By: Emily Sturtevant Perhaps it’s hard to believe, but there are only 5 full days left in the Apogee summer! As our hikers make their way to their summits, our bikers close in on their final destinations, and our friends in Puerto Rico start to wind down their service projects, the crews worldwide seem to be having a great
By: Emily O’Connell, Emily Sturteveant, Jeanne Barthold and Hannah Gensheimer Hello! Jeanne, here, (an Apogee Europe Coast to Coast leader!) for a special appearance behind the blog. It is fun to be back from Europe and see all the amazing places that our Apogee crews are exploring! Today was truly an awesome Apo-fun filled day – including
By: Hannah Gensheimer They climbed mountains, biked hills, and completed some amazing service work in locations all over the world. From my desk here in good, old Brunswick, Maine, it’s hard not to be jealous of these adventurous rock stars. Grab a glass of lemonade, and read up on their travels. Maine Coast Junior (MCJ3): It’s
By: Hannah Gensheimer Happy Monday, everyone! For many of you out there, Mondays are the start of a long work week. Here at Apogee, however, it’s Day 38 of our summer-long “work” week (but let’s be honest, this is a pretty cool kind of “work”). And today we have groups all over the world doing amazing things,
By: Emily and Emily With the third Maine Coast Junior and New England Mountain’s and Coast trips starting today, our last trips have officially started. Before we know it, leaders will be returning to Brunswick and we’ll begin to wrap up the summer. But why dwell on that fact, these trips all had incredibly fun
By: Emily Sturtevant It’s August 1st, which means we are in the final stretch of the summer here at Apogee! Maine Coast College Essay (MCCE3): Halfway through their week and everyone continues to be working hard on their essays. This morning the group had personal writing time, taking inspiration from their beautiful cabins on the
By: Emily Sturtevant Where did the month of July go? I guess time flies when you’re writing about adventures like theses. Only eleven more days of the Apogee summer, but still so many amazing trips to report on! Maine Coast College Essay (MCCE3): Another busy day for our MCCE group. This morning they worked once
By: Sturtevant and O’Connell Another full day of fun on all of our trips! Highlights include: donuts in Vermont, a Paul Bunyan sighting in California, and dinosaurs in Montana! Maine Coast College Essay (MCCE3): These students wasted no time getting down to business today. The group started their morning working with Bowdoin’s Director of Admissions talking about
By: Emily O’Connell and Emily Sturtevant Today we welcome six new trips to the Apogee blog. Between these trips we will have students writing essays on on a lovely organic farm, doing service in sunny Puerto Rico, hiking in both California and Maine, and biking through the Cape and Vermont. Stay up to date on
By: Emily O’Connell With only 10 trips out, we have a shorter blog to present tonight. And with a shorter blog, I thought it was the perfect time to spice things up with another theme! Today, friends, is Trivia Tuesday on the Apogee blog, each entry for the trips has a trivia question and answer