Alexis Grillo

Resupplying our backcountry expeditions is most definitely my favorite summer work task. The process begins when I open the door to Packout, our on-campus trip coordination hub, and I’m hit by the smells of garlic powder, cheddar cheese, plastic bags, white gas, and humans working in the hot sun. Adventure is afoot, and excitement bubbles.

Head of Semester School Lise Goddard on Educating Teens

Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki, Staff News / By Alexis Grillo

“Every semester writes its own story.” This is not just a declarative statement, but a piece of oral history and wisdom, something passed on to me when my sons joined Maine Coast Semester 64. A compelling invitation. A unique narrative, an original outcome, a story line that could only be written by these young authors. So much opportunity, space, and agency to shape and weave a narrative.

Farm Manager Megan Phillips Reflects on Light

Farm and Food Systems, Staff News / By Alexis Grillo

*By Megan Phillips, Chewonki Farm and Woodlot Manager* A line from a Michael Blumenthal poem has been rattling around in my head this week: “And now, I think I see it all in terms of light.”

Glass Animals

Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki / By Alexis Grillo

*By Megan McOsker, Semester Science Teacher* When Teal and I dipped a plankton net into Montsweag Brook this November, we weren’t sure what we would find. Teal had chosen to study plankton for their final project in our Natural History and Ecology class but had never done a plankton tow before and I had never sampled the waters off Chewonki Neck in the late autumn.

A Blossoming Naturalist Flowers

Alumni & Friends, Foundation / By Alexis Grillo

*By Greg Shute, Director of North Woods and Coastal Properties* Observing the natural world has always been at the heart of the Chewonki experience, and I find great satisfaction in passing this vital skill to the next generation at Chewonki’s Debsconeag Lake Wilderness Camp, where I am based each summer. So, it was truly exciting when Lulu, a young adventurer visiting with her family this August, flipped the script by making a completely unexpected aquatic observation that surprised even this Debsconeag old-timer.

Natural History Mystery Delivery

Camp Chewonki, Camp Chewonki for Boys, Camp Chewonki for Girls, Foundation, Staff News / By Alexis Grillo

*By Doc Fred Chichocki, Camp Chewonki Naturalist* On an otherwise average day this past August, I was working in the Nature Museum when I received an unexpected package. I thought it amazing the odd-shaped parcel reached me, considering it was simply addressed to DOC fred, Camp Chewonki, Maine.