“Morning Glory”

Megan O. - We woke up in anticipation for our practice research presentations.  We were nervous and excited to present in front of all the other research groups.  Half of us presented in the octagon and half of us presented in the presentation room.  We wanted to make our research advisors proud and make ourselves confident for the final presentations for parents on Friday.  We were critiqued by all the other groups, which really helped us perfect our Powerpoint presentations.  The amount of hard work that we showed today made the community appreciate the research that we have been conducting over the semester. Continue reading →

“Like Any Other Sunday”

Caciques Tucker Beckett and Dorothy Long

Today was like any other Sunday, just another day of sleeping in and relaxing at the coffee house, decompressing after a long week of classes. It felt odd to be back into our old routine after the long weeks of kayak rotations, especially with the anticipation and anxiety for the big events of the weeks ahead looming over us. Parents weekend is right around the corner, and parents are already starting to trickle in to Eleuthera. There was also plenty of work stress to go around with research presentations just a day away, and every research group rushing to put the finishing touches on their individual shows. Continue reading →

“The Wise Octopus”

By Caciques Meaghan Kachadoorian and Hammy Wallace

Today, the 47 of us addressed matters that we really care about in our 3 hour Human Ecology block this morning. We have split up into our final project groups, and we spent the day in the field making our plans a reality. Some visited local farms to inquire about an all local meal (Meaghan), while others researched bio diesel production (Hammy). What we all had in common this morning was the initiative we took as leaders working for a greater change. After lunch, we had a long block of research. All over campus, groups were huddled over excel worksheets, Continue reading →

“Too Many Themes!”

 By Caciques Augie Cummings and Aubrey Faggen

As the lights of our dorms turned on, we scrambled out of our comfy beds to get ready for the long day ahead of us. Swim and run track presented us with many challenges yet we all strive for our very best, especially when we are coming closer and closer to our “Super Swim” or half-marathon run. Breakfast as always was a delicious plate of grits, eggs and yummy toasted bread.  Our classes took up most of the day. Everyone is finally getting back into our regular school schedule after those crazy three weeks of kayak rotations. Some of us were still working off Governors Harbor baked goods, Homecoming conch fritters and Goombay slushies. Continue reading →

“Your World Through Our Eyes”

by Caciques Ashlie Thompson and Jack DeVries

Students had the option of waking up to a morning free dive: our minds entering another world as we enter the water, a place of calmness and beauty that is all natural. This is what many of my classmates decided to do on their Wednesday morning sleep in time. On these mornings we would explore the beauty of another world. While the rest of us went into the depth of our minds and succumbed to dreams on end while safe in their cozy dorm beds.

Sadly, there are no more eighth and fourth graders here as St. Andrews departed this morning, leaving breakfast back to its usual Wednesday morning granola which everyone has begun to enjoy more and more as the weeks prolong. Human Ecology electives was the first part of our agenda that we jumped right into. Continue reading →

“Brr its cold in here, there must be some islanders in the atmosphere”

by Caciques George Giannos and Allegra Rumbough

We awoke to a cool autumn morning in The Bahamas. Although it was around 70 degrees, we were all wearing winter hats and fleeces. We have all adapted to this warm weather that we are blessed with and we all are awaiting tropical storm Tomas to just pass by for good. We are done with all of the cold weather! Today we recognized that we only have 28 days left until the end of the semester, exactly 4 weeks. The community was in awe that time has flown by so fast, and we discussed our goals for the following month to come. Continue reading →

“Our Last Month Stretch”

by Caciques Garneisha Pinder and Will Overman

Today, it hit me like thunder: Remo reiterated that today November 8^th 2010 marking our last month stretch at The Island School. We have four weeks here to get after it, and leave our mark here. 

Our day started with Human Ecology final project selections. We broke off into groups: food, transportation, urban development, miscellaneous, humanities, bees etc. There, we discussed ideas, wrote questions about what we wanted to do, and formulated our plans of action. Once our groups had been permanently established, we set off to get the structure of our plans finalized. We were off to save the world. These projects focus on, not only helping The Island School, but the rest of our home communities, and even generations to come. Continue reading →