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Beyond Borders: Experiential Education Through the Lens of Equity and Justice.

Many enthusiastic educators, says Chewonki Team Development Coordinator Shelly Gibson, “tend to think of experiential education as synonymous with outdoor …

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Welcome Semester 62!

On Wednesday we welcomed 41 students from 18 states and 36 high schools for  Semester 62. We couldn’t be more …

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Welcome Wodin, the One-Eyed Screech Owl

On Thursday, Traveling Natural History Program Educator Colleen Moureaux introduced Wodin, a full-grown Eastern screech owl (Megascops asio), to an …

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Super Wolf Blood Moon

If you are in North or South America on the night of January 20-21, look out for a total lunar …

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Snapshot: Stephanie Schmiege (Maine Coast Semester 34)

Among the interesting people on campus last week for the Wilderness First Responders recertification course taught by Wilderness Medical Associates (WMA) …

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Slapshot

For those of us who love gliding across a frozen pond, Maine winters deliver a special treat. The best conditions …

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Art and the Natural World

Floating is one of the first things art teacher Sue West asked her students to do when they arrived for …

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A Grove of Mouse-ear Hawkweed

“Put away that umbrella,” chides Kary. “We don’t need umbrellas here!” The students laugh. “It was hard in the beginning,” …

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Globicephala Algebra

Globicephala Algebra -or- Precalculus Is A Whale of a Good Time! -or- Cetacean Creation Yields Curve Verve Maine Coast Semester …

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ACCEPTISSI SITIS AD CENAM ROMANAM!

Each semester, there are typically a small handful of Latin students at Maine Coast Semester. What they lack in numbers, …

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Are You Checking My Math?

“Are you checking my math?” asks Maine Coast Semester teacher Liz Burroughs, turning from a whiteboard, where she’s solving a …

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Of Elves and Economics

The snow-dusted forests of Chewonki Neck are especially quiet this week, but the classrooms of the Elementary School at Chewonki …

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Semester 61 Fall Art Show

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C’est élégant. C’est élastique. C’est fantastique.

C’est élégant. C’est élastique. C’est fantastique. C’est la langue française! And it pours from Esther Kary, Maine Coast Semester at …

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Holiday Craft Fair & Online Auction

11th Annual Chewonki Holiday Craft Fair Vendor Hall, Online Auction & Hayrides Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Join us to celebrate and …

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Sawing Off the Limb on Which It Perches

In the American Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Biodiversity, there is a sign bearing the words of biologist Paul …

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US Poet Laureate Tracy K Smith poses for photo with Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki students

A Rock Star of the Written Word

Maine Coast Semester 61 students and their teachers from the Literature and the Land class had the honor of hearing …

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In the Hoofprints of Giants

We are sad to announce that Sal, our beloved American Belgian chestnut mare, passed away last Friday, on a brilliant …

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O Pioneers!

Eleven high school juniors are attached to a plow, substituting their human-power for the horse-power normally provided by Bob, our …

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Living History

“Those taxes were completely unfair!” “It wouldn’t have happened without the French and Indian War.” “Oh, no, no, no!” “That …

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Notable Promotions and Hires

Chewonki has always succeeded because of the talent and dedication of our faculty and staff, and the effort they put …

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Registration Open for Camp Chewonki

Registration is now open for Summer ’19!  For the next two weeks we’re offering our annual “early-bird” special: Register for …

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A Harrowing Update from the East Side Pasture Project

With the dog days of summer behind us, it’s time to check in on our east-side pasture restoration project! At …

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Maine Coast Semester Welcomes New Faculty to Campus

For the past two weeks new and returning Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki faculty have been a-buzz about campus, planning …

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