Greetings from the Energy Research team! In the past few weeks we have been learning background information on the renewable energy systems on our campus and ways to conserve energy. We have formulated the research question we will focus on for the semester: How can The Island School Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Cacique Update- April 6, 2010
Caciques: Molly and Nick
Yesterday, “an adventure day” according to Maxey, was busy and exciting. Two Marine Eco classes took scuba trips to the aquaculture cage, Continue reading
Cacique Update- April 7, 2010
Yesterday was another odd schedule. The mailboat trip was unexpectadly rescheduled so half of the students (avifauna and reef fish) left campus at around 5:30 a.m. for one of Remo’s “mini-adventures.” The other students (sea turtles and land crabs) started Continue reading
Shark Team Catches Its First Lemon Shark!
After four consecutive research classes with no sharks on the line, the shark team finally caught their first lemon shark. Then, as if to make up for lost time, they caught 3 more. We had just walked back to the boat from setting the sampling line when we saw Continue reading
Easter Ducks
Seventeen little birds pitch by my doorstep. . .” -Bob Marley- [slideshow]
As the song lyrics suggest, we had quite a beautiful surprise on the farm this morning. After spending a little over a month protecting and caring for seventeen little duck eggs Mama Duck finally gets to relax. All of her eggs successfully hatched between 4:30 p.m. yesterday and 8:00 a.m. this morning. We gently moved Mama Duck and Continue reading
Cacique Update- April 4th, 2010
Happy Easter Friends and Family!
The morning festivities took off with one of our white bio-diesel vans heading to the Wemyss Bight Methodist Church for an 11:00 Easter Service. What seem liked day’s worth of homework prevented the critical mass from attending, but we knew Continue reading
Cacique Update – April 2nd, 2010
Today was a quiet and calm; yet tumultuous day at the Island School. Sleepy students rose out of their beds at 6:30 for a run to High Rock as a semester, as the rosy sunrise guided the students towards the wonderful scenery that the rock itself brought. Upon arrival at Continue reading
Cacique Update – April 1st, 2010
Happy April fools day! Today we learned a valuable lesson from the outcome of our actions. We realized that something that may seem funny to us isn’t all that funny in the grand scheme of things. In the end, we all came Continue reading
Cacique Update- March 31
Today was one of the first Tuesdays The Island School and The Deep Creek Middle School did not have Community Outreach together. Instead, the communtiy was divided; half of us went on our first Mailboat while the other half had classes and Querencia. The Mailboat departed from Rock Sound and traveled north to Continue reading
Cacique Update: March 30, 2010
Hello All!
Today, despite being a community divided, was a fantastic day. The Land Crabs and Sea Turtles awoke at a bright and shiny (in reality sunless due to Daylight Savings time) 5:30 to explore the Mailboat, while Avifauna and Reef Fish Continue reading