Student Stories
Here you will find an archive of our “Student Stories” articles new and old.
Head Start
Harpswell Coastal Academy (HCA) graduate Ian Poeraatmadja ’17 wasn’t planning on college — until he sampled it as a high school student. Through HCA’s early college program, ninth through twelfth graders can enroll in courses offered…
Harpswell School Survives After Commission OKs Plan to Consolidate
Harpswell Coastal Academy debuts its first political theater performance. In an era when allegations of fake news occupy the headlines, “gaslighting” can feel like a sport.
Curtains Up, Lights Dim for Gaslight
Harpswell Coastal Academy debuts its first political theater performance. In an era when allegations of fake news occupy the headlines, “gaslighting” can feel like a sport.
Local esports rivalry raises the stakes for Harpswell Coastal Academy
The pandemic may have benched some high school sports, but it’s always game on for the esports team at Harpswell Coastal Academy.
It Takes a Village: Community Based Learning at Harpswell Coastal Academy
Sam Kemos doesn’t care about fame or fortune. The Harpswell Coastal Academy (HCA) senior strives to be a hotshot guitarist, but he doesn’t need to be a rock star.
International Students
Div. 2/3 Student Council and Faculty hosted a “Campfire Prom” with live music, lawn games, dancing and s’mores and more! A great time was had by all!
On Nature: A Series of Poems
Come, hear the woodland linnet,
How sweet his music!
Richard Barry: Phoenix Rising
HCA 10th grader Richard Barry named Habitat for Humanity’s Youth Volunteer of the Year
Alumni Profile: Chase Huber
With a mechanical mind and dexterous hands, being planted in a classroom chair while staring at a textbook wasn’t working for Chase Huber ’19. “By middle school I knew I didn’t want to go to college,” he says…
Voices of the Pandemic
Part of Harpswell Coastal Academy’s (HCA) mission is anchoring students to the people and places that shape them, in hopes that some may remain after graduation. Since 2014, a year-long humanities class has been dedicated to that concept — an oral history course that captures the extraordinary stories of “ordinary” locals. Along the way…