The Wabanaki future is one that centers resilience and adaptation. It is one that uses the land as a framework for relations, for the land is the decision making power and as we all become more attentive we listen more closely to the land, the water and are able to live in kinship with a multispecies world.
Wow. Great mission, wonderful commitment, talented staff & a beautiful campus/space. I was particularly touched with their zeal to work with, support & help the local Native American youth — something very dear to my heart.
What does it mean to be “your community learning center”? Many people come to Cobscook to learn, but what separates Cobscook from a school or university is more than our unique location: it’s how we build our programs. It’s the central role that deep connection and community-building play in everything we do.
We are excited to announce the opening of our new Print Lab at Cobscook Institute! The Print Lab is housed in our Project Room and is equipped with wide format archival printer and a variety of photo and art papers.
Welcome to the Fall 2022 Cobscook Currents, the bi-annual newsletter of Cobscook Institute. “Wake” is the theme of this edition. Its dual meanings: “remembrance” and “return to consciousness” can be traced in the lines of the articles that follow. In 2001, during a retreat dedicated to articulating the values of Cobscook, Wayne Newell, a co-founder, inspired the group to place “love” as the central hub of all other facets of our guiding values. We remember Wayne and other important friends recently departed in this edition.
The County
RSU 29 staff members participated in three days of workshops prior to the opening of school on Tuesday, Sept. 3. The Aug. 27 workshop included the introduction of new staff members, updates on policies and procedures and the viewing of pertinent videos pertaining to the workplace. Read More ▶︎
University of Maine
The Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) currently supports the research of more than 30 graduate students and post-doctoral researchers spanning fourteen disciplines. This summer, these research fellows traveled to the Cobscook Community Learning Center (CCLC) in Lubec, Maine for a two-day professional development workshop. Read More ▶︎
The Ellsworth American
TREE, or Transforming Rural Experiences in Education, is “a collaborative educational initiative in rural Maine to create supportive learning environments where all children, especially those challenged by adversity, stress and trauma can succeed and thrive,” according to program literature. Read More ▶︎
Bangor Daily News
The Down East Spring Birding Festival takes place the previous week, over Memorial Day weekend. I went on the first walk of the first festival 14 years ago, and I’ve been guiding for it ever since. The Washington County coast is one of the birdiest parts of Maine, because it’s a land of habitat transitions. Read More ▶︎
UMaine Today
For the past three years, Biddle and her colleagues in educational leadership at UMaine have been involved in a collaborative effort to address some of the most challenging issues facing schools nationwide. Their laboratory is Washington County, one of Maine’s most rural and impoverished areas. Read More ▶︎
Phi Delta Kappan
Student voice is not typically considered central to whole-school curricular redesign. As in most organizations, change in schools tends to happen from the top down, with the administration and the teachers identifying problems and proposing solutions. But TREE’s bottom-up approach is grounded firmly in the understanding that a research- informed … Read More ▶︎
Bangor Daily News
When Hazel Stark and Joe Horn moved to Washington County to start the Maine Outdoor School two years ago, they thought they’d have to explain themselves to the community. They were prepared to defend the importance of hands-on, outdoor education. But there was no need. Read More ▶︎
WGME
More than 29,000 Maine students are missing enough class time to cause worry among school administrators and state education officials responsible for helping them succeed. Read More ▶︎
Bangor Daily News
Backed by brain science, around $1.3 million in foundation money and a team of education researchers at Colby College and the University of Maine, TREE plans to make elementary schools in Milbridge, Jonesport and Charlotte rural proving grounds for methods of addressing trauma and stress that can alter a child’s brain chemistry and hinder learning. Read More ▶︎
Bangor Daily News
Students from the Cobscook Experiential Program just got back from a week-long expedition through Maine to study kelp aquaculture, as they gear up to help with a demonstration kelp farm with the Passamaquoddy Tribe in Passamaquoddy Bay. Read More ▶︎
Bangor Daily News
Students in Cobscook Community Learning Center’s high school program are learning science, technology, engineering, math — and the arts — by making guitars. Read More ▶︎
