Chewonki Elementary and Middle School in Wiscasset is proud to announce our 2021 graduating class of middle school students:

Lila Drewes lives in Newcastle and is 14. For the past five years, she has attended school at Chewonki. Throughout her time at Chewonki, she has loved going on remote trips, having a creative license, as well as learning and exploring the land. Her favorite subjects are social studies and English. Lila has been in many Heartwood Regional Theater plays and has participated in acting classes. She loves acting, and is a true theater kid! She also horseback rides and plays the ukulele in her free time. She will be attending Lincoln Academy for her freshman year. She is very excited to meet new people and participate in new and interesting classes. She hopes to enter the film industry or go into journalism. She doesn’t know what the future holds, but she is excited to find out!

Ella Seymour is 14 and lives in Dresden. She has attended Chewonki Elementary and Middle School for the past three years, and her favorite area of study is math. She loves playing and writing music in her free time, and also reads and paints. She will be going to Lincoln Academy and is excited for the new opportunities she will have, such as clubs, sports and getting to choose classes. She is also interested in studying social justice issues and human rights in high school.

Maeve Tholen lives in Alna and is 14. She has loved spending the last six years of her education at Chewonki. Her favorite area of study is literacy because she loves the way writing can show your true voice with only a few powerful words. She plays multiple instruments outside of school and loves learning about music. She also enjoys working with plants in her garden at home. She will attend Lincoln Academy next year and is very excited to be in a larger school environment with so many new people and classes. She is hoping to pursue a career that involves writing and is eager to hone her writing skills and voice throughout her years in high school. 

Laila Brady is 14 and lives in Hallowell. She has been going to Chewonki for the past six years, where she enjoys remote trips and visiting the sheep at the farm. Her favorite areas of study are math and science. In her free time, she plays soccer, violin and piano. Next year she’ll attend Hall-Dale High School, where she hopes to join the soccer team and start geometry. In the future, she hopes to work in the STEM industry as a climate scientist or marine biologist.

Harriet McKane is 14 and has lived in Wiscasset her entire life. For the past five years, she has attended Chewonki Elementary and Middle School. Her favorite subject area is math. This year she has not been able to attend after-school/art club or do cross country running, but in prior years those were some of the things she loved the most about school. Outside of school, she enjoys going to the barn and riding her leased horse, Chase. Next year she will attend high school in Boothbay Harbor. She is excited to go to a larger school with more options for extra-curricular activities and classes.