The goal of The Community Year is to serve area students and school districts by providing a much-needed alternative high school program for students who are struggling or disengaged in the conventional setting. Based at the CCLC Campus in Trescott, students will spend a year traveling in the Down East region and beyond to learn firsthand from people, landscapes, and one another. This program is directly influenced by experiential, ecological, indigenous, and inquiry-based pedagogies, and is focused on getting students outdoors, engaged in service-learning projects, and learning directly from people in our community while building their leadership, outdoor, academic and personal skills. In alignment with the Guiding Principles of the Maine Learning Results, this program is designed to support students in becoming excited, life-long learners; compassionate and clear communicators; and informed citizens who are able to take positive actions to address problems and approach opportunities in sustainable and creative ways.