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Conch Research Project Update

“CONCHE DIEM”

Hurricane Sandy has come and gone, and although the winds have died down, visibility in the water is next to nil. We rely on good visibility to be certain that we actually see all of the conch along our transects. Because of this, our full research day has been grounded; however, we are trying to make the most of it. We have already begun writing up our results and streamlining the information, finding trends in our data and creating graphs. We are also working on creating our posters that we will present at the Research Symposium at the end of the semester. Here is a picture of us working hard, even inside the classroom. 

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Student Update

Student Update November 5, 2012

Dinner circle on Saturday night was full of energy as all of our DCMS buddies were with us for the haunted house! After eating dinner with our buddies, the pres. room was full of flour, and fake blood made out of cornstarch, food coloring and water, preparing for the haunted house.  From zombies to rag dolls, we were excited to give our buddies a good scare.  [slideshow] I walked through the haunted house with a group of DCMS students, lead by Lexi, Lauren C. and Connor. Shortly after arriving at the farm, Connor was dragged into a pile of leaves, and instead of proceeding to walk and be chased by zombies as intended, the DCMS kids stayed back to try to save Connor, and some of them were so scared they started to cry. The rest of the walk through the farm wasn’t too scary until we arrived to the end of the farm where we were greeted with the image of Jake eating Chris’s guts, what were really bananas.  We continued to walk to the boathouse.  Continue reading →

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Student Update November 3, 2012

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Hello, I’m Cate, and I’ll be writing the blog for the next couple weeks.  I’m from Boston and go to Nobles, just outside the city.  Recently, I and many other students have been missing fall, but it was great to get a feel for that these past few days.  The temperatures dropped after the hurricane, and a lot of leaves were lost, so we are getting our “fall” down here at The Island School.  To add to the feeling, we celebrated Halloween on Thursday night with a costume contest.  Some of my favorites were teacher impersonations, the Island School “pets”, as well as a throwback to my favorite childhood TV show, Rocket Power.  Thursday night was also the first we were all back together after the hurricane.  K3 returned from Down Island, and K4 from kayak; it is great to be reunited and together again for the rest of the semester! For the students on academic rotations, Thursday was our all-day Research day.  Most groups did not go out in the morning, but we were all able to go out by the afternoon.  My research group, Climate Change, went out with the Bonefish group and after what seemed to be an unsuccessful afternoon, we were able to catch about fifteen bonefish right before we were about to leave!  Friday was our day off, and we spent some time preparing for the haunted house we are putting on for our DCMS buddies tonight.  Everyone is excited for the haunted house, and hope we can pull everything off and live up to last year’s!

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Student Update November 1, 2012

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For the first time today, since the hurricane, everybody will be back on campus. It is the last day of academic rotations, as K4 will return from their down island trip and K4 will return from their kayak. Finally, even through hurricane Sandy, we made it through our kayak and academic rotations. Today is also Island School Halloween. Usually, we would have set up a haunted house around campus for the Deep Creek Middle School kids, but because of the hurricane school was closed for a period of time and we had to move it to this Saturday. I am even more excited about having it later because that means that we will be able to do it with all of campus instead of doing it with just our academic rotation. The theme this year is supposed to be similar to the Walking Dead, a HBO TV series, which means the entire student body will be dressed as zombies and chase the middle school-ers around for the night. Needless to say we are all excited.

Morning exercise today was big surprise. Today was scheduled to be a run-swim, but turned about to have a Halloween twist. [slideshow] We were given flag belts at the start and told “wear these so that we can see you in the water.” As I swam across the first cut, I could see a few bodies lying on the ground just in front of the tree line, but had no idea what was going on. Continue reading →

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Westport, CT Admissions Reception Postponed!

Due to the lasting effects of Hurricane Sandy, The Island School reception in Westport, CT has also been postponed. We want to make sure that everyone in the area remains safe and recovers power in the aftermath of the storm before we host our reception. We will be in touch soon with a new date and appreciate the support! For more information about The Island School, please visit our website: http://www.islandschool.org/.

Alumni, Alumni Spotlight

Alumni Spotlight: Jake Koetsier (F’08) & Liz Marinaro (F’06)!

Alumni Jake Koetsier (F’08) and Liz Marinaro (F’06) both attend Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL. Last Saturday, they ran a booth for Eckerd’s natural science collegium at the St. Petersburg FL science festival. The natural sciences collegium is composed of the marine science, biology, physics, and chemistry department at Eckerd College. Their collegium got to help kids learn how to use microscopes, as well as teach them some marine biology and geology by showing them ocean core samples and having a horseshoe crab touch tank. Eckerd prides itself on being green and raising awareness about our oceans and environment. The annual St. Petersburg science festival at the University of South Florida gathers local scientists and students to teach families about a variety science subjects and to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) learning. Way to keep The Island School spirit alive!