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Join us for Margaret Ellis Day – May 29

By Cullen McGough on April 15, 2019

Help us shake out the dust, clean out the cabins, and get ready for another summer of fun at our annual volunteer day at Chewonki. Margaret Ellis Day, named in memory of our longtime health center director, gardener, and farmer, is a chance to visit Chewonki, enjoy the spring weather, and prepare the campus for…

Elementary School at Chewonki Now Offering Grades 1-8

By Anna Hunt on April 12, 2019

As we look ahead to the 2019-2020 academic year, I am excited to share that the Elementary School at Chewonki is expanding enrollment to include grades 1 and 2 students. We are proud of our authentic, place-based curriculum and practices and we know our students enjoy a phenomenal learning environment at Chewonki. The addition of these lower…

Elementary School Family Update 4/5/19

By Elementary School at Chewonki on April 10, 2019

Students have been grappling with the science and implications of Earth’s climate this week. We started our week off with an exploration of the greenhouse effect in the form of an experiment. Students compared the temperature in a sealed jar and an open jar, after being placed in a warm, sunny location. We learned about…

Family Update Friday, March 8, 2019

By Cullen McGough on March 13, 2019

As we prepare to present our learning at the Equinox Showcase next week, students have been gathering new and exciting information, and reviewing and solidifying classic tales. This week students worked in small groups to rehearse and memorize myths from North America. While they create and draft their own myths from the Northeast, they are…

Polar Bear-able Fun

By Anne Leslie on February 15, 2019

Seventh-graders from the Elementary School at Chewonki, along with their teacher and several other Chewonki staff, ventured 135 miles north last week to camp for three nights and four days at Big Wood Pond in Jackman, Maine. The beauty was breathtaking and so, at times, was the temperature, which ranged from 20℉ to -20℉, with…

Family Update Friday, January 18, 2019

By Cullen McGough on January 25, 2019

Storytelling and snow sports have dominated this past week in the Grades 4/5/6 classroom. As our mythology studies have progressed, students have not only begun to analyze the content of different myths, but the way in which they have been told and passed down through history. On Monday students were able to begin plotting out…

Of Elves and Economics

By Anne Leslie on November 20, 2018

The snow-dusted forests of Chewonki Neck are especially quiet this week, but the classrooms of the Elementary School at Chewonki are bright and busy, like an elven workshop, with students crafting beautiful items to present at the Holiday Craft Fair and online auction on December 11. “If you hear about children making crafts, you might…

Holiday Craft Fair & Online Auction

By Cullen McGough on November 10, 2018

11th Annual Chewonki Holiday Craft Fair Vendor Hall, Online Auction & Hayrides Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Join us to celebrate and support the midcoast crafting community with a host of local goods and goodies including fiber arts, wood carving, beeswax candles, and skin care products, sweet treats, paper goods, and other fun holiday gifts. More than 15…

In the Hoofprints of Giants

By Cullen McGough on October 30, 2018

We are sad to announce that Sal, our beloved American Belgian chestnut mare, passed away last Friday, on a brilliant blue-and-gold October day. At the time of her death, she was attended by her long-time veterinarian and the farmers who worked with her – and loved her – every day. Sal was 22 years old….

Friday, October 19, 2018

By Cullen McGough on October 22, 2018

Monday afternoon found the Grades 4/5/6 class clad in their best rain layers, walking out onto the Challenge course with Shelly Gibson, our Team Development Coordinator. Shelly introduced the group to a mental and physical challenge. Each student was given a piece of paper, detailing a step in the process of getting them ready to…