A Day in the Life

Thursday:
6:45 Bell rings -- we all roll out of bed and rush to get dressed in the cold cabin
7:00 Morning Gather -- Plato ("philosopher" of the day) reads a quote
7:00 - 7:15 Chores -- I help prepare breakfast and set up the buffet
7:20 Breakfast -- Breakfast sandwiches with eggs from local farms
7:50 Morning Meeting -- announcements for the rest of the day such as lost and found, field trip details, or saturday night activity plans
8:30 Natural History of the Maine Coast -- discussing how to predict weather and how we can learn to stay warm from how different animals have adapted to cold weather
9:30 Free Block -- finish some homework, grab some tea and toast, and listen to music
10:30 Spanish -- presenting poems about injustices in the world
11:30 Ethics -- going over the reading on Utilitarianism (a moral theory) and discussing how the theory plays out in real life
12:30 Lunch with staff from all parts of the Chewonki Foundation -- greek salad with local carrots
1:45 Work Program -- destroying a bathroom and taking down the walls to make room for a new Dairy Preparation room so we can milk the cows on the farm again
4:00 Outdoor Activity Program (OAP) -- going on a walk out to Ideal Point (Chewonki is located on a peninsula that has 5 points overlooking the ocean or different bays) and watching the sunset from the top of Blueberry Hill
6:15 Dinner -- Hamburgers with meat from our farm
7:30 - 9:30 Study Hours -- learning bird sounds and identifying trees for our next species quiz, reading articles about Kant's moral theory, studying for a spanish quiz, and reading primary sources from the Populist Party
10:00 Check In -- we all return to our cabins to reflect on our day, just hang out with our cabin mates, knit a little, listen to music, and finish up any last homework assignments for the next day