Today was a true day for firsts as we ventured out on the first morning exercise of the semester. The water was cold as we entered the snorkeling spot right off shore of Boy’s Dorm Beach. Each of us buddied up with a new friend, and in our pairs we explored the wonders of the ocean. After swimming out to a nearby shipwreck, we passed around some of the interesting Continue reading
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Alumni Board Weekend
Back in Washington, DC after a week at The Island School is quite a contrast. It made me really realize how special Eleuthera is to me. All in all, it was an amazing weekend. Reconnecting with the Cape, diving, Continue reading
The IS Band Rocks Deep Creek Conch Fest
The Island School’s Spring 2010 band, under the pseudonym The Project IS, played a 40 minute set for Deep Creek’s Homecoming celebration this past Saturday night. Despite only an hour and a half of practice time, the Continue reading
Cacique Update-June 2nd, 2010
Caciques: Emma and Owen
To start off the day, we had a sleep-in. However, as typical Island School students and faculty, hardly anyone slept in– everyone was busy going free-diving and painting a mural in Deep Creek. After breakfast, we had our math final, which was based on the presentations from our Directed Study projects that had occured a few days ago. Another big event was our last Continue reading
Cacique Update – June 1, 2010
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Caciques: Grace & Will
Morning circle was ambushed by a myriad of pirates. Pirate Remo hired us all to complete missions for him in our kayak groups. We had to find the golden conchs in the boy’s dorm beach wreck while fighting off a pirate in a kayak. We had to cross triangle cut playing waterpolo while being attacked by sharks (both faculty and dog) in snorkeling gear. We had to cross girls’s dorm cut Continue reading
Free-diving with a Loggerhead
I wrote this when we got back from an early morning free-dive last Wednesday. A rare pleasure.
“This morning I dived with a loggerhead. The turtle was missing a chunk of its shell. On its right hand side a shark, I assume, had taken a bite out of its shell and left its flipper intact but withered. We had been diving at Tunnel. I had taken three dives and was concentrating on relaxing under water, minimizing effort without concern for depth, and finding the point at which my buoyancy would become neutral and I would hover in the water column while excerting no effort. I had not yet found that depth. My buddy Continue reading
Cacique Update-May 29th, 2010
Caciques- Erin and Ben
This Saturday was the 4.5 mile Super Swim which was the culmination of the swim track training. All of the swimmers finished with amzing times and everyone was extremely proud for the event they trained for all semester. The run track students supported the swimmers on the boats and on shore. After a physically Continue reading
Cacique Update-May 26, 2010
During the final stretch of our semester we have projects in every class, and yesterday we worked on our human ecology final. These are supposed to be student made projects based on sustainablilty within campus, eleuthera or back home. They can be anything that creates change or benefits the community and focuses on a real world issue. For my Continue reading
Cacique Update- May 27, 2010
Nicky Lanz and Kearnisha McD
We started out the day with swim and run tracks! It was our last track exercise before our half marathons. Afterwards, we all broke off to work on our Human Ecology final projects. Later that day, we went on one of our last dives at the Island School, and one of the coolest!! We went IN Continue reading
Cacique Update- May 26, 2010
For many students, the transition from parents weekend to the normal academic schedule was harder then they may have expected. Seeing your parents at 10 pm Sunday night, going to sleep, and waking up to the stress of the final academic week is something that many are still dealing with. However, yesterday, from 1pm until around 5:45pm we Continue reading