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This has been a crazy winter in the US with (too much) snow and freezing temperatures.  Unfortunately these storms forced us to cancel our Connecticut reception and reschedule our Lawrenceville reception.  Lawrenceville’s reception has been rescheduled for this Thursday (February 3rd).

A big shout out to everyone in Grand Rapids that trudged through the snow to make it out to the Cusack’s house last night for the reception there.  You Michiganders know how to handle snow!  Thank you especially to all our alumni that came out to share their stories.

Punxatawny Phil proclaimed this morning that we’ll have an early spring this year.  But today on Cape Eleuthera, the weather is calling for mostly sunny and 85 degrees….. so if you want to escape the winter, join us for Deep Creek Middle School’s 10-Year anniversary February 17-20th!

We hope that many of you will be able to join us at our winter receptions this week in New York City (24th), Connecticut (26th), and Lawrenceville (27th).  Find more information here.  It was great catching up with alumni and families at the Cleveland and Boston receptions, and we’re looking forward to more successful events this week!

Our paparazzi caught a rare thing on camera… Maxey showing affection to purse dog! BUSTED!

Since our EMZ crew has been out on the town chasing down all of the celebrities, we thought it was about time to give you an update on our hottest celebrity on Eleuthera since Mariah Carey got married to Nick Cannon and since Lenny K didn’t show up to something a while back: Fritter the Cat.

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Deep Creek Middle School was chosen from 74 applicants to be one of 30 schools to send delegates to the Plastics are Forever International Youth Summit in Los Angeles, CA in March.  To apply to attend, DCMS’s eco-club submitted a project proposal addressing a concern in their local community; the project they created aims to eliminate plastic Gatorade bottles from their school and community.  Click “read more” to read the steps they plan to take to reach their goal.  Congratulations Deep Creek Middle School! Continue reading →

Charley, a Spring 2004 alum, left The Island School inspired by the sustainable life style he lived during his 14-week semester on Cape Eleuthera.  He spent his summers during high school working at Maine Sailing Partners, the state’s preeminent sailmaker. There he learned how to build and repair sails. When his grandfather’s old hand-me-down leather wallet eventually wore through, he sewed himself a new one, using scrap sailcloth from the sail loft and Chuck’s Cash Stash was born.  What is unique about Chuck’s Cash Stash is the use of modern composite laminate cloth rather than the older yellowish/white Dacron or canvas used by other recyclers. Composite laminate cloth is perfect for wallets it’s: waterproof, thin, light, vegan friendly and it looks wicked cool.   Continue reading →

More than 50 alumni gathered in Washington, DC on Saturday for our annual All-Semester reunion.  Eight brave souls came out for morning exercise as the snow fell on the US capital.  Maxey led these alums in a true Island School psycho, including wall climbing, somersaults, and IS-style jumping jacks.  Check out the video here.

After some warm showers and hot coffee, our alumni thawed out and joined dozens of other alums for bagels and our speaker, Jason Heckathorn, who is the project manager of Lockheed Martin’s Mobile Fish Pens project.  Jason spoke about the work that Lockheed has been doing to develop mobile aquaculture cages, and what this work could mean for the future of fish farming.

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After lunch at the Old Post Office Pavilion food court, the group walked a short distance to the Spy Museum, where we learned all about the history of espionage.

The day ended with a cocktail party at Hook, where we enjoyed delicious seafood appetizers and catching up with old friends.  Thank you to all who attended!

Please spread the word to alumni families and prospective students– Island School Winter Receptions are just around the corner!  We hope you’ll find time this January and February to join us in one of the following cities:

BOSTON, MA

NEW YORK, NY

DARIEN, CONNECTICUT

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ

GRAND RAPIDS, MI