Peyton West

68 moments I’ll never forget from Semester 68: Arriving on the very first day and meeting all the staff, including ...

When I first came to Chewonki, I immediately knew it was the right place for me. As somebody who loves ...

An integral part of most high schoolers’ experience is prom, and in the coming weeks, most of our sending schools ...

Chewonki is great for many reasons. What other school gives you the opportunity to milk a cow before breakfast, dissect ...

Before my arrival at Chewonki, I had never taken an art class, or even set foot inside of my school’s ...

Chewonki, as an institution, is all about food, and I would say we, as a semester, are all about celebration. ...

Let’s do a little math problem. What do 50-degree days, plus black fly bites, and the incessant need for allergy ...

On the weekend of April 29 through May 1, all Chewonki semester students embarked on a solo adventure in the ...

The entire semester gathered promptly underneath the large eastern white pines at 6:55 am as we do each morning. Annika, ...

On a bright Sunday morning, I was up and at ‘em at 5:45 am for farm chores. I begrudgingly rolled ...

On a Sunday night, I returned from dinner to find a table and chairs atop my bed. This, not being ...

We spent last week getting our Wilderness First Aid certification and camping on the point. This was preparing us for ...

It was a perfect spring day at Chewonki. One of the few sunny spring days that we’ve had so far ...

Last Tuesday, my field lab group and I congregated outside the barn to try on our hip-length wader boots. We ...

67 moments I’ll never forget from Semester 67… On the first day exploring all the cabins with Julia and Kemi ...

Worried about exercise at Chewonki? Fear not, for there is something for everyone! At the end of every weekday, there ...

Jack loves dumplings, and Sophia W. and I, though perhaps not quite as enthusiastically, do too. Early in the semester, ...

Community weaving is one of the great traditions at Maine Coast Semester, and I was one of the lucky ones ...

Saturday night activities are the breeding grounds for lasting memories and shenanigans. Certain nights will host calm games, puzzles, reading, ...

Right after solos, my cabin heard that we were going to be planning Saturday’s nightly activity. We were so excited ...

Before coming to Chewonki, I had heard about a few of the big highlights of the Maine Coast Semester experience ...

I’m on Thursday field lab, and while that might not mean a lot to you, to us that means chaos. Field ...

It was a crisp, sunny morning in late April when I first set out in a canoe. I had gotten ...

For the past three years, Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki has offered a merit-based scholarship to support emerging young leaders ...