Turning of the Wheel: Farewell, Scott and Lucy
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ANNE LESLIE
Two beloved members of the Chewonki community are retiring in June: Scott Andrews, longtime history teacher in the Semester School and its founding director; and Lucy Hull, director of development for the past 13 years and part of the development staff since 1997. We are so grateful for all they have given to Chewonki and wish them well as they begin a new chapter of their lives. SuE WEST PHOTO
Scott Andrews o you mind?” Scott asks with a grin as he leans back in his chair and puts his feet up on his desk. His eyes glint with boyish irreverence. After 39 years of teaching, he can do whatever he wants. It’s hard to believe that Stewart Scott Andrews didn’t always know that he was born to be a teacher. As a child, he loved to read. His father was a headmaster and history teacher; his mother tutored students with special needs. Scott grew up in New York City listening to teachers debate education in the family living room. He absorbed early that “a really good education matters,” and he loved everything about school culture. He just wasn’t sure he wanted to teach. The summer after he graduated from Wesleyan, he
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landed on Cape Cod, where he worked as a garbage man and played guitar in bars at night. Later he studied classical guitar. What most caught his attention, though, was his first teaching job. He visited a farm with his students and noticed how engaged they were in learning there. When he read an article about Chewonki’s Maine Reach, it resonated. Tim Ellis, then executive director, first hired Scott to teach environmental education. Chewonki was pretty simple then, Scott remembers, but Tim’s leadership was compelling. “The people here were fantastic,” says Scott. “That’s what drew you.” It was 1978. Aside from four years at Stoneleigh-Burnham School in the 1980s, he’s been here ever since, serving in many roles, teaching alongside his wife, Semester School art teacher Sue West, and helping raise their daughter, Margaret. In 1986, Tim asked Scott to become founding director of the Maine
Gifts to the Annual Fund in honor of Scott will be earmarked for Semester School’s coastal science curriculum and related activities. 16 / Chewonki Chronicle