General Information
Each semester is 16 weeks long. There are approximately forty students per semester at Chewonki Semester School, as well as roughly 12 faculty members. Students live in winterized cabins. Classes are usually small, with no more than 12 students per class. Each student is given an advisor, who they meet with once a week to ensure that things are going well with cabinmates, peers, teachers, and parents.
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