Crust Ingredients 1 cup melted butter ½ cup granulated sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla 2 cups + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour Directions Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line the bottom and sides of a 9×13 baking pan with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on the sides to lift the finished bars out (makes cutting easier). Set …
On a cold, windy day earlier this year a small crowd watched curiously as Chewonki Science Educator Jessica Woodend, along with her husband, struggled to lift a seventy-pound harp seal into a large crate. Earlier, a passerby had noticed the seal alone and dehydrated, prompting a call to the Marine Mammals of Maine (MMoME) response …
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Remarks from the Board Chair, Spring 2021 *Editor’s note: the following comments were recently delivered by Board Chair Roseanne Saalfield to our trustees and advisors at our spring board meeting, and again at our weekly staff meeting. Over the last eighteen months, we here at Chewonki have endured much. And we have accomplished much. Our …
“The first day, I needed to drive from Walla Walla, Washington to Boise, Idaho, and I also had to complete eighty pages of reading for class the next day,” recalls Semolina Schillberg, (Semester 57, George River Trip ‘17, Camp Staff ‘18-’19). “I ended up making myself stop every hour and read twenty pages.” She spent …
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Streusel Topping Ingredients ⅓ cup sugar ½ cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon 4 tablespoons room temperature butter Mix the sugar, flour, and cinnamon in a bowl. Directions Rub in the butter with your fingertips until it reaches a crumbly state. Set aside. Cake Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon …
Our alumni go on to all kinds of careers, and most often, we highlight those working in ecology and the outdoors. So, our ears perked up when we heard that former staff member and Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki alumnus Corbin Percy recently won a PlayStation hack-a-thon that makes video games more accessible to users …
During the month of May, my colleagues and I at Chewonki, facilitated by our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, have been learning together in recognition of both Jewish American Heritage Month and Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. We are alarmed by the rise in harassment targeting these groups, which has been growing since 2016, according to information from Statista and the Anti-Defamation League. Our mission “challenges people to build thriving, sustainable communities throughout their lives,” and hate has no place in that work on this collective home we share – planet Earth.
We are pleased to announce that Kyo Bannai, Ponch Membreño, and Steph Tipton have joined our board of directors as new trustees and are also excited to welcome Anna Howell, Becca Kosakowski, and Devon Liddell as advisors. Kyo Bannai, Trustee A long time cheerleader of the arts, education, and other good ideas, Kyo has served on …
Four students at Chewonki Elementary and Middle school have received honors as part of the 27th annual Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design program, a collaborative effort between Maine Audubon and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Zella Morgan from Alna received a 3rd-place award for her duck painting, while Wilton Scott of South …
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Lila Drewes Lila Drewes, Newcastle Lila Drewes lives in Newcastle, Maine, and is 14 years old. For the past five years, she has attended school at Chewonki. Throughout the time Lila has been at Chewonki, she has loved going on remote trips, having a creative license, as well as learning and exploring the land. Her …
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