The Empowerment of Education
Chewonki is a place for those who are inspired, motivated, and want to learn. This community cultivates healthy learning processes, ...
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The “Loudest” Quiet: Wellbeing at Maine Coast Semester
Taking care of your physical and mental wellbeing at Maine Coast Semester As a competitive club swimmer, I was ...
The Place Where You Learn to Love School
Growing up, I was always someone that adored learning and school. New subjects invigorated me and I was so motivated ...
Unexpectedly Home
Something I heard a lot about Chewonki was the amazing connections you can make here. I didn’t believe the extent ...
Semester 76: First Plunge
Sara: It was 4:00 pm on an ordinary Wednesday, and, as a Semester 76 student, I was on our first ...
Live From Wiscasset: It’s Saturday Night!
Hello to you all interested in attending the Maine Coast Semester. My name is Simon Q Schraga, I’m from New ...
Screens Off, Hands On: How Science Field Labs Reboot A Love of Learning
Cullen: I’m talking today with Robbin Dilley, our Natural History and Ecology Teacher at Maine Coast Semester. Robbin, can we ...
A New Meaning of Home
I’m in a cabin called Pete Gillies, but we don’t ever call it that. Sometimes it’s Gillies we call it, ...
Knitting, Novels, and a Black Lab – Reflections from Solo
Outdoor Leadership Encampment (OLE) prepares us for the forty-eight hours we spend by ourselves on Chewonki Neck. Awesome instructors like ...
The Songs of Semester 74
Throughout the semester, there’s been a lot of general music-ing going on. As one of MCS 74’s many resident music ...
Tips for Thriving at a Semester School
It feels like yesterday when I was dropped off. I remember applying for Chewonki, thinking to myself the whole time, ...
Mary Had a Little Lamb (and Lucy Too!)
Signs of spring are aplenty here at Chewonki – the flowers have bloomed, snow has melted, and the migratory birds ...
The Technology of Connection
One of the biggest draws of Chewonki is how disconnected students are from technology. We don’t have our phones and ...
Farm Chores, Early Fall
It is 6:00 a.m. on Chewonki Neck, a few weeks into Semester 73. I’ve settled in here; the quilt and ...
A Picture of Health
When COVID-19 descended on Maine last spring, Chewonki, like all educational institutions, came to a near standstill. Maine Coast Semester ...
Step by Step: Building Anti-Racist Culture at Chewonki
Our entire staff recently participated in an anti-racism training facilitated by Martha Haakmat of Haakmat Consulting and Alissa Schwartz of ...
Alumna Talks Wealth, Class Privilege, and Chewonki
Olivia Woollam, an alumna of Semester 38, is using her class privilege to support the redistribution of power and resources ...
A New Year of Learning Begins
Less than one week from today, Chewonki will welcome thirty-four elementary and middle School students to campus for their first ...
#bipocatchewonki
We are grateful for the courage and clarity of thought expressed by many individuals who have recently chosen to share ...
From Residential to Remote – A Story of Academic Adaptation
The abrupt, nationwide shift to remote learning this spring was more than unexpected, it was stunning. But perhaps we shouldn’t ...
Viral Volunteerism – Young Alumnus Responds to Pandemic
High schoolers who attend Maine Coast Semester are adventurous, hard-working, and community-oriented, and we are often inspired by their work ...
An Anti-Racism Message to the Chewonki Community
The death of George Floyd under the knee of a white police officer, recorded for nearly nine horrifying minutes, opened ...
Our 2019 Annual Report
“Next normal” is a phrase I am seeing, and now beginning to use, to describe how we’re redefining our everyday ...
5 Principles of Place-Based Learning You Can Use With Your Child
On the first day of COVID-19-induced home-schooling, one Chewonki alumni family with three children under 10 asked me by telephone, ...