Blog: To The Point – Page 2 – Maine Coast Semester

Birding Field Lab

Every week, as part of our science class, we spend an afternoon doing a field lab. We pile into the ...

‘Twas the night before classes started and stress was high. Semester 72 had been at Chewonki for three days and ...

The days at Chewonki are long and packed with activities. Most nights my cabin and I go straight to sleep ...

The game, with no name. The members of Gordy cabin semester 72 play a silent game, a game of no ...

I don’t want to brag, but I’m still alive. Meeting new people always seems difficult and staying with old friends ...

At Chewonki, it is a tradition for each dish crew to plan a Saturday night activity! My crew was second, ...

6:45 | Wake up The morning starts with a loud 6:45 wakeup- everyone’s alarms go off at the same time, ...

As classes were beginning and my peers and I were just beginning to know each other, I discovered a common ...

This blog post is brought to you by Binnacle Member number three of five. Our cabin, Binnacle, is located in ...

Growing up, I have always been an avid reader. I was always a more advanced reader than my peers and ...

For some reason, I’ve always had an affinity for moose (or as I like to call them, Meese). They’re just ...

We are excited to announce the start of our search for the next director of Maine Coast Semester! We are ...

I had just gotten back to my cabin after our field lab when suddenly we heard a knock at the ...

Applying to Maine Coast Semester, I always knew about the iconic Chewonki Solo. Sure, it was 48 hours spent out ...

I came to Maine Coast Semester for many reasons, but amphibians were not one of them. I was oblivious to ...

We are pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the “Maine Youth Environmental Leaders Scholarships (MYELS),” a $15,000 scholarship awarded ...

Pack up your dancing shoes, grab your loved ones, and join us on the stunning coast of Maine this September ...

From Thursday to Sunday last week we had our Outdoor Leadership Weekend, and I was put into the half of ...

On January 29, 2023, day one at Chewonki, I completed my first-ever polar bear plunge. Having only before this day ...

In what one would expect to be the heat of early April, Tuesday’s field lab set off under a sheet ...

When I first came to Chewonki, I was the most nervous about our field labs. Five hours in the woods? ...

What do you get when you cross 42 students with four months time? A lot of birthdays! Throughout Semester 70, ...

Picture this–lamb cam has been going on for WEEKS and just the other day the first two lambs were born. ...

6:20 – Wake up This is the time that the majority of my cabin mates wake up, so everyone’s alarms ...