Harpswell Coastal Academy 2018 Swag Sale

Harpswell Coastal Academy is a public school serving over 200 kids grades 6-12. Our students come from Harpswell, Brunswick, Bath, Freeport, Topsham, Lisbon, Bowdoinham, Durham and local Islands.

When we started HCA in the fall of 2013, we were a team of six educators and sixty students. Over the last four years, we have grown to 200 students and more than 20 faculty. We have expanded to two campuses, developed partnerships with incredible community organizations, and offered students real world experience in things from documentary creation to unmanned vehicle piloting, from bike repair to culinary arts. We have held symposiums, performed the Odyssey, participated in state Model UN and Poetry Out Loud competitions. We have strummed, drummed and sang to our hearts content, created new lovers of Gaga Ball, hiked all the trails in Harpswell, and counted all of the rocks at Stover’s Cove. Our students have mapped forest growth and sea level rise, camped in the White Mountains, investigated the causes of declining shellfish populations, explored the roots of democracy, captured precious metals from old electronics, begun to build a farm, and sailed Casco Bay. Along the way we have experienced bumps in the road, as any start up school would, but we have met those challenges head on and have taken each as an opportunity to improve our school.