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Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki

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

Two weeks ago, on August 29th, 45 students from 11 states and 36 high schools arrived at Chewonki to launch ...

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Maine Coast Semester Welcomes New Faculty to Campus

For the past two weeks new and returning Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki faculty have been a-buzz about campus, planning ...

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Making Waves: Shaping Eco-Friendly Surf Products at Maine Coast Semester

A native of landlocked Colorado, Reid Hill’s love of surfing began on family vacations. Wherever they traveled, his father would ...

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Maine Coast Semester Alumni Take on New Roles and Responsibility at Salt Marsh Farm

Chewonki recently welcomed back Maine Coast Semester 59 alumni Phoebe, and Semester 57 alumni Grayson, as summer farm workers at ...

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What the “HEC?!?” Capping off a Fantastic Semester with a Deep Dive into Human Ecology

Maine Coast Semester reserves the last academic week of each semester for Human Ecology Capstone projects (this is often called ...

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

After a rowdy, 45-minute bus ride from Wiscasset to Portland, we arrived at the Portland Museum of Art for our ...

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Getting a Taste of the College Experience

Each spring, we offer a special college counseling program for our spring students (current high school juniors) to think and ...

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A Time All Their Own: Students Spend Two Days Alone in the Woods

Every Maine Coast Semester student has the chance to spend 48 hours camping alone on Chewonki Neck. They set off ...

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Landscape Painter Matthew Russ Captures the Chewonki Waterfront ?

Noted landscape painter Matthew Russ (Boys Camp staff ’94) visited Chewonki this week to work on his series of paintings ...

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