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Our Spring Semester has gotten off to a snowy start with our student body heading as far out as Cambridge for off-campus learning opportunities. We have been to planetariums, museums, and city infrastructure locations over the first part of the calendar year, all the while planning and executing several community-facing events. A quick recap of what we've been doing recently: Jack and Ellie’s classes went up to Portland, spending time at the Maine Historical Society, for the "Maine Crime in the Public Eye" exhibition. The MHS invited us to experience “Maine’s fascination with true crime through history from early [...]

Students have been out in the world this year, engaging with local history, ecology, and the environment around them. Recent field trips included visits to Ocean View Cemetery in Wells, the Nathaniel Lord Mansion, and Old York Historical Society — part of our Local Haunts course exploring how stories, place, and people shape our shared past. Outdoor education has also taken center stage, with classes spending time in the woods and on local trails to practice shelter-building, environmental observation, and nature journaling. These experiences connect academic learning with creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving — all core parts of The New [...]

For my senior project I’m filming my FIRST documentary called The Epitome of Unique and Sustainable Lifestyles. I’m a beginner to film and interviewing people, but so far, it’s been some of the best experiences of my life. The concept and message of my documentary is to discover what the true healthy ways of living are for our body, mind, and spirituality, how the Earth and us can live in harmony again, and meeting people who chose a different path to find something more so we can come together and show the world our story, and make an impact [...]