Harper Alexander

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." -- Albert Einstein

• Age: 17.
• Home town: South Thomaston.
• Prior schools: Ashwood Waldorf School, Home school.
• Interests: Music, Magic, Fencing, Snowboarding, Ultimate Frisbee.
• After graduation: Tour the world with my blues/rock band.
• What you like about Watershed: Everything. Especially the awesome students and enthusiastic teachers.
• Favorite courses: Music, Writing for School, Algebra.
• Instruments: Guitar, Piano, Ukulele, Bass Guitar.
• Shoe size: 2,299,456 (or so I’ve been told...).
• Ukulele: yes (Concert Uke).
• Unique opportunities experienced through Watershed: Project Week, Fencing, and Ultimate Frisbee.
• Great Watershed moments: Any of Charlie Packard’s classes.
• Odd Ball category: I was once a baby model. Woohoo!
• Tremuloides membership: Absolutely.

Josie Davis

“Where words fail, music speaks.”

• Age: 17
• Home town: Waldoboro.
• Prior schools: Ashwood, Miller Elementary School, Homeschooled.
• Music music music, politics, learning, cooking, sailing, hiking, skating, spanish, traveling, pottery, writing, discovering and analyzing new music.
• I hope to dual degree in both violin performance and in an area of the humanities.
• What I like about Watershed: All the students want to be at Watershed and strive to add something to their school. Learning happens in a supportive and nurturing environment. Teachers are thought provoking, engaging and bring years of experience. They are open to your ideas and opinions, are willing to help you customize your education in a way that works for you, and always support you in your interests and work to fulfill your aspirations. Students and teachers are colleagues and work together respectfully. Watershed is special in these ways.
• Favorite courses: Global Affairs, Western Civilizations, Introduction to Scientific Observation, AP U.S. History, Physics, & Chemistry.
• Instruments: Violin and piano.
• Unique opportunities experienced through Watershed: Partaking in the Camden Conference, canoe trips, Winter Carnival in Quebec City, MLK Day event at Bates College, coffeehouses...

Jay Ryan

“Whatever doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger”

• Age: 17
• Hometown: Belfast
• Prior schools: Belfast High School
• Interests: Music, People, Frisbee, Skiing, and Dancing
• What I like about the Watershed School: The Watershed School is a place where I can breath. I enjoy my scarce opportunity to both get close to the students and the faculty. Here, there is a different kind of life I can enjoy; I’m friends with people I never would have imagined in public school.
• After Graduation? Oh, boy. All I see is the mountainous range of opportunities.
• Favorite Courses: I love History and science. I also have to love my athletics too!
• Instruments: Bass, Guitar, Drums, A little piano and harmonica, and, of course, the maracas.
• Unique Opportunities Experienced at the Watershed School: The Canoe trip, along with the Quebec trip.
• Oddball Categories: I love to dance in the middle of the road…

Zeb Casperson

“Heaven knows where I'll end up -- but it's a safe bet that I'll never be at the top of anything! Nor do I particularly care to be.” H.P. Lovecraft

• Age: 17
• Hometown: Tenants Harbor
• Prior school system: St. George Elementary School
• Interests: I have a variety of interests. I love many works of literature with my favorite author being H.P. Lovecraft, a writer of many cosmic-horror short stories that were published in the early 20th century. Beyond that I have a huge obsession with old Norse mythology and I even host a radio show on WRFR titled “Thor on Thursdays” (on Thursdays at 4-5pm). In terms of film, I'm a huge horror movie nerd.
• After graduation: College. For exactly what, I'm not sure yet, though I do have an interest in psychology and writing.
• What I like about Watershed: I love the sense of community that I get from just being there. We're all equals who work to help each other for the better of the community. I wouldn't say we're perfect, we have our problems every now and then, but the ability of the school to deal with these problems quickly and completely certainly makes up for that.
• Favorite courses: English with Richard Grant, Biology with Phil Gerard, and I loved doing trigonometry during the later part of Geometry with Sherry Fraser
• Instruments: I used to play violin and trombone, still not sure if I'll ever pick them up again. For the time being I guess I'll just stick to smashing rocks together.
• Unique opportunities experienced through Watershed: The trip to Quebec for Winter Carnival is quite an experience and I love the community activities such as our hike through the St. George River watershed and our beginning of year canoe trip.
• Favorite Food: Poutine (For the uninformed it is french fries topped with gravy and cheese curd, a classic French-Canadian dish.)

Thomas O'Connor

• Age: 16
• Prior school system: Camden Rockport Middle School.
• Interests: Pastry baking, video games, tarot reading.
• After graduation: I don't know yet. College and then chef school, perhaps.
• What I like about Watershed: The democratic aspect of it--how the students and their opinions actually matter.
• Favorite courses: Physics, Literature, Theater, Yoga.
• Unique opportunities experienced through Watershed: Project Week (baking LOTS of cakes), learning Physics through LEGOs.
• Odd-ball category: I've taken a vow not to shave until I get married.

Emily Lane

• Age: 16
• Hometown: Rockport
• Prior school system: Homeschooled
• Interests: Thai food, literature, intelligent conversation, three year olds, gallery openings, live music, Art museums & photography exhibits, Georgia O'Keeffe, the sun, many assorted geeky things such as Firefly.
• After graduation: College, then med school for cardiothoracic surgery.
• What I like about Watershed: It's truly the students' school. Not only do we have a huge say in what happens to our school academically and organizationally, we make it what it is by just our presence and our friendships with each other and our teachers.
• Favorite courses: English with Richard, Bio even though I haven't taken it yet, Geometry with Sherry.
• Instruments: I sing. All the time. Aaaaaall the time.
• Unique opportunities experienced through Watershed: Trips to Quebec!! Being able to go downtown for classes and lunches, actually having class IN the woods.

Leah Simmons

• Age: 16
• Prior school system: St. George School & Georges Valley High School.
• Interests: Traveling, soccer, basketball, softball, academics, and the Seven Wonders of the World.
• After graduation: After graduation, I plan to attend medical school and pursue pediatrics, embryology, or research.
• What I like about Watershed: At Watershed, I am encouraged to do well and applauded for my successes. I am given opportunities that are only available here, while being given a great education that is preparing me for college. Everyone is so comfortable and confident in their knowledge.
• Favorite courses: Global Affairs, Chemistry, Spanish, Performing Arts, Dance, English.
• Instruments: Piano and saxophone previously.
• Unique opportunities experienced through Watershed: Volunteer at the Camden Conference.

Margo Arruda

"Many that live deserve death and some that die deserve life, but can you give it to them? ... All we can do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us."

• Age: 15
• Home Town: Rockland
• Prior Schools: Rockland Public School System
• Interests: reading, writing, anything revolving around The Lord of the Rings, singing... anywhere in any form... and physics
• After Graduation: I'd like to go to college to become an English teacher and I'd love to travel to Holland, Portugal, England, and New Zealand
• What I Like About Watershed: Everything, but especially the people and the level of respect shown by the students to the teachers and vice versa. Watershed is what it is because of the respect and trust we all have for each other.
• Favorite Courses: English, Physics, Chorus
• Instruments: My voice. I'll sing anywhere for any reason, sometimes I'll sing when I don't realize it.
• Shoe Size: 9 1/2 but it varies
• Unique Opportunities Experienced in Watershed: The Quebec Trip and Project Week
• Odd Ball Category: Uhhhhhh, I can speak a little Elvish. Wooohooo!

Fiona Boyd

“I bless the hoss from hoof to head - From head to hoof, and tale to mane! - I bless the hoss, as I have said, From head to hoof, and back again!” ~James Whitcomb Riley

• Age: 15
• Prior school system: Ashwood Waldorf School.
• Interests: riding, violin, skiing, art.
• After graduation: I don't have a clear plan yet. College, and then hopefully doing something I love.
• What I like about Watershed: I like that everyone at Watershed has a voice, and everyone's voice is different. I like all of the enthusiasm the teachers put into their classes, and the care taken to make sure everyone is on the same page.
• Favorite courses: Depends on what we're studying, I like the classes that are energetic and exciting.
• Instruments: Violin, recorder(from my Ashwoodian days!)
• Unique opportunities experienced through Watershed: Québec Trip, Project week, Camden Conference, and more to come!

Sophie Davis

• Age: 15
• Prior School system: Miller School, home schooled.
• Interests: Violin, sailing, running, skiing, swimming, skating, playing chamber music…
• After Graduation: I would like to study music, and something to do with science or the humanities.
• What I like about Watershed: I love Watershed’s community as well as the relationship between students and teachers. I love that student’s opinions are valued and taken into account when decisions are made. The environment at Watershed is friendly and the classes are hands-on and rigorous.
• Favorite courses: Observation, Western Civilization, English, and art.
• Instruments: Violin
• Unique opportunities experienced through Watershed: Volunteering and attending the Camden Conference, as well as attending the Mid-coast Forum on Foreign Relations, the canoe trip, the Quebec trip, project week, coffeehouses...

Devin Fletcher

Hell hath no fury like a woman with a sword.

Age: 15

Home Town: Warren

Prior Schools: Riley

Interests: Fencing (!), dance, theatre, traveling, anything to do with the written word, FENCING

Future: Collegiate fencing career, and pursuing either writing or the performing arts, with some traveling thrown in the mix.

What I like about Watershed: that the teachers actually enjoy sharing their vast expansive knowledge, the students are there to learn, and aren't afraid to express themselves.

Favorite courses: Creative Writing & Western Civilizations

Instruments: A tiny tiny bit of piano and a whole lot of voice.

Unique Opportunities: Winter Carnival in Quebec! Project week, and (of course) the school itself.

Nathan Hillman

• Age: 15
• Prior School systems: Monroe Elementary School, Ashwood Waldorf School, homeschooling
• Interests: Ultimate frisbee, composing, meteorology, astronomy, thinking way to much about things, eating during class, hugs, Twizzlers, etc.
• After Graduation: I will probably explore a science or math school, but seeing as I haven't thought about this much yet, I may have a sudden change of heart and decide to do something entirely different.
• What I like about Watershed: I love the great teachers that actually interact with the students in classes, unlike some other schools I have been to. I also like the freedom of having electives (for language, physical activity, and art), so that makes my experience here more enjoyable because I can pick some of my classes. The students here have a say as well as the teachers in what happens, and with that privilege, our learning experience can work a lot better.
• One of the awesome things that we do here is that we have amazing trips scattered throughout the school year to break it up. At the beginning of the year, we go down the St. George's River by canoe, and mid-winter, we drive up to Quebec City for the Winter Carnival, both of which are supah-dupah trips!
• Favorite courses: Dance, ISO, French, Physics, Lunch (does that qualify?)
• Instruments: (previously violin), viola, piano, organ, recorder, flute
• Unique opportunities experienced though Watershed: The most unique thing about Watershed to me is that, being as small as we are, we each get a higher percentage of our teachers' attention, we can actually create a relationship with the teachers, and we can also bond with each other as students. This is really important to me since I have never had really good school friends before. Watershed has created the opportunity for me to connect with other Watershed people, and it's a nice feeling.
• Shoe size: 12.003 (to accommodate any sudden toenail growth)
• Favorite drink: orange juice, orange juice, root beer um.........and orange juice

Brenda Reddy

• Age: 15
• Prior School System: Ashwood Waldorf School, RDMS
• Interests: Dressage, my horse, guitar, a whole lot of music, my friends, Watershed, life.
• After Graduation: So soon? I still have I while to figure that out. However, I would like to take a year off to see how I fit in the world of Dressage and horses, and to see the world. College somewhere . . . I want to be a psychologist for at-risk teens.
• What I like about Watershed: The people. That’s really what watershed depends on. If it wasn’t for the great kids and the great teachers, we would have such a school. Everybody that’s here wants to be here, they know they can leave anytime. The teachers are happy teaching, and the students are happy being taught. The students are excited to be here, and we aren’t all cookie-cutter teenagers. We’re all so diverse. There is so much dedication to the school from everybody. And we have a lot of fun.
• Favorite courses: Where to start! They’re all amazing.
• Instruments: Guitar. Lots and lots of it. My voice. A little of it.
• Unique opportunities experienced though Watershed: I would say every day spent at Watershed is unique. It’s really different from a public school. The canoe trip and the Quebec trip were very unique, but again, because of the people. I look forward to what next year and the new group of people coming in will add.
• Odd-ball category: Come check out our school!

Clio Berta

• Age: 14
• Prior school system: Camden Rockport Middle School
• Interests: Composing music, playing piano, singing, art, astronomy, fashion...
• After graduation: Becoming a ROCKSTAR!!
• What I like about Watershed: I really like the way they teach at Watershed. You get more one on one time with the teachers, and you have more of a voice. I'm not intimidated by the teachers there, and they seem more like friends then anything. Everyone at Watershed is nice and accepts you, and welcomes you, easily.
• Favorite courses: I really like West. Civ. and Yoga. Lit. and Comp. is fun, too, because we have a lot of class discussions (... and we get to sit on the couches sometimes).
• Instruments: Piano, sort-of hardly drum set, ukulele, and my voice!
• Unique opportunities experienced through Watershed: Canoe Trip, Hiking Trip, Quebec Trip, Project Week, Coffee Houses, etc.