September 2020 - Chewonki

Welcome New Faculty and Fellows

Eight new teachers and fellows joined the Maine Coast Semester and Elementary and Middle School teaching teams in August. Each brings unique talents, deep love of the natural world, and an incredible dedication to nature-based education. Two weeks into the 2020 school year, these characters are deeply enmeshed in life at Chewonki. Please join us …

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Step by Step: Building Anti-Racist Culture at Chewonki

Our entire staff recently participated in an anti-racism training facilitated by Martha Haakmat of Haakmat Consulting and Alissa Schwartz of Solid Fire Consulting. The consulting team specializes in organizational development within a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) framework. They will be working with us over a multi-year period. During the workshop, faculty and staff learned …

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Recapping a Rollicking Remote Summer

Camp Chewonki for Boys, Camp Chewonki for Girls / By Alexis Grillo

Chewonki Chip Cookies Shelter Building – Creating Your own Space Within Your Place We just wrapped up one of the most irreverent, innovative, and imaginative summers we’ve ever had – the first-ever season of Camp Chewonki@Home. This remote seven-week program featured fun, low-screen activities to connect kids with the natural world at home, and was …

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Hiking the Hundred-Mile Wilderness

Camp Chewonki for Boys, Camp Chewonki Leadership Expeditions / By Alexis Grillo

Shane Killen has an eye for adventure. A junior at Carnegie Mellon University, he’s spent ten summers at Camp Chewonki for Boys, first as a camper, then cabin counselor, where he earned notice for his vivid photographs of Chewonki wilderness expeditions. When a close friend and roommate (and novice backpacker) expressed interest in exploring Maine …

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Alumna Talks Wealth, Class Privilege, and Chewonki

Alumni & Friends, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Foundation / By Alexis Grillo

Olivia Woollam, an alumna of Semester 38, is using her class privilege to support the redistribution of power and resources in her hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana. Woollam’s passion for social justice work is buoyed by a firm grasp of her personal values and the ability to build authentic relationships – both of which she …

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A New Year of Learning Begins

Chewonki Elementary and Middle School, Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki / By Alexis Grillo

Less than one week from today, Chewonki will welcome thirty-four elementary and middle School students to campus for their first day of school, and forty-two high school juniors for their first day of Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki. We couldn’t be more excited to greet this amazing group of learners next week when they arrive …

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Month: September 2020