January 2022 - Chewonki

(Left to right: Hunter Winn, Huckleberry Huber-Rees, Noah Arbuckle, Kat Cassidy, Nyssa Wilkinson, Acadia Guilani)

Five Chewonki Students Honored with Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Chewonki Elementary and Middle School / By Cullen McGough

Five students attending Chewonki Elementary and Middle School took top honors from the Scholastic Art & Writing regional awards his week as a part of the nation’s longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens.

Explore Our 2021 Trip Destinations

Foundation / By Alexis Grillo

We were all over the map in 2021! We invite you to explore this fun, interactive google map to learn more about the many places we hiked, snowshoed, paddled, swam, and studied last year.

An Egg SHELLebration!

What's Cookin' / By Susan Bauer

We have a lot of eggs! The chickens at Chewonki are currently producing more than one hundred eggs a day. Participants and students have cared for chickens here on campus so we say thanks to them for laying (get it?) the ground for this bounty. You may ask “what in the world are we doing …

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Training with the Best to Prepare for the Worst

Foundation, Staff News, Workshops / By Eric Duffy

According to Greg Shute, Chewonki’s Director of Northwoods and Coastal Properties, it was 1992 when Chewonki first hosted a Wilderness First Responder (WFR) course taught by Wilderness Medical Associates International. Since then, Chewonki remains one of WMAI’s longest-standing hosts, and the “Winter WFR at the Wonk ” is considered one of the more challenging courses around. That’s mostly because of the weather, but it’s balanced by Chewonki being known as one of the warmest and most welcoming host sites anywhere on the circuit.

Friendship, Challenge, Fun

Camp Chewonki / By atemple

What are you doing this summer? We want to take you outside! Chewonki has expedition-based leadership programs – for all genders and skill levels. Join us to celebrate the power of unplugging from ordinary life and plunging into the rivers, lakes, mountains, woods, and coastline of Maine and eastern Canada. Hike 100-miles of the iconic …

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New 2022 Puffin Program Dates Announced

Camp Chewonki / By atemple

New 2022 Puffin Program Dates Announced We are excited to announce that we have added more Puffin Program dates for summer 2022. We love Puffins! The Puffin Program provides participants, ages 8-11, with all of the laughter, learning, fun and friendship of Camp Chewonki, concentrated into 10 amazing days! Camp Chewonki for Boys – Puffin …

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Trading a Smartphone for a Scrapbook

Foundation, Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki, Semester 67 / By Alexis Grillo

It seems crazy, but it’s true: Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki students willingly turn in their smartphones upon arrival, and they don’t get them back until they leave four months later. What’s crazier is that our students love their break from technology. Without a smartphone in their pocket, they have to get creative about documenting their experience–a challenge that semester 67 student Sophia Waterson (The Brearley School, NY) clearly relished.

Month: January 2022