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Get Tickets for Homecoming Day, September 16

Pack up your dancing shoes, grab your loved ones, and join us on the stunning coast of Maine this September for a day of rustic fun and celebration!

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Meet Ike and Ginger

Meet Ike and Ginger, the two newest members of our farm team!

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Cooking for our Community

Fresh food is central to the Chewonki experience – students and campers help our farm team generate nearly 1/3 of …

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Chewonki Schools Phased Reopening Plan

To the Chewonki community, I write today to share information about our return to in-person learning in September 2020. This …

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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 …

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Welcome Semester 64!

Blue sky, eager faculty, and fresh snow greeted arriving students on Wednesday, January 22, the first day of Maine Coast …

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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 …

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We’re Counting Sheep!

It was a perfect day to stroll over to the farm and see what Megan Phillips and Lisa Beneman are …

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The Art and Science of the Field Journal

You can hold your phone in front of a fern and get an immediate plant i.d. Take your device into …

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Cetacean Curves

Maine Coast Semester math teachers Katie Curtis and Liz Burroughs had their precalculus students doing something fishy last week: calculating …

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A Few Maps of Home

Most of us, consciously or unconsciously, carry in our heads annotated maps of the places we love. Maine Coast Semester …

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Exploring The Lobster Coast with Colin Woodard

In November, the award-winning author, journalist, and culture critic Colin Woodard joined us at Chewonki to speak to Maine Coast …

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Ars Longa; Dies Breves

Forgive us for playing with Hippocrates’s words, but during these short days in Maine, when sunlit hours are fleeting, art …

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Erosion: Essays of Undoing – Learning from Terry Tempest Williams

Six Maine Coast Semester 63 students got “the golden ticket”–a chance to hear renowned writer and environmentalist Terry Tempest Williams …

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Sue West, Scott Andrews Honored in Dedication Ceremony

Saturday morning brought a dazzling blue sky to Chewonki Neck and set the stage for a much-anticipated event: the formal …

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Chewonki Holiday Craft Fair

Join us in Chapin Hall on December 10 for the 12th annual Chewonki Holiday Craft Fair! Dozens of local artists, …

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Chewonki On the Road: Fall & Winter Travel Schedule

Over the next few months, many Chewonki staff will be hitting the road to visit families, connect with alumni, and …

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An Open Letter to the Chewonki Community

This weekend the Portland Press Herald published an article featuring an open letter by former Chewonki staff sharing concerns about …

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Precisely Pemaquid

Maine Coast Semester students visited Pemaquid Point for science field lab earlier this week. They explored Maine’s rocky intertidal zone, …

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Diggin’ My Potato

Semester 63 jumped into their first week at Chewonki with both feet (and hands). Their arrived on campus coincided with …

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Chewonki Announces Campus Expansion

We are excited to announce a significant round of additions and improvements for Chewonki, including new cabins and facilities for …

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Anna Brown: Building Castles, Changing Policies

In Maine Coast Semester 16’s yearbook, from spring 1996, there’s a chart showing each student’s name followed by columns of …

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Maine Youth Environmental Leaders Scholarship

We are pleased to announce that two students have been chosen to receive the 2019 Maine Youth Environmental Leaders Scholarship, …

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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Chewonki

When Chewonki became a non-profit in 1962, a charitable purpose became an essential piece of our organizational DNA. Since that …

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