A Higher Purpose: Treehouse School Brings Students Back to the Land

by Billy Baker - June 20, 2021 | Georgetown, ME

As they do every morning, the 22 students at Seguinland Institute left their phones in their rooms and went for a silent walk through the woods and along the river for 15 minutes before arriving at the giant treehouse classroom known as “the gathering space.” There they spent an hour doing mindfulness exercises before embarking on their coursework, which changes each day but always involves one overarching question: What constitutes a “good life”? The school is called Seguinland Institute—a vision brought to life on a picturesque stretch of riverfront in this midcoast Maine village.[…] Anya Brown of Westford, MA was one of those students. After graduating from Lawrence Academy, she was on her way to Holy Cross last fall until the school announced it was going remote. That night, she somehow googled her way to Seguinland and asked her parents if she could defer college. It was, she said, the best decision she’s ever made." […] It was a place where I felt connected [says Brown] and like I could become the best version of myself.” Brown loved it so much that she returned this spring for The Good Life May Term. […]

The full article, linked here, originally appeared on the front cover of the Boston Sunday Globe.