Homestay Weekend!
Friday! Max and I were caciques for the whole weekend! We woke up at 6:15 on Friday morning, rolled out of bed and collectively (North dorm) woke up South by cheering loudly for them because it was their day to do the timed run swim. Not everyone Continue reading
Chapter VI, p.37: Helen, at a stall selling T-shirts from racks.
“and just as a pantheress stops swinging its tail
to lightly leap into grass, she yawned and entered
a thicket of palm-printed cloth, while I stood there…”
So I just wanted to share with you a little tidbit that I shared with the students the other day at dinner circle. It starts with what should be a simple question:
Who can tell me why we call spring, “spring”? Anyone?
I certainly didn’t know the answer until Continue reading
For those of you out there wondering what a run-swim is, I put together a few images to help you imagine it. Essentially, a run-swim is the quintessential Island School exercise. We just start running in a straight line, and as the land transitions to Continue reading
Today we started off the day with our first timed run-swim. We gathered for circle at 6:30am with our bathing suits, goggles, and run-swim shoes. After completing chores, the students split between North and South dorms; North did Continue reading
Today was our third day of classes. In the afternoon we went out scuba diving at Cathedral. I was the boat captian for the day so I drove the Mac daddy out to the spot where we slowly decsended into the water. We were supposed to go through the tunnel in Continue reading
We boarded the bus today, anxious to meet our commuity outreach buddies for the first time. We were hoping to have a good first encounter since we’re spending this upcoming weekend with them for homestay. We split up into groups according to grades Continue reading
This morning our run to High Rock was canceled for weather reasons, so we all ran the Loop-about 4 miles. This was a challenge for almost everyone; we hadn’t had morning exercise in a few days, and we’d never done anything more than two miles. Despite this, everyone finished at the flagpole with the rest of the community cheering him Continue reading
In his cacique update last night, Peter elegantly described our end of orientation commencement ceremony. And the poesy he employed for the day could not have been more apt.
To me, last night’s ceremony was an important ritual at a critical point in the semester–the students have just spent the past two weeks getting to know this place and each other. They kayaked in the Continue reading
-Peter S.
Today was an extraordinary day. After a tumultuous “sleep-in,” students gathered at morning circle at 10:30 to discuss the plans that were to take place throughout the day. A sunny, smile-filled, pleasurable trip to Jack’s Bay brought Continue reading