Step by Step: Building Anti-Racist Culture at Chewonki
Our entire staff recently participated in an anti-racism training facilitated by Martha Haakmat of Haakmat Consulting and Alissa Schwartz of ...
Alexis Grillo
Alumna Talks Wealth, Class Privilege, and Chewonki
Olivia Woollam, an alumna of Semester 38, is using her class privilege to support the redistribution of power and resources ...
A New Year of Learning Begins
Less than one week from today, Chewonki will welcome thirty-four elementary and middle School students to campus for their first ...
Cooking for our Community
Fresh food is central to the Chewonki experience – students and campers help our farm team generate nearly 1/3 of ...
A Safe Return to School
This Friday, our board of trustees approved a plan to reopen our schools for in-person programming this fall. “Health and ...
From Residential to Remote – A Story of Academic Adaptation
The abrupt, nationwide shift to remote learning this spring was more than unexpected, it was stunning. But perhaps we shouldn’t ...
Viral Volunteerism – Young Alumnus Responds to Pandemic
High schoolers who attend Maine Coast Semester are adventurous, hard-working, and community-oriented, and we are often inspired by their work ...
Chewonki Debuts Rooarring New Exhibit in NYC
This past weekend, thousands of visitors at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City had the chance ...
Chewonki Waypoint Harvests Ice in Historic Reenactment
Chewonki Waypoint eighth graders helped mark, saw and convey huge blocks of ice in a historical reenactment of ice harvesting ...
Boatbuilders Expedition: Not your Average Wilderness Trip
Chewonki’s Boatbuilders Expedition is not your average wilderness trip. While after most trips you take home photographs, grains of sand ...
You’ve Got a Friend in ME – Introducing Our New Alumni & Friends Program
I’m excited to announce the launch of Chewonki’s new Alumni & Friends Program. This program will invigorate and centralize Chewonki’s ...
Brushing up on Community
Living at Chewonki for this past month has opened my eyes to all the behind the scenes work that goes ...
Friends, Flannel and Fires: Awwwtumn at Maine Coast Semester
Six weeks into the fall semester, the days have grown short and Chewonki is brilliantly outfitted in gold, orange, red ...
Work Program? More like Fun Program.
I’m from Minneapolis, which is a pretty big city, so living and working on a farm is far from what ...
At the End of Wilderness Trips, What’s Left?
Last Saturday, on September 28th, Semester 63 students returned from their five-day wilderness trips. Vans arriving from all different parts ...
Exactly What a Normal Week Looks Like at Maine Coast Semester
One of the biggest questions on my mind when applying to Maine Coast Semester was what daily life felt like. ...
Semester 63 Doesn’t Waste a Moment!
Exactly four weeks ago, on August 28th, 39 students from 17 states and 34 high schools arrived at Chewonki to ...
Home is Where the Heart is
It’s sort of intimidating to move into a cabin with six other girls for an entire semester. Before coming to ...
Now I’m Sure – Maine Coast Semester was the Best Decision
When I applied to Maine Coast Semester in February, I got my application in minutes before the deadline. After clicking ...
What if… it’s Better than I Expected?
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I first stepped foot on Chewonki Neck. For the past three years, ...
An Actively Passive House
Nearly every day I can hear the sounds of construction if I head towards the farm. Between Pack-Out and Park ...
Out in the Woods by a Crackling Campfire on the Coast
I groaned as alarms blared through the cabin, jolting me from a deep, dreamless sleep. “Is it morning already,” I ...
Merry, Muddy Memories
Last Sunday, the entire semester ran full speed from the dry docks at the waterfront to the mudflats that line ...
Entering the Mega Snow Globe: Snowshoeing Woodcove
Wilderness trips were highly anticipated in semester 62. After filling out a survey to figure out which four-day trip I’d ...
