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
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
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
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
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
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
Caciques: Emma and Ben
Monday was a regular day of classes and we accomplished a lot, as always. We woke up at 6:15 and got a pebble at circle. Then we had run or swim tracks. For run track, we ran either four miles or a little over five with the extended loop, doing interval sprints. Swim Continue reading
Fish husbandry – In order to maintain the large stock of bonefish in the wet laboratory the fish must be fed, tanks cleaned and monitored on a daily basis for any inconsistencies in water quality. Students learned that this ensures the fish stay in good health Continue reading
The Shark research team members have been living embodiments of CEI’s favorite saying “If research was easy, everyone would do it.” Unfortunately, they’ve been having to learn it the hard way. After three trips into Continue reading
Caciques: Evan and Grace
Just another day at the Island School. The day began with run/swim track in the morning. The runners explored the terrain of southern Eleuthera on their 3.5 or 5.5 mile run while the swimmers practiced technique in the water polo cut. Classes began (for most Continue reading