Meet Semester 69’s Maine Youth Environmental Scholar!
For the past four years, Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki has offered a merit-based scholarship to support emerging young leaders ...
Living With New People
For four months I get to call South Hall my home. It’s red with a moss covered roof and fairly ...
Putting the Coast in Maine Coast Semester
One of the aspects about Chewonki that was a big part of me deciding to come here was the ocean. ...
Facing Farm Chores
When I applied to Chewonki, I remember that the presentation given at my school mentioned every cabin would wake up ...
The Plunge
Throughout the semester, all students have embarked on the adventures of field lab. Field lab consists of going to different ...
A 4 AM Excursion
At the end of September, seven other students and I embarked on a five day sea kayaking trip in the ...
Salt Marsh Field Lab: A Sticky and Sloppy Situation
Sopping wet, muddy socks, shivering, and shrieking– that’s how our class ran across the lawns, hightailing it to the showers. ...
Comfortable Companionship at Chewonki
“Isn’t it exhausting being with people 24/7?”. This is a question that I’ve heard a lot from my friends back ...
Photo Journal: Fall Field Lab Fun!
Reid State Park: We started off our excursion in pouring rain, but by the time we arrived at Reid, the ...
Living in Community
Community is a fundamental pillar of Chewonki. Where at home I would spend hours on end by myself, at Chewonki ...
The People I Sleep Next To
Being one of the five guys here this semester at Maine Coast Semester, I was really nervous- these guys were ...
Night Time Dish Crew
Finishing up dinner at Chewonki when it’s dish crew three’s night is the most exciting part of my week. Maybe ...
Morning Fun at the Farm
My Cabin, Binnacle, had the great task of waking up at 6 am to do farm chores starting three days ...
Sun, Sea, and Stars – Skywatching at Chewonki
One of my favorite things about being at Chewonki is observing the sky. On stormy mornings, it turns a shade ...
Halloween Hype: Fall Festivities and Fitting in at Chewonki
If the title has not clued you in yet I am very into Halloween, an obsession only exacerbated by the ...
How Do You Pet a Sheep: Farm Chores at Chewonki
We’re almost two weeks into the semester and I already know one of the things I’ll miss most: early morning ...
68 Moments I’ll Never Forget
68 moments I’ll never forget from Semester 68: Arriving on the very first day and meeting all the staff, including ...
Birding at Chewonki: I Have No Egrets
When I first came to Chewonki, I immediately knew it was the right place for me. As somebody who loves ...
Gorp Morp: Prom in the Barn
An integral part of most high schoolers’ experience is prom, and in the coming weeks, most of our sending schools ...
Rubbernecking the Neck
Chewonki is great for many reasons. What other school gives you the opportunity to milk a cow before breakfast, dissect ...
Art Class Creations
Before my arrival at Chewonki, I had never taken an art class, or even set foot inside of my school’s ...
Fantastic Feasts and Where to Find Them: Chewonki
Chewonki, as an institution, is all about food, and I would say we, as a semester, are all about celebration. ...
Spring Has Sprung
Let’s do a little math problem. What do 50-degree days, plus black fly bites, and the incessant need for allergy ...
Semester Solos: a Weekend in the Woods
On the weekend of April 29 through May 1, all Chewonki semester students embarked on a solo adventure in the ...
