2020 - Chewonki

You’ve Got a Friend in ME – Introducing Our New Alumni & Friends Program

Alumni & Friends, Foundation / By Alexis Grillo

I’m excited to announce the launch of Chewonki’s new Alumni & Friends Program. This program will invigorate and centralize Chewonki’s efforts to connect with alumni and friends from all programs through reunions, regional events, strategic communications, and more. The purpose of this work is to provide a strong foundation for fundraising and enrollment activities and …

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Welcome Semester 64!

Foundation / By Anne Leslie

Blue sky, eager faculty, and fresh snow greeted arriving students on Wednesday, January 22, the first day of Maine Coast Semester 64. Parents and siblings helped unpack students’ belongings from cars while our workhorse Bob, with Farm Manager Megan Phillips at the reins, clopped back and forth between the parking lot and cabins, pulling wagon …

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Plastadermy?

Foundation / By Anne Leslie

You’ve never seen animal trophies quite like these–no taxidermy required! Chewonki Elementary and Middle School seventh- and eight-graders just finished using plaster, fabric, raffia, paper, paint, and other materials to create and mount the heads (and in some cases, bodies) of creatures from around the globe that are critically endangered, endangered, or vulnerable to threats. …

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Retracing Thoreau’s Wandering Pen

Foundation / By Anne Leslie

Oliva Winn, an eighth-grader at Chewonki Elementary and Middle School, won first prize for memoir in her age group in a writing contest hosted by the Patten Free Library in Bath, Maine. Olivia’s essay described the four-day backpacking trip she and her Chewonki classmates undertook last fall on Mount Bigelow in western Maine. Backpackers will …

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Alumna Advocates for Georgetown University to Divest from Fossil Fuels

Alumni & Friends, Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki / By Alexis Grillo

“Chewonki showed me what a thoughtful institution could be,” says Lucy Chatfield (Maine Coast Semester 58 alumna; summer farm worker ‘17 and ‘19). “It’s an institution that tries to be very intentional and ethical in the way it interacts with the rest of the world. Chewonki helped me understand that we can expect more for …

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A New Scholarship for Maine’s Future Environmental Leaders

Leave a Comment / Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki / By Alexis Grillo

Maine students have always been an important part of Maine Coast Semester; they work hard, have a deep knowledge of Maine’s history and culture, and don’t get nervous about a little mud or snow. Semester cohorts often look to their Maine peers for guidance and leadership. Maine students, in turn, gain an entirely new perspective …

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Chewonki Campus Expansion Update

Campus Updates / By Cullen McGough

Years in the planning, months in preparation, our team is hard at work bringing the new eastside campus project to life! With the opening day of Camp Chewonki less than five months away, we have made amazing progress thanks to the hard work of our staff and partners. We thought it was high time for …

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Owl you need is Love

Traveling Natural History Programs / By Alexis Grillo

It’s February and love is in the air, literally. These singles aren’t interested in bouquets of roses, though. Several large species of owl mate for life, and by February, they are well into what some ornithologists call the “hooting season.” It’s a time of year when owl calls become more frequent; the male Great Horned …

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Join Us for a Live Web Chat

Foundation / By Cullen McGough

You are invited to join us for a LIVE webchat on Wednesday, February 19 at 7 pm with Camp Chewonki Vice President Nancy Kennedy, Girls Camp Director Emily Bell-Hoerth, and other camp staff to get a sneak peek at progress on our new campus expansion project. Emily Bell-Hoerth, Nancy Kennedy, Charlie Fear, and Leslie Hunter …

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When Ewe need a Shear…

Alumni & Friends, Chewonki Elementary and Middle School, Farm and Food Systems, Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki / By Alexis Grillo

Maine Coast Semester alumni stay connected to Chewonki in all kinds of ways, and having Emily Garnett (semester 9) return each year before lambing season is “shear” delight. For those of you who like to track annual cycles on the farm, we shear our sheep four to six weeks prior to lambs being born. …

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Year: 2020