Alumni Jake Koetsier (F’08) and Liz Marinaro (F’06) both attend Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL. Last Saturday, they ran a booth for Eckerd’s natural science collegium at the St. Petersburg FL science festival. The natural sciences collegium is composed of the marine science, biology, physics, and chemistry department at Eckerd College. Their collegium got to help kids learn how to use microscopes, as well as teach them some marine biology and geology by showing them ocean core samples and having a horseshoe crab touch tank. Eckerd prides itself on being green and raising awareness about our oceans and environment. The annual St. Petersburg science festival at the University of South Florida gathers local scientists and students to teach families about a variety science subjects and to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) learning. Way to keep The Island School spirit alive!
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Palm Beach Day Academy’s Visit to Eleuthera
Palm Beach Day Academy sent a group of 9th grade students to our campus for a week-long Educational Program at Cape Eleuthera Institute. A chaperone wrote about their experience in their recent newsletter, which was sent to us by a Cape Eleuthera Foundation board member, Ken Beall. You can read the article and look at the photo gallery from their week here.
Island School Road Trip Wrap-Up!
For our final day on the road, we visited North Yarmouth Academy. Of course, right when we walked into the lobby, we run into Aldis Gamble (SP’11) who was on his way to work on his independent study project of sorting the school’s recycling! Everyone at NYA was so friendly and were excited not only about our semester program, but also our Teacher Conference that we hold every August. After our visit, we headed north to Waterville, ME to visit with our alumni at Colby. It was great to catch up with Molly Nash (F’09), Tyler Lewtan (SP’10) and Peter Quayle (SP’10). Our final stop of the trip was Bates College in Lewiston where we had our biggest alumni turn-out for a late afternoon snack. We had a great time with Will Strathmann (F’07), Julie Thomsen (F’07), Lucy Triedman (SP’10), Charlie Carey (F’06), Bo Cramer (SP’08), and Emilie Geissinger (SP’08)!
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NYC Admissions Reception Postponed!
Due to the severe weather hitting the northeast this week, The Island School Reception in New York City on 10/30/12 has been POSTPONED. While we are sorry to have to cancel this event we realize it is most important for everyone to stay safe during the storm. We will announce a new date soon for the reception and are looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting prospective students and families then! For more information about The Island School, please visit our website: http://www.islandschool.org/.
Stay safe!
-The Island School
Weathering the Storm
The worst of the Hurricane Sunday passed between dinner time Thursday morning and very early Friday morning, but you would not have known it by the beaming faces of students in the dorms Thursday night. With several dedicated faculty spending the nights in the dorms with them, boys were enjoying a movie on a large screen, and at one point, the girls were bonding with a bit of a dance party in their dorm. Since Friday, the wind has been blowing strong and the sun is back out. The vegetation on campus took a beating, and I’m sure you’ll hear that our finish line for our famous run-swims (the flagpole) came down, but campus weathered the storm well. After an hour of cleaning from all the students and staff on Friday, trees were resurrected, boards were removed from windows, and the Bahamian flag again flew high in the center of campus.
Kayak trips are back out, staying on the leeward side of the island, half the students are back in classes, and the seas at High Rock are bigger than they’ve been in recent memory. http://youtu.be/IZXRe8YmMqg
Now that Sandy has moved on from the Cape, we hope everyone in the Northeast weathers the storm safely as well.
Another Successful Admissions Reception & Day on the Road!
Sadly, our week-long New England road trip is nearing its end. We have been having a blast linking up with our alumni and establishing connections at our sending schools. Today, we met with students and guidance counselors at both Yarmouth High School and Freeport High School. Afterwards, we had a two-part lunch with alumni enrolled in Bowdoin College: Molly Rose (SU’10), Henry McNamara (F’06), Emma Beecher (SP’11), and Julia Rew (F’10).
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Giving Sandy a Warm Welcome!
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Day 3 On The Road!
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We woke up to yet another gorgeous fall morning in Vermont, ready to take on day three of our week-long New England tour. The Fargo family (Taylor Fargo, F’04) had been generous enough to welcome us into their Burlington home for the night and although it was difficult to leave the warmth and coziness of their beautiful house, we were excited for the day ahead! We arrived in Hanover, New Hampshire in the late morning in time for our meeting at Hanover High School, which has sent a number of Island School students over the years, including Continue reading
Days 1 & 2 of The Island School Road Trip!
Good evening from Burlington, Vermont! Your Island School roadtrippers have had a busy yet successful first two days on the move and wanted to update you!
We set out from Boston, Massachusetts on the most gorgeous fall day yesterday morning. First on our list of stops was Rocky Hill School in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. This sending school has sent a few students to us in the recent years (Chelsea Frost, SP’09; TJ Thran, SP’11) and we had the opportunity to meet a few prospective students, including Read Frost (brother of Chelsea Frost, SP’09) who will be joining us on Eleuthera in the spring! Although it was difficult to leave the beautiful coastal campus of RHS, we had another appointment at The Wheeler School in downtown Providence, RI! At Wheeler, it was great to meet up with alum Kyle Titsworth (SP’12) who recruited his younger brother and another fellow student, Bella, to come to our informational session.
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Grade 7 Community Outreach Update
“Tingum in da bush ain’t gat no name!” – Grade 7 students and their buddies explore the native plants found in Eleuthera’s “bush”
Grade 7 Students of DCMS and their “buddies” from The Island School are on a journey to educate themselves about the natural heritage of our islands. We are partnering with 40,000 schools around the world in the eco-schools federation to make a brighter greener future. Bahamian schools are focusing on the often-overlooked issue of native biodiversity.
To date we have:
- Planted more than 100 native seeds.
- Carved out a forest trail in the native forest behind the school.
- Educated ourselves and each other, on the medicinal uses of native plants. High lights include – the cascarilla bark used to make Campari liquor, sage, which can treat measles and “chick pops” (as we call them here), the delicious pigeon plum, the ubiquitous gum elemi and its dangerous companion poison wood.
- Identified the key invasive species threatening the Bahamian ecosystem.
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