Find Your Place at the CCLC

For High School Students

Cobscook Experiential Program

Get outdoors, engaged in service-learning projects, and learn directly from people in your community while building leadership, outdoor, academic and personal skills.

For Community

Community Education and Events

The CCLC offers a vast array of programs, events, and opportunities to the people of the Cobscook Bay region and beyond. 

For Educators

TREE: Transforming Rural Experience in Education

TREE seeks to develop a model for transforming schools in rural communities like ours, and to better support the children and families who live here.
 

For Guests

Heartwood Lodge

Heartwood Lodge is a unique facility perfect for retreats, conferences, trainings, events and more. The CCLC also has many indoor and outdoor spaces available for a variety of events.

Welcome to the CCLC

The Cobscook Community Learning Center (CCLC) began in 1999 when a group of people in easternmost Maine joined together to find ways of improving life in this region. Together, we envisioned a hub of educational opportunity. The CCLC is that hub. Our mission is to create responsive educational opportunities that strengthen personal, community, and global well-being.

The CCLC is about community wellness. And that means artistic, physical, economic, ecological and educational wellness. We operate with the values of love, respect, humor, and creative bold adventure. Designed as a tool for social change, the center responds to community needs.

No matter what people come here to do – take yoga, pick up new computer skills, plant a garden, get a high school diploma, start a business, or learn to play piano – they do it all regardless of their ability to pay, and in the context of an enriching, supportive community. 

Stop by anytime. The coffee is on.

News and Updates

What a great crowd for today's Intro to Maple Syrup Making class at CCLC. Fourteen folks (including a strong contigent of young people) joined teacher @karamccrimmon for a morning of learning. What fun! Maybe we'll make this an annual event. #maplesyrup #maplesyrupseason #cobscook #gettoknowtrees #maple
CCLC pottery students enjoy a variety of wheel work and hand building skills in the beginner to intermediate class. In these photos, students build fairy houses and treasure boxes. Click the link in our profile to register for our March and April class! 👉 @thecclc
Cobscook Outing Club hits the ice on this half day before winter break. Some of these students had never been on skates before! Our next outing is Thursday, February 21 where we'll tackle the climbing wall at Washington County Community College. Teens who want to go should contact CCLC by Wed. Feb. 20 to sign up. #cobscookexperientialprogram #commissarypoint #teensoutdoors #teensonskates #welovewinter
We use the word "outdoorphens" at Cobscook. Today was a perfect day to move our bodies on trail shared by hare, deer, and squirrel and load up on the outdoor-endorphins for health class. #experientialeducation #cobscookexperientialprogram #teensoutdoors #teensonskis #xcskiing #breakingtrail #teachingoutdoors
A flexible schedule let's Cobscook take advantage of opportunities...like skiing! Our high school students have been waiting for weeks for good snow. Today we moved class outside, and had a great time practicing ski skills and teamwork skills. Thanks to @mainecf, we have skis for all the students. And, Thanks to donations from community members, we have warm layers for students to access at a moment's notice. #experientialeducation #cobscookexperientialprogram #outdooreducation #maineifw #rossignol #teensoutdoors #commissarypoint
We're so grateful to members of the Machias Committee of Safety, the relatively new Revolutionary War reenactors group in Machias. What a great way to learn about local history, out and about with a group of dedicated and knowledgable folks. #machias #experientialeducation #fortobrienstatehistoricsite #mainerubicon #margarreta #cobscookexperientialprogram #historyreenactment
Cobscook students performed well today at the Eastern Maine Regional Brain Bee. We had three trophy winners, plus Bee winner Brooke Brown! Congratulations, Brooke! #umainemachias #cobscookexperientialprogram #brainbee2018
Cobscook students took full advantage of hands-on learning at the Eastern Maine Regional Brain Bee today. Students dug in to brain dissections, microscopes, and sensory tests throughout the morning. We're grateful to UMM staff for putting on a fantastic event. #experientialeducation #brainbee #braineducation #umainemachias #cobscookexperientialprogram #brains

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