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

Thanks to Steve and Gary from Downeast EMS for visiting Cobscook students today. Along with Cobscook teacher and fellow EMT Michael Giudilli, students got a full tour of the equipment on the ambulance, wrapping up a full week of hands-on medicine. #cobscookexperientialprogram #downeastems #emt #teenswithskills
Day 3 of Wilderness First Aid wrapped up today. Among other things, students practiced lift and carry techniques that could come in handy if they ever have to assist an injured person out of a wilderness area. They also learned how to wrap a hypothermic patient, how to use an auto injector for epinephrine, and so much more. All of our students closed the day as certified wilderness first aiders. Congratulations crew! #wildernessmedicalassociates #wildernessskills. #cobscookexperientialprogram #experientialeducation #teenswithskills #lifesavingskills
Day 2: Wilderness First Aid class at Cobscook. Students practiced slings, CPR, and more scenarios. They learned about environmental challenges like lightening and drowning, but the most intense part, for some, was learning about wound care. #cobscook #cobscookexperientialprogram #wildernessmedicalassociates #woundcare. #teenswithskills @wildmed
Cobscook students are diving into Wilderness First Aid. Today was the first of a three-day intensive course. We are fortunate to welcome Dr. David Johnson, president and medical director at Wilderness Medical Associates @wildmed as our course instructor. Today students focused on principles of wilderness medicine and practiced CPR skills. It's literally life-saving learning. #wildernessmedicalassociates #cobscookexperientialprogram #experientialeducation #lifesavinglearning #teenswithskills #cpr
Cobscook Outing Club had another great climbing session at WCCC's Outdoor Adventure Center @wcccoac. Participants learned belaying techniques, and got good practice on the wall. Plus, we just has fun. Thanks, OAC staff! #cobscookexperientialprogram #climbinggym #teensclimbing #skillbuilding #onbelay
Field-based science at Cobscook promotes relevance, engagement, and fun! Students contribute to local understanding of watershed health by collecting data on biotic and abiotic factors, and build skills and appreciation for natural systems along the way. #macroinvertebrates #waterquality #ecology #fieldscience #teensoutdoors #cobscookexperientialprogram #experientialeducation #interdisciplinarylearning #bugsarefun
Please share widely with any prospective high school student - come check out a school day at Cobscook on Thursday, April 25 or Thursday, May 2. Message now to sign up!
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

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