Sarah Rebick

Sarah is a graduate of Maine Coast Semester 8 and was thrilled to return “home” to Chewonki Neck in 2018 to live out her twin passions for teaching beyond the four walls of a traditional classroom and inspiring young people to be changemakers in the world. Since starting her teaching career at Northfield Mount Hermon (Northfield, MA) followed by Watershed School (Boulder, CO) she has designed interdisciplinary and experiential courses in English, Religion and Environmental Studies, coached and competed as an avid runner, and received recognition for “Excellence in Residential Life” during her many years as a dorm parent. 

Sarah grew up in New Jersey in a loving family of educators who modeled the values of curiosity and civic engagement. She read voraciously from a young age and especially loved reading the local paper where she read of the Junior Olympics and begged her parents to let her join, igniting a lifelong passion for training, competition and later coaching. Her family loved being outside, whether shoveling a pond, skiing, cycling, or hiking and she spent 6 summers working at the camp where she loved being a camper, Wyonegonic. After graduating cum laude with a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Middlebury, Sarah completed an M.A. at the  Bread Loaf School of English also in Vermont. She taught Literature & the Land in previous semesters, continues to read and run with students and recalls how her own Semester experience at age 16 transformed her idea of what school could be and has shaped the entire trajectory of her own educational path and life choices.  

Sarah juggles multiple hats at Maine Coast Semester. In addition to the current Co-Director, she is Academic Dean, Cabin Parent, Environmental Issues teacher, Teaching Fellow supervisor, and parent to her beloved dog, Acadia.