Living With New People
For four months I get to call South Hall my home. It’s red with a moss covered roof and fairly ...
Isabella Scurti
Putting the Coast in Maine Coast Semester
One of the aspects about Chewonki that was a big part of me deciding to come here was the ocean. ...
Facing Farm Chores
When I applied to Chewonki, I remember that the presentation given at my school mentioned every cabin would wake up ...
The Plunge
Throughout the semester, all students have embarked on the adventures of field lab. Field lab consists of going to different ...
A 4 AM Excursion
At the end of September, seven other students and I embarked on a five day sea kayaking trip in the ...
Salt Marsh Field Lab: A Sticky and Sloppy Situation
Sopping wet, muddy socks, shivering, and shrieking– that’s how our class ran across the lawns, hightailing it to the showers. ...
Comfortable Companionship at Chewonki
“Isn’t it exhausting being with people 24/7?”. This is a question that I’ve heard a lot from my friends back ...
Photo Journal: Fall Field Lab Fun!
Reid State Park: We started off our excursion in pouring rain, but by the time we arrived at Reid, the ...
Living in Community
Community is a fundamental pillar of Chewonki. Where at home I would spend hours on end by myself, at Chewonki ...
The People I Sleep Next To
Being one of the five guys here this semester at Maine Coast Semester, I was really nervous- these guys were ...
Night Time Dish Crew
Finishing up dinner at Chewonki when it’s dish crew three’s night is the most exciting part of my week. Maybe ...
Morning Fun at the Farm
My Cabin, Binnacle, had the great task of waking up at 6 am to do farm chores starting three days ...
Sun, Sea, and Stars – Skywatching at Chewonki
One of my favorite things about being at Chewonki is observing the sky. On stormy mornings, it turns a shade ...
Halloween Hype: Fall Festivities and Fitting in at Chewonki
If the title has not clued you in yet I am very into Halloween, an obsession only exacerbated by the ...
How Do You Pet a Sheep: Farm Chores at Chewonki
We’re almost two weeks into the semester and I already know one of the things I’ll miss most: early morning ...
Farm and Friends: Weekend on the Farm
While I have not had the pleasure of morning farm chores yet, the farm of Chewonki is one of my ...
Baking in the Woods
Last Saturday was our first Outdoor Leadership activity. Outdoor Leadership is a mandatory activity that happens every Saturday morning and ...
Farm Chores: the First Week
Coming to Chewonki, a lot of things were incredibly new to me. Before my arrival, I’d never lived with anyone ...
A Perfectly Pemaquid Afternoon
On Thursday, my field lab group put on some bog boots, piled into two big Chewonki vans, and headed to ...
Farm & Food Systems at Chewonki
Driving up Chewonki Neck Road on a Thursday evening, on the way back from a field lab, I am first ...
Chewonki’s Superb Saturdays
Every Saturday, there is an event planned by a volunteer dish crew, and the whole school has to attend. Don’t ...
The Wondrous Winter Olympics
The wondrous Chewonki Winter Olympics began on a slushy Saturday morning. The night before, we had made flags with our ...
A Steller Sighting!
This morning I looked out my window and saw that the snow had melted, a sign of spring even though ...
Backcountry Trips: Skiing, Falling, Fun
For weeks, I had heard countless stories about Chewonki’s infamous backcountry trips from alumni, teachers, and outdoor leaders within my ...
