Today we strayed from our usual “water parameter, goby feeding” routine and went diving into the offshore cage. We loaded nets, bags, and scuba gear into Red Rising. Sitting on the bow of the boat, we looked at the aquaculture cage 50 feet down in the water. Snappers, grouper, cobia, and even two bull sharks circled the cage. Then, we began our decent. As we approached Continue reading
Eliza and Sean
Every Tuesday our community gathers in the boathouse. During the past couple of meetings we have sent the hour discussing pressing issues and schedules for the week. Today, however, we decided to spice it up and shorten it. We started the meeting with an opportunity for people to voice their opinions and concerns, but kept this part as brief as possible. To get people moving, Continue reading
As I write this I can hear my brain sizzling because I just blew out my eardrum by freediving down 55 feet for morning exercise. Pretty intense huh? Half of my friends left me today to begin their 8-day kayak and Down Island trips. This is Continue reading
Greetings Parents! We started off this wonderful Saturday morning with extended run/swim tracks. After breakfast, we had our Saturday morning classes. For today’s classes, we had “Bizarro” Research day. In other words, we attended a research class DIFFERENT from the one that we are Continue reading
Today during flats we spent most of our time together working in the wet lab. We began our session in the fourth vault, and discussed our methodology paper and poster for Parents’ Weekend. While working in the wet lab we outlined the various systems that our lab
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Today, the Island School community spent its last day together for the next three weeks. The day started with many opportunities to strengthen and release after our rigorous week. Rennie led some yoga in the boathouse, a perfect backdrop especially with this morning’s rain (yay! more water to shower with!). After this, Tyler led ab workout bootcamp, involving a lesson on nutrition. Others slept in, Continue reading
Greetings Parents! We started off this wonderful Saturday morning with extended run/swim tracks. After breakfast, we had our Saturday morning classes. For today’s classes, we had “Bizarro” Research day. In other words, we attended a research class DIFFERENT from the one that we are normally in! LOL 
After lunch we had a community meeting, and learned about our kayak, Down Island trips and academic rotations. Kayak group 1 and Kayak group 2 will be heading off on Monday (K1 to kayak, K2 to Down Island). We know we’re all going to miss each other, but we’re still very excited! After extended exploration time, we went to the marina for a fun cook out! We grilled up some burgers and veggie burgers. After dinner we enjoyed a rare treat of some home made brownies! Upon returning to campus, some students chose to catch up on valuable rest, and others went to boys dorm beach to swim and enjoy bonding time! Hope your day was as good as ours! See you next time.
-Kitch Wakeman and Helen Pierson
Today was a much needed sleep in after an exhausting couple run-swims in the previous days. While few took advantage of the sleep in, the other adventurers took off for a early morning free dive at Tunnel Rock! For marine ecology, the class went scuba diving but this time took Continue reading
Caciques: Grace and Tyler
Boy’s and Girl’s South dorms completed the second timed run/swim this morning where many participants made personal records. The group was led by Steve Grune who came in with an outstanding 13:36 finish time.Literature and Histories classes followed breakfast where we continued discussing Omeros and peer reviewed our oral histories paper. Community meeting Continue reading
We began our day with our second timed run-swim! Girls and boys north went this morning and everyone finished successfully, many people even shed a few seconds from their previous time. South cheered them on from various stations around the course, knowing Continue reading