We are thrilled to announce that three seventh-graders from Chewonki Elementary and Middle School have been recognized for their inspiring poetry. Lila Drewes has been selected as a finalist in the international “It’s All Write! Teen Writing Contest,” for her poem, “Raised by Nature,” and Harriet McKane and Laila Brady both had poems published by …
Chewonki Traveling Natural History Program educators are looking forward to giving people a greater appreciation for American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) with the help of our two new resident crows, A and Z (proper names to come). They arrived at Chewonki from a Verona, Pennsylvania, wildlife rehabilitation center, where both were delivered as hatch-year birds in …
Izzy Janzen joined the Chewonki Waypoint Program in September as the leader of the third cohort of Regional School Unit 1 (RSU 1) students to participate in this experimental program. Janzen is leading the seventh-grade cohort this year in extra-curricular activities designed to support them and help them develop high expectations of themselves. Janzen works …
We are proud to announce that a lesson plan created by our visual arts specialist, Coreysha Stone, has been included in Maine’s Bicentennial Curriculum Initiative. The project, called “Maine’s Beneficial Bugs: Insect Sculpture Upcycle/Recycle S.T.E.A.M. Challenge,” was the first remote art lesson completed by Chewonki fifth and sixth graders at the end of March and …
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Natural History Faculty, Eric McIntyre, made a surprising observation last week while walking on Chewonki Neck: a colony of moss featuring slim, protruding orange stalks topped with tiny, lime-like globes. “I’ve only knowingly come across this moss one time before, but it jumped out again last week on a rambling run through the forest and along …
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Chewonki held its first-ever virtual board meeting on Friday, and we are pleased to announce that Advisor Jeff Desjarlais is stepping into a new role as a Chewonki Trustee, and to welcome Andrea Kassar as our newest Advisor. At the same time, we want to offer our warmest thanks to Julius Alexander, Scott Beebe, Alyssa …
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Even in a pandemic, silver linings are everywhere! Like many organizations, we’ve found ourselves with a little extra time to complete much-needed campus projects, including the addition of two new storage sheds to Packout. Although this improvement might seem modest, the addition of these buildings is an enormous improvement to the flow and function of …
As Chewonki, like the rest of the globe, becomes immersed in critical questions of health, safety, and overall wellness, it is helpful to remember that we had an early guiding star in this work. When Tim Ellis became the first director of the newly formed nonprofit Chewonki Foundation in 1966, his wife Margaret (1939 – …
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High schoolers who attend Maine Coast Semester are adventurous, hard-working, and community-oriented, and we are often inspired by their work beyond Chewonki. When the Covid-19 pandemic interrupted the last few months of his senior year, Callum Becvarik, (an alumnus of Maine Coast Semester 61 and Camp Chewonki) put these traits to work in service of …
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