by Teresa Valdepenas | Feb 10, 2022 | blog, Uncategorized
By: Teresa Valdepeñas, Communications & Impact Manager ROCKLAND – In true Trekkers form, the interview with Evelyn Isom began with a “Would You Rather” question. “Would you rather show up chronically underdressed or overdressed?” I asked, to which Isom...
by Teresa Valdepenas | Feb 9, 2022 | blog, Uncategorized
Pictured above: 8th Grade Team Crux on the ferry to Vinalhaven, November 2021. ROCKLAND – Trekkers is inviting all 7th graders from Rockland, Thomaston, South Thomaston, Cushing, Owls Head, and St. George to apply to become a Trekkers student this Spring....
by Teresa Valdepenas | Feb 9, 2022 | blog
ROCKLAND – Trekkers’ annual catalog fundraiser, Local Treats, is on and students are taking orders! The catalog features treats from local Bixby Chocolate and Rock City Coffee. Staff favorites include Bixby’s Snacking Caramels, Bixby Peanut Butter Bites, and of...
by Teresa Valdepenas | Feb 4, 2022 | blog, Uncategorized
(This is an excerpt from the Trekker Tracker, the monthly community newsletter. Sign up here!) Last Thursday and Friday, Program Manager Kaleb Robinson attended the virtual National Mentoring Summit, an annual conference for youth practitioners across the country....
by Teresa Valdepenas | Jan 1, 2022 | blog
(This is an excerpt from the Trekker Tracker, the monthly community email newsletter. Sign up here!) “One thing journaling has taught me is that the mind is a surprising place, and you often don’t know what it may be hiding until you start knocking around in there” ...
by Teresa Valdepenas | Nov 4, 2021 | blog
(This is an excerpt from the Trekker Tracker, the monthly community newsletter. Sign up here!) In this clip from 1972, Holocaust survivor and leading psychiatrist Viktor Frankl talks about the importance of optimism. He says “if you don’t recognize a young man’s will...
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