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Get Tickets for Homecoming Day, September 16
Pack up your dancing shoes, grab your loved ones, and join us on the stunning coast of Maine this September for a day of rustic fun and celebration!
Meet Ike and Ginger
Meet Ike and Ginger, the two newest members of our farm team!
Cooking for our Community
Fresh food is central to the Chewonki experience – students and campers help our farm team generate nearly 1/3 of …
Chewonki Schools Phased Reopening Plan
To the Chewonki community, I write today to share information about our return to in-person learning in September 2020. This …
Chewonki Debuts Rooarring New Exhibit in NYC
This past weekend, thousands of visitors at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City had the chance …
Welcome Semester 64!
Blue sky, eager faculty, and fresh snow greeted arriving students on Wednesday, January 22, the first day of Maine Coast …
You’ve Got a Friend in ME – Introducing Our New Alumni & Friends Program
I’m excited to announce the launch of Chewonki’s new Alumni & Friends Program. This program will invigorate and centralize Chewonki’s …
We’re Counting Sheep!
It was a perfect day to stroll over to the farm and see what Megan Phillips and Lisa Beneman are …
The Art and Science of the Field Journal
You can hold your phone in front of a fern and get an immediate plant i.d. Take your device into …
Cetacean Curves
Maine Coast Semester math teachers Katie Curtis and Liz Burroughs had their precalculus students doing something fishy last week: calculating …
A Few Maps of Home
Most of us, consciously or unconsciously, carry in our heads annotated maps of the places we love. Maine Coast Semester …
Exploring The Lobster Coast with Colin Woodard
In November, the award-winning author, journalist, and culture critic Colin Woodard joined us at Chewonki to speak to Maine Coast …
Ars Longa; Dies Breves
Forgive us for playing with Hippocrates’s words, but during these short days in Maine, when sunlit hours are fleeting, art …
Erosion: Essays of Undoing – Learning from Terry Tempest Williams
Six Maine Coast Semester 63 students got “the golden ticket”–a chance to hear renowned writer and environmentalist Terry Tempest Williams …
Sue West, Scott Andrews Honored in Dedication Ceremony
Saturday morning brought a dazzling blue sky to Chewonki Neck and set the stage for a much-anticipated event: the formal …
Chewonki Holiday Craft Fair
Join us in Chapin Hall on December 10 for the 12th annual Chewonki Holiday Craft Fair! Dozens of local artists, …
Chewonki On the Road: Fall & Winter Travel Schedule
Over the next few months, many Chewonki staff will be hitting the road to visit families, connect with alumni, and …
An Open Letter to the Chewonki Community
This weekend the Portland Press Herald published an article featuring an open letter by former Chewonki staff sharing concerns about …
Precisely Pemaquid
Maine Coast Semester students visited Pemaquid Point for science field lab earlier this week. They explored Maine’s rocky intertidal zone, …
Diggin’ My Potato
Semester 63 jumped into their first week at Chewonki with both feet (and hands). Their arrived on campus coincided with …
Chewonki Announces Campus Expansion
We are excited to announce a significant round of additions and improvements for Chewonki, including new cabins and facilities for …
Anna Brown: Building Castles, Changing Policies
In Maine Coast Semester 16’s yearbook, from spring 1996, there’s a chart showing each student’s name followed by columns of …
Maine Youth Environmental Leaders Scholarship
We are pleased to announce that two students have been chosen to receive the 2019 Maine Youth Environmental Leaders Scholarship, …