The Island School also visited The Hill School this week to present to prospective students. A number of interested students gathered together with Teacher’s Conference alum, Patrick Hagarman, IS alumni Nate Smith-Ide (F’10), Ellen Eberhardt (F’11), and Director of Admissions, Sharon Jarboe to hear about the school. Always great to see some familiar faces!
This past weekend, Island School alumni in the New York City area Kate Gibson (F’04) and Molly Lawson (F’00) gathered a group of their friends to volunteer with the Sandy relief efforts. They were put straight to work and spent the day delivering food and supplies to victims displaced by Sandy in Brookyln and the Rockaways. Kate admitted that seeing the devastation first hand was “a huge reality check but it feels great to be on the ground and helping out in the community.” Way to go, guys! You are doing The Island School proud!
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This week, Island School alumni 21 and older gathered in various cities across the US and Bahamas to “Have One On Us”! These events were hosted by the members of the Alumni Advisory Board in an effort to establish stronger regional alumni groups by reconnecting with old friends and getting to know one another, as well as promote CONCHtribution. The first one was in Boston on Wednesday night. Despite the snow and cold weather, 17 alumni, ranging from Fall 1999 to Spring 2006, weathered the storm, in true Island School fashion, to meet up and establish some cross-semester relationships in the region.
On Thursday evening, members of the Alumni Advisory Board hosted events in Denver, San Francisco, and Nassau! These are relatively uncharted territories for Island School alumni events so it was very exciting to have such successful events in each of those locations. Continue reading
Rob Neely, a student during the pioneer semester of The Island School, as well as a faculty member Fall 2003-Spring 2004 visited campus last week with his fiancé, Shanti Nulu. During his visit, he had the opportunity to make a presentation to the Fall 2012 students, showing them photos of what campus looked like back in Spring 1999 and sharing stories of his experience more than 10 years ago. In addition to kicking back and enjoying his vacation, Rob got to interact with the current students at meals and reunite with John Schatz with whom he worked during his year as a teacher. It was great to have you back, Rob!
We need 45 alumni to donate before November 10 in order to relieve the Fall 2012 students from dish crew for the day!! Look Back, Give Back today!
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!
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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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
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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