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Learning In The Great Outdoors: Natural Sciences Public School

As a charter public high school, MeANS provides a practical education based on curricular themes including agriculture, forestry and the environment. Our classes center project-based, student-centered instruction immersed in themes of natural sciences. Students tackle projects in a hands-on learning environment in mathematics, science, english and history while accessing electives such as agriculture, maple sugaring, fiber arts, forestry, blacksmithing, birdwatching and trailwalking, among others. Our school offers four Advanced Placement (AP) courses alongside access to community college classes at KVCC and tech studies at Mid Maine Technical Center.

Our school building here in Hinckley, Maine, was the first educational building in the state to achieve carbon neutrality. Our sprawling campus offers learning spaces ranging from our one acre farm, greenhouses, apiary, aquaponics, yurt, trail system, sugar shack, and more.