We started out with run track and swim track as long morning exercise. After breakfast, everyone packed up to go to Princess Cays, the cruise ship port. We arrived at Princess Cays and explored the markets outside the gates, talking to some of our homestay families and learning about tourism around the area. After the markets, we were able to go Continue reading →

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We started off the morning with an exciting ZOOMBA led by Nick. The zoomba was an hour long dance session that got everyone’s blood pumping. We had a  morning of literature, math and history. After lunch we headed out for the afternoon to collect data for our  Human Ecology projects. For these projects students are broken into groups and create naturalist guides for the birds Continue reading →

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Today the Spring 2010 semester was given the opportunity to give back to the school for Legacy Day. We split into four groups and each group was assigned a different project. Two of the groups worked on landscaping and planting edible trees so that future semesters can enjoy these foods. The other groups Continue reading →

Eliza and Sean

Every Tuesday our community gathers in the boathouse. During the past couple of meetings we have sent the hour discussing pressing issues and schedules for the week. Today, however, we decided to spice it up and shorten it. We started the meeting with an opportunity for people to voice their opinions and concerns, but kept this part as brief as possible. To get people moving, Continue reading →

As I write this I can hear my brain sizzling because I just blew out my eardrum by freediving down 55 feet for morning exercise. Pretty intense huh? Half of my friends left me today to begin their 8-day kayak and Down Island trips. This is Continue reading →

Greetings Parents! We started off  this  wonderful Saturday morning with extended run/swim tracks.  After breakfast, we had our Saturday morning classes. For  today’s classes, we had “Bizarro” Research day.  In other words, we attended a research class DIFFERENT from the one that we are Continue reading →

Hi All!

Today, the Island School community spent its last day together for the next three weeks. The day started with many opportunities to strengthen and release after our rigorous week. Rennie led some yoga in the boathouse, a perfect backdrop especially with this morning’s rain (yay! more water to shower with!). After this, Tyler led ab workout bootcamp, involving a lesson on nutrition.  Others slept in, Continue reading →

Greetings Parents! We started off  this  wonderful Saturday morning with extended run/swim tracks.  After breakfast, we had our Saturday morning classes. For  today’s classes, we had “Bizarro” Research day.  In other words, we attended a research class DIFFERENT from the one that we are normally in! LOL After lunch we had a community meeting, and learned about our  kayak, Down Island trips and academic rotations.  Kayak group 1 and Kayak group 2 will be heading off on Monday (K1 to kayak, K2 to Down Island).  We know we’re all going to miss each other, but we’re still very excited! After extended exploration time, we went to the marina for a fun cook out! We grilled up some burgers and veggie  burgers. After dinner we enjoyed a rare treat of some home made brownies!  Upon returning to campus, some  students chose  to catch up on valuable  rest, and others went to boys dorm beach to swim and enjoy bonding time! Hope your day was as good as ours! See you next  time.

-Kitch Wakeman and Helen Pierson

Today was a much needed sleep in after an exhausting couple run-swims in the previous days. While few took advantage of the sleep in, the other adventurers took off for a early morning free dive at Tunnel Rock! For marine ecology, the class went scuba diving but this time took Continue reading →