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Last month, students in grades 5/6/7 at the Elementary School at Chewonki celebrated the approaching end of the school year with a four-day trip to Chewonki’s wilderness outpost on Fourth Debsconeag Lake, deep in the heart of Maine’s North Woods. The students traveled five hours north with their teacher Kat Cassidy and Chewonki outdoor educator… 

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Students faced a challenge on Tuesday afternoon. They were given a pair of binoculars and after we had learned how to focus them using both the dials, they were set up at one end of Chapin Hall. A haiku was revealed to them on the opposite wall, and they were asked to write down the… 

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Chewonki students and staff enjoyed a special treat on March 19: a private concert by the Vassar College Night Owls, a fabulous all-female a cappella group. Their smooth harmonies and energetic style captivated young and old. After their performance, they led a music workshop for students in the Elementary School at Chewonki (the younger singers’… 

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Mainers who love maple syrup look forward to March all year long. It’s an end-of-winter celebration infused with the smell of sap boiling in the open air. March + Maine = Maple Madness Every March, Chewonki students and teachers tap maple trees on the Neck to gather the sap that cold nights and warm days… 

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Those of you who live “from away” (the local phrase used to describe anyone who doesn’t live in Maine), have likely never experienced the mid-winter madness that comes with the month of February.  The fun and glitz of the winter holidays are long over, the spring thaw is still months away, and everyone is beginning… 

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After our successful snowflake growing venture, the third and fourth grade class has been investigating different kinds of mixtures. This week we learned about homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures. Heterogeneous mixtures (which Mira will tell you more about below) were created by the class on Tuesday using different nuts, seeds, dried fruits, and even some chocolate… 

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Chewonki Foundation has announced the start of a new 5-part series of “Animal Adventures,” providing hands-on learning for kids and adults of all ages. The monthly program features live animals, fossils, skeletons and a wide collection of touchable natural history exhibits. “I’m really excited to be offering some of our wildlife presentations here at Chewonki,”… 

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This afternoon, the Chewonki seventh graders gathered in the Gatehouse (the house on the farm) to explore archival materials, many over a century old. We started in the barn together, looking up, down, and around as we walked silently through that 156-year-old space, into the farm workshop and then the house, observing and experiencing the… 

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This afternoon, the Chewonki seventh graders gathered in the Gatehouse (the house on the farm) to explore archival materials, many over a century old. We started in the barn together, looking up, down, and around as we walked silently through that 156-year-old space, into the farm workshop and then the house, observing and experiencing the… 

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Connecting Chewonki’s Future with Millennia of Land Use When returning students and campers arrive at Chewonki this year, they may notice a dramatic break in the trees on the east side of the entry road. Last month, we began the first phase of a 3-year project to restore approximately 11 acres of forest back to… 

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