Not much happened today at MCS. Because it was Sunday, students were free to enjoy the day, catch up on schoolwork and bike to the local supermarket. Before the day started for most MCS’ers at ten, a few early risers were up to help with chores at the farm at seven. An hour later, a few intrepid students and faculty met down at the waterfront for a polar bear dip. The campus truly awoke when the entire MCS community convened in the Wallace center for a student-prepared brunch consisting of Read More

Every Saturday night at MCS, there is an event led by one of the dish crews. This week it was a game of zap. Zap can only be played in the black of night when it is impossible to see, and people try to get to the waterfront and back to the Wallace Center without getting caught by a zapper (a person standing in a stationary spot with a flashlight who flashes you when they see/hear you.) Well we had quite a rambunctious crowd who took the game extremely seriously. Everyone showed up to play in a Read More

Schuyler, Zoe, Sarah, & Wyatt dress up for "Hippie Day" This week got off to a soggy start, with two days of rain that put a damper on OAP (Outdoor & Athletics Program) but was great for hunting mushrooms on Tuesday’s science field trip and looking for salamanders on the Neck. Since Wednesday, campus has been filled with sunshine and perfectly crisp early autumn weather. Students come to Morning Gather bundled in sweaters and long pants, but are in tees and shorts by lunch. On Read More

I take blueberries for granted. I admit it. Whether from the grocery store or a roadside farmstand, blueberries have held a steady place in my summer diet for as long as I can remember. I often eat them in handfuls, staining my hands blue in the process. I confess I also have been known to buy a pint or two in the early spring, when the berries come from Chile and are bland and tough compared to their Maine cousins. But for me blueberries have always foretold warmer weather, a change in season, Read More

As students discussed the relationship between humans and nature in Literature and the Land this morning, several white pine trees were felled outside the building as we officially began our Wallace Center renovation project. Inside the building a crew is already building a temporary wall to separate the construction site from our dining hall. Within six weeks that wall will become a new exterior wall as the barn is separated from the current building. Over the next nine months we will see the Read More

Each year the raucous early morning birdsong of April and May gradually gives way to the evening chorus of myriad insects in August. As a child I would lay awake at night this time of year, waiting in anticipation for the start of school. Last night, after I awoke several times to look at the clock only to see that I had several more hours to rest, I realized that not much has changed. With first light, I was up. Campus has a wonderful, dew-draped calm in the wee hours, and I enjoy the quiet Read More