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The 2012 Island School Photo Contest!

Got some great photos from your semester or visit to The Island School and Cape Eleuthera Institute? Then submit them to The 2012 Island School Photo Contest! The Photo Contest is going on now and ends August 31st, 2012, 9:00am ET. You can enter your own, original photos on The Island School and Cape Eleuthera Institute Facebook pages, just as long as they are not defamatory, inflammatory or obscene. We’re looking for photos that best exemplify core values of The Island School:

  • Living better in a place
  • Leadership affecting change
  • Sustainability

and the Cape Eleuthera Institute:

  • Research
  • Field courses
  • Conservation

You can read the full set of rules here: The 2012 Island School Photo Contest Rules

Once the contest has closed on August 31, we will announce the 12 contest finalists for The Island School and 12 finalists for Cape Eleuthera Institute. Then, the general public will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite photos on Facebook from September 1-September 15, 2012. The winner will be announced on September 17th, 2012. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners for both The Island School and Cape Eleuthera Institute will get a copy of their winning photo in a casaurina frame, made by our very own Ashley Mackey. The 9 runner-ups will receive a calendar that includes all 12 of the finalist photos.

Disclaimer: All submissions become the property of the Island School. We reserve the right to reuse all submissions for Marketing & Publicity.

Summer Term Week 3 Food Group Presentation

Believe it or not, the third and final academic rotation is nearly complete. Just like the weeks before them, the final food group spent the afternoon on Thursday in the kitchen helping to prepare and cook an entirely local meal. As part of their presentation to the dining hall, Tommy Robertshaw read an original poem he had composed earlier in the day. This final food presentation truly exemplified the goals of this theme, while connecting back to the overarching Summer Term question of “How can we live well in a place?”

Summer Term “This I Believe…”

As part of the Tourism and Development final assessment, students were asked to create a visual representation of their reflection on the past week. Students in this theme group traveled the entire length of the island, stopping in various settlements along the way to interview locals while exploring new places. Check out the stellar video made by Claire Miles, based on the NPR talkshow “This I Believe…”

Summer Term Journal Highlights

Greetings! Summer Term is rolling along and our students have now shifted into a new theme group for the week (Ecology, Food, or Tourism and Development). As the culminating reflection for the first week of academics, our students were asked to produce a written or visual piece encompassing their experiences within their theme, while connecting back to the question of “How do we live well in a place?” Kaelyn Burbey was immersed in studying the ecology of her surroundings and is featured here for her insightful, thought-provoking and candid written response. Enjoy!

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“…Working under the effulgent Bahamian sun, swimming alongside a four-eyed butterfly fish, mucking through mangroves, and eating conch with a local Bahamian fisherman leaves residual emotions connected with a place that can never be attained from the pages in a textbook. To obtain an ecological understanding of South Eleuthera, I had to slow down and sense the cadence of the land and ocean. SCUBA diving forced me into a world in which Continue reading

Summer Term Prep is Complete!

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If anyone is excited about the upcoming start of Summer Term, it’s Fritter. He has been lonely these past few weeks with the absence of students on campus, and is especially excited to see so many new faces and to practice begging for his typical six meals a day. He has remained camped out on the deck, alternating between keeping an eye out for arriving students and napping in his chair.

However, Fritter is not the only one looking forward to the student’s arrival. The Summer Term team has been prepping for the past week, with new mentors running around campus discovering our sustainable systems and then venturing out to explore the island of Eleuthera. We are all ready and excited to kick off the Summer Term once all of the students are on campus. All that is left to do is wait!

Orvis’s Perk Perkins Visits The Island School and CEI

This week, the CEO of Orvis, Perk Perkins, cruised through Cape Eleuthera. Perk is on a sabbatical from Orvis and is spending his time sailing throughout the Caribbean. He stopped by The Island School and Cape Eleuthera Institute to check out the work we are doing down here. He is most interested in CEI’s research on bonefish and the study of their flats habitat. We hope to stay in touch with Perk in the future so that he may help guide us as CEI becomes a hub for flats research in The Bahamas. The next stop on his tour of the Caribbean is the Exumas and CEI’s Aaron Shultz was lucky enough to accompany him on this leg of the trip. We hope Perk comes back to visit us again soon!

Congratulations Corey and Odette!

After a long day and night, we are excited to announce the birth of “Bean” Broderick who was born on the evening of June 12, 9.5 pounds and 23 inches long. Though exhausted, both Odette and the new baby are recovering well. Congratulations to the proud parents, Corey and Odette. We can’t wait to meet the little guy–and find out his real name!

Daily Update June 6, 2012

Yesterday morning nearly all of girls dorm woke up at the crack of dawn to watch the sunrise from sunrise beach. We had moments of chatter and silence as gleaming colorful sun rays peered through the clouds. We are going to more forward together even as we part. Each and every member of this community in close to my heart. Transitioning home will most likely be even more difficult than transitioning here but I am confident that with the continued support from each other and consistent Island School reunions we will continue this bond for many years to come. These students will do wonderful things, I am proud of each and every one of them. The Island School may in fact be the most wonderful place in my world, I will continue hold this place dear to my heart. March on Bahamaland. [slideshow]

 

Kalin Griffin Attends Rotaract District 7020 Conference

The Island School and Cape Eleuthera Institute’s Chief of Staff, Kalin Griffin, attended Rotaract District 7020 Conference in Montego Bay, Jamaica last week from May 31-June 4. She represented the Rotaract Club of Eleuthera, Rotary Club of Eleuthera. Chartered on September, 11, 2011 and sponsored by the Rotary Club of Eleuthera, the Rotaract Club of Eleuthera is a non-profit service organization affiliated with Rotary International. Kalin Griffin is secretary of the Rotaract Club of Eleuthera and Tyson Morley is the incoming president. CEI’s Josh Shultz is also a member.

The Rotaract District 7020 conference features seminars on leadership, community service, and career development. The 47 clubs that make up District 7020 represent over 10 countries in the Caribbean region and three different languages. The Rotary Club of Eleuthera and Rotary Club of Rancho Cotati Foundation sponsored the Rotaract’s trip.

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