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We look forward to reviewing your application file. Please be sure to complete and submit the additional required forms.

▢ Submit Two Teacher Recommendations (required) We require one recommendation from your current or most recent English teacher, and a second recommendation from your current or most recent Math or Science teacher. Please email your recommendation writers the link to our teacher recommendation form.

▢ Submit Your Transcript and School Report (required) Please print and sign the transcript request and school report form and give it to your advisor or guidance counselor.

▢ Submit a Parent/Guardian Questionnaire (required) Please have a parent or guardian complete the online parent/guardian questionnaire.

▢ Complete a Financial Aid Application (optional) A family that intends to apply for financial aid from Maine Coast Semester should fill out the Parent Financial Statement (PFS) online at www.solutionsbysss.com.  Click here for more information about the financial aid policy at Maine Coast Semester.

Schedule Your Interview (optional) Please contact admissions@chewonki.org to schedule. Interviews are 20 minutes and may be done in-person or via zoom. Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki reserves the right to request an interview

To the Point!

Our Student Blog

Welcome to our next Director of Maine Coast Semester, Sarah Rebick!

Dear Chewonki Community, I am pleased to announce that Sarah Rebick has been unanimously chosen by our search committee and …

A Walk in the Woods

Since being at Chewonki, one of my favorite things to do is go on walks with my friends or by …

Birding Field Lab

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

Connected by Creativity

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

Game Night

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

110%

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

Live From Chewonki, It’s Saturday Night!!!

At Chewonki, it is a tradition for each dish crew to plan a Saturday night activity! My crew was second, and we were nervous to follow a very successful evening of cabin-mate trivia. Our first lunch meeting was not the most inspired; we threw out a lot of halfhearted suggestions.

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