Bill Edgerton and I have similar musical tastes. I always looked forward to stopping by the kitchen to see what was on the day’s playlist. Many days it was the Grateful Dead or perhaps The Band. As the Kitchen Manager Bill is a man of many talents. In one minute he can be in an […]
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We recently asked Chewonki faculty and staff to share their favorite books from the past year. Here’s our collective recommended reading list for 2020: Winter Solstice Author: Rosamunde Pilcher Suggested by: Sue Andersen Registered Nurse Why I love this book: “It’s inter-generational and it’s in Scotland at Christmas.“ Where to Buy Where the Crawdads Sing
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The results are in! Thanks to everyone who took the time to complete our Annual Alumni & Friends survey. We sent 5,000+ survey invites and received a 10% response rate, which is quite good. Without further ado, here’s what we heard: 1. We Like Being in the Loop! 77% of respondents stay connected to Chewonki
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The first thing most people notice about a house is the surface. And after diving into his own house building project to keep busy during the pandemic, it’s safe to say that alumni Angus Fake (Boys Camp ‘17,’18) will never look at a building so superficially again. After the Covid-19 pandemic upended his senior year
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“Chewonki,” says Nate Arnold, “was my first real introduction to leadership, and I’ve been able to carry that all the way through my career.” Based in Bangor, ME, Arnold is a Supervisory Instructor Pilot for the Maine Army National Guard. His job is to train U.S. Army flight school graduates to become highly skilled helicopter
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Mission Centered Design – The Chewonki Eastside Campus is a recorded panel discussion featuring Susan T. Rodriguez, Principal at Susan T Rodriguez Architecture | Design, and Timothy Lock, Management Partner at OPAL Architecture. Rodriguez and Lock are the principal architects behind our recent campus expansion. This one-hour video will give attendees an in-depth look at
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2020 has been a year unlike any other. In my role as the president of Chewonki, it is my pleasure to provide you with a “state-of-Chewonki” update, sharing some of the key challenges, inspiring accomplishments, and upcoming opportunities for our community. We initially closed our Wiscasset campus on March 14 because of the COVID-19 pandemic,
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A career in politics comes with a lot of pressure. “I was told at the beginning that I would have to work with candidates I didn’t agree with,” says Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki alumna Kanghee Lee (55). “But, it’s not just a job for me. Your platform as a candidate should be something you’re
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This summer, Chewonki Waypoint Coordinators Austin Muir and Izzy Janzen collaborated with Bath Middle School to transform a neglected greenhouse on the BMS campus into a light-filled outdoor classroom space. The revitalized structure is now available to use by BMS faculty and students for socially distanced outdoor learning. Chewonki Waypoint hopes to use the greenhouse
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For the 34 students attending Chewonki Elementary and Middle School this fall, the return to classes has meant leaving traditional classrooms behind and adapting to life outside. The students spend as much as seven hours each day in “outdoor classrooms” to minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission, and the new format has yielded many unexpected
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