With the trees fully cleared from the eastside pasture restoration project site, the last few weeks have been a busy (and noisy) period of subsoiling and stump removal. Farm Manager Megan Philips and Cullen McGough check in to see how the subsoiling process works: More of the subsoiler in action: Learn more about the Eastside …
Eastside Pasture Restoration Project Update: Subsoiling Read More »
Last month, students in grades 5/6/7 at the Elementary School at Chewonki celebrated the approaching end of the school year with a four-day trip to Chewonki’s wilderness outpost on Fourth Debsconeag Lake, deep in the heart of Maine’s North Woods. The students traveled five hours north with their teacher Kat Cassidy and Chewonki outdoor educator …
Chris Percy, long time Maine Coast Semester Spanish teacher, dean of residential life, and photographer, has a way of standing that lets you know he is ready for anything. Shoulders squared, back straight, face full of anticipation, like an eager kid. Boisterous class? He can deal. Challenging student? He’s by their side. He’s equally game …
Maine Coast Semester Bids a Fond Farewell to Chris Percy Read More »
Three Chewonki Outdoor Classroom educators, Conor Burke, Hannah Marshall, and Connor Phillips, sit on the front porch of the Center for Environmental Education, waiting for a group of middle school students from Massachusetts to arrive. They’re chatting and joking; fun moves through the group like electricity. But behind this seemingly relaxed moment lurks anticipation spiced …
There is something very special about coming onto the Chewonki campus in the early morning darkness. Sometimes the Neck Road is winter white, evoking images of Narnia, and mine are the first tracks in the snow. Sometimes it is strewn with piney branches after a rough blow. Other mornings it is like an obstacle course, …
A magical intersection of science, art, and natural history happens every semester in the classroom of Chris Percy, Spanish Teacher and Dean of Residential Life for Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki. Recently, a few special animal guests from our wildlife center were invited in to visit and serve as living models for “la cuenta de …
Charlotte Lowell stands outside the barn scrubbing a bucket. A cold April wind pulls at her curls and a river of rust-gold hens flows around her feet. Lowell, known as Charlie around Chewonki, came here a year ago as a Maine Coast Semester 58 student and stayed through the summer as a farm assistant. Now …
10 More Seconds of Silence is Not What She Needs Read More »
Non-judgmental, Non-responsive, Empathetic Listening In the Nook, a shoebox-shaped room on the west side of the barn with a window on the Quad, Amy Wood teaches “Literature and the Land,” Maine Coast Semester’s signature English course. Over the course of 14 weeks, she leads her students through an eclectic mix of readings, pushing and stretching …
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s lambing season at Chewonki! Check out this short video to learn more about how lambing season fits into the Maine Coast Semester experience, and for lots of footage of our newest (and cutest) Salt Marsh Farm animals. Don’t miss the births of our remaining lambs – check out the …
A Lambing Season Update from Farm Manager and Educator, Megan Phillipse Read More »
Greg Shute’s Must-have Items for Wilderness Adventure Trips Chewonki Vice President Greg Shute is a Maine Guide, lifelong naturalist, and the veteran leader of too many wilderness trips to count. We rely on him to know what to do in any backcountry situation, and he always comes through. Looking ahead to the summer season at …
Shute’s Loot on a Hiking Route: Crooked Knives and a 64oz. Adventure To Baxter Peak Read More »
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