Summer Programs@ The Island School

In addition to releasing their application to study abroad during the 2011-12 school year, The Island School has also announced that there are 4 summer programs available for MS and US students.

The Eleutheran Explorers Camp is an opportunity for students ages 9-13 to live on a "green" campus and learn skills in leadership, marine biology, sustainable systems, confidence, and self-reliance.

Here is a flyer for the Explorers Camp and students can register for the camp here. Applications for the Explorers Camp are due on April 1, 2011.

The Island School also offers a Shark Week program for students who are 16 and older. During Shark Week, students will:

·       Live on a green campus and interact with sustainable systems in renewable energy, waste water gardens, water catchment, food production;

·       Research alongside scientists at the Cape Eleuthera Institute to study sharks;

·       Collect data for a study funded by the Save Our Seas Foundation; and

·       Get experience out in the field and analyzing data in the lab.

Students are invited to join the shark research team to learn about the biology and ecology of Bahamian sharks. This course will be split equally between classes on shark conservation, biology and ecology, and time in the field gathering data for ongoing shark program projects. This course is physically demanding and involves time spent on boats, in all weather conditions, but will allow you to get up close and personal with some of the seas most incredible animals.

Here is a flyer for the Shark Week program and  

here is the application form.

The Flats Research and Discovery program invites students 16 and older to join the Flats Ecology research team to learn about the biology and ecology of bonefish. The course will include seine netting in creeks, tagging bonefish as a part of a nation-wide tagging program, transporting fish to the wet lab for future experiments, dissections, lectures, attending workshops on casting and fly tying, and preparing a research presentation. This course is physically demanding and involves time spent on boats and wading through creeks in all weather conditions.

Here is a flyer for the Flats Research and Discovery program 

and here is the application form.

      

Rising 10^th-12^th graders can participate in the Island School’s Summer Term, a five-week intensive program focused on leadership, ecology, research, and sustainable development. The Island School Summer Term is modeled after their semester program and invites students to think about our impact on the environment: where does our food come from, how do we get fresh water, how do we protect fragile ecosystems, how can we harness natural sources of energy, and how much does all of this cost? 

Issues of equality, economics, culture, and policy as related to The Bahamas will be explored. Every participant will leave with a greater understanding of and admiration for the world around them, and the knowledge to make their home community more sustainable.

Here is a flyer for the Summer Term program and a program application can be found here.