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Meetup at the Common Ground Fair

By Cullen McGough on September 20, 2019

Join Chewonki alumni, participants, families, staff and faculty for a meetup at the Common Ground Fair in Unity Maine on Saturday, September 20, 2019. We will assemble near the stone sundial in the center of the fairgrounds at 12 noon. Please join us and say hello! If you miss the meetup, there will still be…

Waypoint Welcomes Izzy Janzen

By Cullen McGough on September 20, 2019

Please welcome the newest member of our Chewonki Waypoint team, Izzy Janzen. Izzy grew up in Philadelphia but spent her summers exploring Maine’s rocky coastline with her family. A 2014 graduate of Hamilton College, Izzy led hiking and backpacking trips for students on campus. She also worked as a trip leader during the summer months…

Precisely Pemaquid

By Cullen McGough on September 13, 2019

Maine Coast Semester students visited Pemaquid Point for science field lab earlier this week. They explored Maine’s rocky intertidal zone, learned to identify species and draw an ecological site map in their field journals.

All the Points!

By Cullen McGough on September 10, 2019

As we roll into September, Chewonki is feeling the full shift in the seasons: dry air, cool nights, and the return of our Outdoor Classroom programs. This week, we have a “full house” on Chewonki Neck with more than 150 students attending from four schools, Applewild School, Friends Academy, The Pennfield School, and Providence Country…

A Universe of Stories – Contest Winners Announced

By Kyle Wonser on September 10, 2019

This summer, Chewonki traveled all over the state of Maine visiting libraries that were participating in a shared reading theme “A universe of Stories”, and bringing our new portable planetarium (known as the StarLab) with us to reveal the nighttime sky to curious observers. We taught about planets, the moon, the stars and their patterns,…

A Walk to Spartina Point

By Cullen McGough on September 6, 2019

Enjoying the wonderful weather, the 1/2/3 grade students took a walk to Spartina Point this morning with Lorna Fake and Drew Pearlmutter to make sensory observations about found objects and share a reading of “The Circus Ship” by Chris Van Dusen.

Diggin’ My Potato

By Cullen McGough on September 6, 2019

Semester 63 jumped into their first week at Chewonki with both feet (and hands). Their arrived on campus coincided with the annual potato and onion harvest on Salt Marsh Farm, and “all hands” were on call to help bring in the spuds.

Best Photos of Summer ’19

By Cullen McGough on August 23, 2019

Team Chewonki Reaches Higher for Lifeflight of Maine

By Cullen McGough on August 1, 2019

If you’ve participated in a Chewonki program, the odds are good that we’ve introduced you to “the backcountry,” that mythic land with the most scenic views, the most remote trails, and the toughest travel conditions. Along with the glory of the backcountry comes the cold hard reality of facing injury outside the reach of mainstream…

The Great Blueberry Bake Off!

By Emily Bell-Hoerth on July 30, 2019

Monday marked the annual Blueberry Festival and Bake-Off at the Girls 10-Day camp. The day began with a group hike up the cliffs boarding Fourth Debsconeag Lake, to find and pick wild blueberries. Hours of picking yielded berries for all, and upon return, campers were grouped randomly, in teams tasked with creating blueberry baked goods….