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Cacique Update October 9, 2010

Students dance to local music at Wemyss Bight Homecoming

“How many activities does it take to exhaust 47 teenagers?”

October 9, 2010

By Caciques Chris Pibble and Sarah Francisco

We started our day with an extra early circle.  Everyone arrived groggy eyed and tired as we loaded up the bus on our way to Wemyss Bight for a race in honor of Olympic silver medalist, Chris “Fireman” Brown, the man who came in second to Hussein Bull in the 400m race.  The race was 4 miles long and it went in a large rectangle and returning to the start at the softball field.  Everyone was really pushing their limits on the run and as we rounded the second turn, I found myself (Sarah) running past Chris “Fireman” Brown who was walking.  I felt immensely proud of myself until about two minutes later when he flew past me.  This pattern continued until the end of the race when I ended up finishing ahead of an Olympian!  As people were coming in strong for their finish, everyone else lined up along the road and cheered them through the last turn and final few feet.  Once everyone was back, all of our individual success stories began to be shared. Continue reading →

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Cacique Update October 8, 2010

“Sand and Smiles”

October 8, 2010 

by Caciques Jack DeVries and Megan Osborn

Instead of normal run or swim track as our morning exercise we split up into team sports this morning.  The choices were yoga, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, and water polo.  Volleyball was held on boys dorm beach during sunrise.  We dove into the fluffy sand as we reached for the volleyball flying through the air.  Cheers of encouragement rang through the morning air and the sun rose with our intensity for the game.  The end of our match covered us all in sand and smiles.   This was a refreshing change of the morning routine, which got everyone excited and ready to start the day.  After breakfast, we all went off to math, histories, and literature for our morning classes.  Histories class was especially interesting today due to our class activity of broadening our cultural perspectives.  Continue reading →

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A Fishing Story

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By Tucker B

The early morning sun beat down on Emmanuel’s back as he struggled to start the outboard motor on his small fishing boat. The weathered Boston Whaler was older than he was, but it had taken the years better than he had. The satisfying roar of the battered Yamaha engine brought him down to his seat on the gunwale with a smile. With a gentle twist of the throttle, the prow of the boat lifted clear of the water and he aimed it toward the mouth of the bay. The small metal craft bounded over the calm ocean, sending light jets of spray back on its wake. He relaxed in his seat and let the warm Continue reading →

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Fritter Sleeping Places

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Shoes are an important, but underrated, piece of daily Island School attire.  They shape your preparedness for any situation that comes your way – and at The Island School, that situation could be anything.  It’s not surprising that one may feel confused, if not overwhelmed, when choosing appropriate footwear in the morning.  Flip flops?  Sandals with ankle support?  Run-swims?  Swim-swims?  Run-runs?

What would Fritter do?  Sleep on it.  You’ll figure it out.

As always, “Fritter Sleeping Places” will be updated weekly for your visual enjoyment and personal enlightenment.  Can’t wait a week?  Sorry.  Fritter is asleep somewhere and is not currently accepting messages.  Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are the views of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Fritter, whose only concern is with the time of dinner.

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Cacique Update October 7, 2010

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“Swimming in the Wind”

October 7, 2010

By Caciques Louise Shiverick and Tucker Beckett

We woke up this morning for our long workout of the week. This workout is usually on Saturdays, but we had to reschedule because we are going to participate in the four mile Wemyss Bight homecoming race this Saturday. Swim track ran in the rain against the high intensity winds, to the triangle cut to swim laps. As we rounded the final corner, we glimpsed the epic size of the tumbling waves for the first time. Nevertheless, we balanced on the rocks to jump into the water that was as cold as bath water that’s been sitting out for a day to start our warm ups. After we were finally nice and toasty, we began the mile swim that was ahead of us. Continue reading →

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Adventures in Human Ecology

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In the reading of The Omnivores Dilemma, I learned things about the food I eat that I never would have thought of. I’ve never sat down at Applebee’s, looking at the menu wondered “where is my food coming from?” I’ve never even thought to question it. I never questioned the chicken and steak I buy at Costco. It’s just from Costco right? Through this reading, I realized my Continue reading →

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Cacique Update October 6, 2010

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“Two Classes in the Day of an Island School Student”

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

By Caciques Heather Seeley and CJ Easton

Today at the Island School my Marine Ecology class performed our Naturalist dive at tunnel rock.  The reason it is a naturalist dive is because this is one of the roles one must fulfill to be granted advanced open water scuba diving certification.  So for our naturalist dive my marine ecology class went to Deal’s Point.  I was boat captain of the boat the Mary Alice, which means that I was in charge of operating the boat and maintaining safety of the passengers throughout our journey.  The the passengers of the Mary Alice were Continue reading →

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Lemon Shark Research Update

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For the past month we have been catching juvenile lemon sharks in specific mangrove creeks around South Eleuthera. We do this to determine the relative abundance of sharks in each creek and gather data that will help raise awareness of the current threatening situation these sharks face today.  In many islands of the Bahamas, mangrove creeks have been dredged during coastal development for things like sandy beaches and seaside resorts. It is our hope that by collecting data Continue reading →

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Cacique Update October 5, 2010

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“Finally, the Sun”

October 5, 2010

By Caciques Brigid Carr and Charlie Fichtner

            Today we were finally able to see the sun after three days of rain. As the weather got better so did everyone’s mood. We were able to enjoy a very productive community meeting in which we split into four pods and discussed the state of our campus community. There were many constructive plans made that are going to help the community. We discussed improving time management to help deal with homework stress. There was also a discussion of our strengths, of which we decided our extensive student and faculty support system was a key one. Boys’ dorm also got to enjoy our new pet, Continue reading →