Such activities include musical chairs, Simon Says, tug of war, arm wrestling, frozen wet T-shirt contest, pie-eating contest, bobbing for apples, knockout, snow sculptures, leapfrog, wonderful hall-way decorating, and Academy Bowl.

For each activity, the Monmouth Academy staff judges the participants from each class and awards points to first, second, third, and fourth-place winners.

Project MOBY, an acronym for "My Own Back Yard," is a five-day, four-night educational camping trip for the Monmouth Academy Freshmen Class on Mount Desert Island in Acadia National Park during Seminar Week.

During the trip, students hike among the mountains, and perform campfire skits as they gain experience and learn skills in earth science, biology, history, geography, mythology, English, and art.

Memorable events also include a trip to Fort Knox where students learn about early life in Bucksport and a trip up the 412 foot high Penobscot Narrows Bridge Observatory, a whale watch and a Friday spent atop Cadillac Mountain.

In 1988, Mr. Jeffrey DeBlois, formerly a history and economics teacher at Monmouth Academy, was given a grant from the state of Maine to allow Project MOBY to occur.