As we close another school year, many of our faculty depart from Chewonki Neck in pursuit of travel, adventure, restoration, rest, and much-needed time with family & friends. For some, this departure will also mark the end of their time as a faculty member as they shift to new homes, new jobs, and even retirement. …
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We recently acquired a fantastic addition to our staff housing: the historic Snow Squall Inn just a few miles up the road in downtown Wiscasset. Staff housing has been a real crunch at Chewonki for several years as our programs have grown, and when we learned Melanie Burns and Paul Harris (the former owners of …
We are very pleased to introduce Lise Schickel Goddard, our new Interim Head of Semester School for Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki. Susan Feibelman, our outgoing Vice President of Schools, will be transitioning into retirement at the end of June, and we wish her a fond farewell. We feel quite fortunate that Lise was able …
Camp Chewonki Staff have been arriving in droves over the past few weeks, and it’s been amazing to see our campus light up with the energy and enthusiasm of new staff members – especially after our year-long hiatus from in-person programs. Despite the rigorous training program (wilderness first aid one minute to “how to encourage …
Inspired by the deep friendships fostered at Chewonki, alumnus Booth McGowan (Semester 60) is making a feature-length film, Boys at Twenty, about closeness, masculinity, and growing up. “With the omnipresence of screens, reaching a true connection feels harder today than ever before,” says McGowan, “Chewonki was my introduction to how vulnerable and close friends can …
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We are delighted to announce that two hundred and fourteen campers arrived this Sunday for a landmark Opening Day celebration of Camp Chewonki. After a year-long hiatus from in-person programs, our campus is once again overflowing with energy and joyful laughter. And, if one milestone wasn’t enough, we also welcomed our very first on-campus girls …
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*Cue Trumpet Fanfare* It is our great pleasure to unveil the names of our new Eastside campus buildings. A huge thank you to the donors who supported this project. Each was named after an element of the natural world that campers may encounter in one of our programs. Whippoorwill Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus A medium-sized …
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When COVID-19 descended on Maine last spring, Chewonki, like all educational institutions, came to a near standstill. Maine Coast Semester 64 and Chewonki Elementary School students went home. School programs were suddenly wiped off the calendar. Summer programs? What summer programs? Boys Camp, Girls Camp, and Leadership Expeditions were scratched from the docket. An eerie …
Dovetail Workwear, co-founded by Chewonki alumna Kate Day (Semester 2; Camp Staff ’93 and ’96; Trustee ’95-’99; Advisor ’05-’11), is a hardworking company that makes hardworking clothes for hardworking women. In doing so, the company is helping usher in a more inclusive vision for highly physical professions, like construction and agriculture. This paradigm shift has …
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