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

Cobscook DC Expedition Days 5 & 6 - Just a few images from our visit to the American History Museum and from the campground. We also had a great visit at the National Portrait gallery learning about Civil Rights activists through art. We get home today...what a great learning expedition! #learningourhistory #learningthroughtravel #healtheducation #nationalmuseumofamericanhistory #greenbeltnationalpark #cominghome
Cobscook DC Expedition Day 4: Lessons in Activism and Advocacy. Today we visited two smaller units in the National Park System - the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument and the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site. Both featured stories, told by skilled park rangers, of people struggling for equality. We had some decompression time in the campground too, and some delicious General Tso's chicken (or tofu!) for dinner! #learningourhistory #learningthroughtravel #frederickdouglass #womensequalitynationalmonument #alicepaul #nationalparkgeek #juniorrangers
Day 3 of the Cobscook DC Expedition. Today the group took in local happenings at the Eastern Market, followed by a visit to George Washington's home at Mount Vernon to help them understand the lives of enslaved people during the 1700s. Tomorrow we explore efforts of people in the 1800s to work for equality for all. #learningourhistory #learningthroughtravel #easternmarketdc #mountvernon. #cobscookexperientialprogram #experientialeducation
Cobscook Washington, DC Expedition Day 2. Today we visited the National Museum of Health and Medicine for a forensics workshop followed by a tour of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. We had AMAZING tour guides today - so enthusiastic and knowledgable. What an incredible way to learn. #cobscookexperientialprogram #learningthroughtravel #nasa #goddard #forensics #plasticizedorgans
Scenes from Day 1 of the Cobscook Washington, DC Expedition 2019. Today we visited the US Botanical Garden, the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture. So much to see! #cobscookexperientialprogram #learningthroughtravel #airandspace #smithsonian #nmaahc #campgroundgourmet #usbg #washingtondc
Thanks to @healthyacadiame educator Georgie Kendall @waydowneastmaine for facilitating a super captivating workshop on the health effects of excessive sugar. Students lived learning about, and making, healthy alternatives. #cobscookexperientialprogram #experientialeducation #healthyacadia #healthydiet #healthyteens
Cobscook welcomed @healthyacadiame educator Georgie Kendall @waydowneastmaine for a hands on workshop on identifying sugar in beverages and how to make healthy infused water alternatives. The students came up with some really creative, and tasty, options. #healthydiet #healthyacadia #healthyteens #cobscookexperientialprogram #experientialeducation
Cobscook New Brunswick Trip #2: Ice Skating! So much fun to have a classic Canadian physical activity to sprinkle into the day. Our students are building their skills on the ice! #teensonskates #cobscookexperientialprogram #experientialeducation

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