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Maine Coast Semester in the World

Maine Coast Semester in the World

Snapshot: Stephanie Schmiege (Maine Coast Semester 34)

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Among the interesting people on campus last week for the Wilderness First Responders recertification course taught by Wilderness Medical Associates (WMA) was our own Stephanie Schmiege, a 2005 alumna of Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki. Schmiege (Semester 34) currently lives in New York City, but her work, studies, and adventuresome spirit often take her to remote places, so she wanted to refresh her medical skills. When she saw that WMA, a highly regarded training organization, would be at Read More

Finding Your Place, and Yourself, on the Penobscot River

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Thinking back to when I first arrived at Chewonki, I am amazed at how much I have learned in such a short time. We’ve only been here for five weeks, but already I feel like a new person. Chewonki has taught me to truly appreciate the natural world around me. It no longer feels strange to be told to go sit in the woods and observe for an hour-- it feels normal. It’s shocking how little I knew about my surroundings before I arrived. I feel a much stronger connection to the land I live on and my Read More

Outer Limits: Students Explore their Growing Edges in Maine’s Wild Places

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In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, the 45 members of semester 61 embarked in six vans loaded with backpacks, canoes and kayaks. Their destination? The wilderness, of course! Every semester spends five days in the wild places of Maine, areas that have been largely untouched by human development. Coordinated by Johnson Whippie, Chewonki’s Outdoor Classroom Field Coordinator, the groups have been preparing for their trips for several weeks. Bear-hangs, wet exits, paddling strokes and t-rescues Read More

Photos: Maine Coast Semester Celebrates 30 Years of Place-based Learning

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Maine Coast Semester celebrated 60 memorable semesters of placed-based learning and friendship in August with a weekend full of faculty-led workshops, swimming and canoeing, farm chores, excellent meals, and LOTS of lively conversation and laughter. A rollicking 171 people, including alumni from 31 different semesters and former faculty going back to the semester's start in 1988, joined the 30th-anniversary festivities. About half of them stayed on campus, in cabins or in tents on the archery Read More

From Portland to Pemaquid Point, Semester 61 Hits the Coast Running!

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Two weeks ago, on August 29th, 45 students from 11 states and 36 high schools arrived at Chewonki to launch Maine Coast Semester 61. During their four months on Chewonki Neck, this talented group of students will take a deep dive into place-based education. They'll study human ecology, natural history, sustainability, and farm and food systems, along with math, art, literature, and world languages. They'll explore Maine's coastal ecology and volunteer at the Common Ground Country Fair. They'll Read More

A Distant Holla: Illuminating Overlooked Narratives at the Portland Museum of Art

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After a rowdy, 45-minute bus ride from Wiscasset to Portland, we arrived at the Portland Museum of Art for our highly anticipated art field trip to the 2018 Biennial. After donning pink stickers and milling about in the lobby, we were given the opportunity to look around the museum. Very Chewonki-like, classmates pointed out familiar species of birds they saw in the paintings. A piece inspired by A Midsummer’s Night Dream took up an entire wall and came with a headset equipped with classical Read More