Today was a quiet and calm; yet tumultuous day at the Island School. Sleepy students rose out of their beds at 6:30 for a run to High Rock as a semester, as the rosy sunrise guided the students towards the wonderful scenery that the rock itself brought. Upon arrival at Continue reading →

Happy April fools day! Today we learned a valuable lesson from the outcome of our actions. We realized that something that may seem funny to us isn’t all that funny in the grand scheme of things. In the end, we all came Continue reading →

Today was one of the first Tuesdays The Island School and The Deep Creek Middle School did not have Community Outreach together. Instead, the communtiy was divided; half of us went on our first Mailboat while the other half had classes and Querencia. The Mailboat departed from Rock Sound and traveled north to Continue reading →

Hello All!

Today, despite being a community divided, was a fantastic day. The Land Crabs and Sea Turtles awoke at a bright and shiny (in reality sunless due to Daylight Savings time) 5:30 to explore the Mailboat, while Avifauna and Reef Fish Continue reading →

Caciques: Emma and Ben

Monday was a regular day of classes and we accomplished a lot, as always. We woke up at 6:15 and got a pebble at circle. Then we had run or swim tracks. For run track, we ran either four miles or a little over five with the extended loop, doing interval sprints. Swim Continue reading →

Caciques: Evan and Grace

Just another day at the Island School. The day began with run/swim track in the morning. The runners explored the terrain of southern Eleuthera on their 3.5 or 5.5 mile run while the swimmers practiced technique in the water polo cut. Classes began (for most Continue reading →

March 24, 2010– A night of music!

After a full day of classes, we were all excited to finally sit down and have dinner together. Two marine ecology classes got the chance to take trips to Tunnel Rock for scuba diving, art class began making their land sculptures around campus, Continue reading →

Caciques: Lucy Triedman and Kitch Wakeman

Today began with our first run/swim tracks! We split up into two groups depending on our choice for this semesters exercise. The runners went out on a 3.41 mile loop. Meanwhile, the swimmers embarked on a current cut swim.  Exhausted, everyone enjoyed Continue reading →