With the days of tiring exercise, Sunday is simply the most amazing day of the week, being able to sleep until 12, creating new ways to block the sun from dorms or at least your face. However with homework looming over head for the next day I Continue reading
And they’re off!
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Students at the start line for their 2nd timed run-swim assessment
Cacique Update- April 10, 2010
Caciques: Emma and Owen
On Saturday morning we began our day with long morning exercise. Run track did a long run to Deale’s Point, and we ran up to 8 miles. Swim track jumped off High Rock, and then swam to 4th Hole and back. They also did some underwater rock carrying. We then had a long research Continue reading
Cacique Update- April 9th, 2010
Today began, as always, with morning exercise. The community gathered together for a “modified run-swim.” We all ran to the marina and swam the current cut, got out of the water and ran back up to the bridge to succumb to Nick’s intense mini-psycho. Afterward we did Continue reading
Cacique Update- April 8, 2010
Today was a regular Thursday schedule. Even though nothing unexpected happened, students were busy studying for math “game day” and finishing memorizing slides for their Marine Eco. fish ID quizzes. I keep thinking about how great yesterday was and how fun this weekend is going to be. My advisory experienced the world of underwater rock carrying for Continue reading
Making Our Own Energy
Greetings from the Energy Research team! In the past few weeks we have been learning background information on the renewable energy systems on our campus and ways to conserve energy. We have formulated the research question we will focus on for the semester: How can The Island School Continue reading
Cacique Update- April 6, 2010
Caciques: Molly and Nick
Yesterday, “an adventure day” according to Maxey, was busy and exciting. Two Marine Eco classes took scuba trips to the aquaculture cage, Continue reading
Cacique Update- April 7, 2010
Yesterday was another odd schedule. The mailboat trip was unexpectadly rescheduled so half of the students (avifauna and reef fish) left campus at around 5:30 a.m. for one of Remo’s “mini-adventures.” The other students (sea turtles and land crabs) started Continue reading
Shark Team Catches Its First Lemon Shark!
After four consecutive research classes with no sharks on the line, the shark team finally caught their first lemon shark. Then, as if to make up for lost time, they caught 3 more. We had just walked back to the boat from setting the sampling line when we saw Continue reading
Easter Ducks
“Rise up this mornin’; smiled with the risin’ sun.
Seventeen little birds pitch by my doorstep. . .” -Bob Marley- [slideshow]
Seventeen little birds pitch by my doorstep. . .” -Bob Marley- [slideshow]
As the song lyrics suggest, we had quite a beautiful surprise on the farm this morning. After spending a little over a month protecting and caring for seventeen little duck eggs Mama Duck finally gets to relax. All of her eggs successfully hatched between 4:30 p.m. yesterday and 8:00 a.m. this morning. We gently moved Mama Duck and Continue reading