Tuesday was about re-realizing community. It was our second academic day with all of us back together since kayak rotations, and campus was now alive again, with all forty-seven of us doing this and that around campus. In the afternoon we were able to reconnect with our community out reach buddies Continue reading
Cacique Update-May 7, 2010
Hello, greetings, good morning to you all.
We shall relay the day’s happenings, since we cannot call.
We had extended exercise in the morning, and we all got real fit.
After breakfast we attended humeco, history, or lit.
Walking into lunch we were all suddenly awakened,
For before our eyes laid some lettuce, tomato, and bacon.
We had five hours of research in the fine afternoon.
Aquaculture harvested Cobia, not too late not too soon.
Patch Reefs went out in the field and speared some lionfish.
They ended up with 12, more than they had wished.
The day ended with some study hours and the stress did ensue,
Because the next day our research results were finally due.
We went to bed exhausted, but pleased with the day.
And that is what happened on the 7th of May.
Caciques: Lucy and Evan
Cacique Update May 6, 2010
“Ahhahhhhh don’t want a lot for Christmas, theres just one thing that I need, I don’t care about the presents underneath the Christmas tree, I just want you for my own, more than you will ever know, make my wish come true. All I want for Christmas is yououououou.” [Editors note: Will and Meg saw Mariah Carey on Harbour Island during their Down Island Trip. They were enthusiastically singing this song in memory of their great adventure.]
Today was exciting. The beginning of the AP test series (consists of a brutally long day in a vehicle), Human Ecology (life lessons from Remo Velardo), Literature (Omeros is so close to making sense, if you cut words off the page and then put them in different orders you can make something almost understandable), Histories (Preparing for a field adventure into the wilds of ancient plantations), Art (It’s self portrait time; some people dug holes to represent themselves – don’t read too deep into it), and Hamburger Day (We’re all alone on campus too, we usually only get burgers when Maxey is in town).
-Meg Urie, Will Drury, Mariah Carey
Cacique Update – May 5, 2010
Caciques: Grace & Peter Q.
Morning exercise was led by Hadley and Erin. We worked out, jumped around, danced and had a great time participating in the Island School version of Zumba for an hour. The music got us pumped up for Legacy Day. Sixteen of the twenty-three students on campus helped dig holes in the rough soil and plant baby palm trees around the bike shed circle. Continue reading
Cacique Update – May 4, 2010
Hello parents,
Today was the third day of the second academic kayak rotation, and we had an art day in which we spent our morning working on our self portrait projects. After lunch, we left for community outreach where the 7th graders did a community cleanup, followed by tamarind cups, and the 8th graders went to Rock Sound to interview local residents about their public service announcement topics. Continue reading
Cacique Update: April 27th
Caciques: Kearney and Ben
Today was (for all our purposes) a Sunday, providing some much needed rest. K1 rejoined our community on campus, and everyone had a blast reuinting with one another and sharing various stories from Kayak and Academic rotations. In the early morning, we all enjoyed a breakfast of scrambled eggs, grits, bacon and orange juice! It was Continue reading
Cacique Update- April 26, 2010
Caciques: Jake and Emma
We began the day as usual however certain members of the community forgot to wake up…boys dorm. After everyone was fully conscious we began our long morning exercise. Run track ran to Deal’s Point while swim track swam to Current Cut from Girls’ Dorm Beach. We then had a full 3 hour long research class and we worked on our methodology Continue reading
Cacique Update- April 23, 2010
We started out with run track and swim track as long morning exercise. After breakfast, everyone packed up to go to Princess Cays, the cruise ship port. We arrived at Princess Cays and explored the markets outside the gates, talking to some of our homestay families and learning about tourism around the area. After the markets, we were able to go Continue reading
Cacique Update- April 22, 2010
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We started off the morning with an exciting ZOOMBA led by Nick. The zoomba was an hour long dance session that got everyone’s blood pumping. We had a morning of literature, math and history. After lunch we headed out for the afternoon to collect data for our Human Ecology projects. For these projects students are broken into groups and create naturalist guides for the birds Continue reading
Cacique Update-April 21, 2010
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Today the Spring 2010 semester was given the opportunity to give back to the school for Legacy Day. We split into four groups and each group was assigned a different project. Two of the groups worked on landscaping and planting edible trees so that future semesters can enjoy these foods. The other groups Continue reading